High Voltage Studios reveals The Grinder to be multiplatform

by Ben Gilbert on Feb 5th 2010 1:30PM

Speaking exclusively with IGN, The Conduit developer High Voltage Studios has revealed its upcoming game The Grinder to be heading to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, as well as the Nintendo Wii. Previously announced as another of HVS' exclusive games for the Wii aimed at teh hardcorez, the game will now end up on every console, which "allows us [High Voltage] to show off what our company can really do and get it into the hands of the most gamers."

While we're inclined to argue that most gamers' hands are in possession of a Wiimote and Nunchuk (at least that's what the numbers tell us), moving to the other consoles is a fairly understandable choice given the relatively low sales of HVS' previous Wiisclusive title. "We are extremely proud of the sales for The Conduit, with over 350,000 copies sold, numerous 'best-of 2009' nods, and over a million hours played according to the Nintendo Channel," noted CEO Kerry Ganofsky. From the interview, it appears that the studio's proprietary game engine ("Quantum 3") will also be heading to the other consoles. Does that mean a Conduit port to the 360 and PS3 is in the cards? Hopefully we'll find out when we next see HVS at the Game Developer's Conference this March. In the meantime, we've embedded a new trailer after the break.

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Tags: eric-nosfinger, grinder, high-voltage, high-voltage-studios, kerry-ganofsky, Microsoft, Nintendo, the-conduit, the-grinder, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (69)

Uh-oh here we go again....

Oh never mind this one wont be as bad.

*Still sipping coffee*

The saddest part about this story?

The game is set to drop October 2011. 20-ELEVEN. 20 months from now.

I will be in line purchasing the Wii 2 then, kthnx.

Maybe it's a Wii 2 launch title?

So they are proud that their game was played on average for about 3 hours?

You beat me to it! Ha ha.

"numerous 'best-of 2009' nods"

Uhh...did I miss something? Who gave The Conduit best of...well, anything?

Regardless, this is not worth celebrating over 360/ps3 fans. These guys are not very good developers at all, just check their history on wikipedia.

"Best of" awards are quite diverse, and often console-specific. "Best Wii FPS" was probably a lock for The Conduit, i mean the only competition it had at all was the 2-year-late port of CoD4.

I've heard from just about everyone that even the COD 4 port was better than the conduit.

It was a good playable game, get over it.

@John Dear

No, it wasn't a good playable game. The fact that you used the word "playable" tells me a lot.

It was mediocre at best. A two year old port of COD4 turned out to be better than the Conduit.

It's true, Modern Warfare Reflex Edition trumps Conduit in every fashion. There is no comparison. Also, the online is effortless and lightning quick. And actually has ppl on it. I've never played less than a 10 player match in any game.

I still think Treyarch could have made it run at 60fps though...

I just like how people downvote tmac even when he says something that is completely reasonable and accurate. Good work. You f*cks.

You didn't get the memo, Jerk Face? The internet is serious business, especially Joystiq.

So serious!

Jerkface, when tmac can prove he's a reasonable poster on this site without insulting everything and/or when 98% of his comments no longer have some sort of double meaning or malicious intent to them, THEN people might stop down-voting him for no reason.

There's a reason he keeps getting banned lately. Him whining about it doesn't mean it wasn't well deserved.

joystiq's actually been coming down pretty hard with the bans lately, they deleted sprinkles all over the place earlier today, and tmac's been banned countless times since the new year

they even banned Bradwart, or at least, i think they did.

@ironic

Playable? Yes.
Good? In someways. It basically showed that the Wii has un-tapped potental that they didn't bother to go all out on. Plus, the ASE was a stupid idea.

Tmac, even though I disagree with some of your comments sometimes I do not downvote you so no one can agree nor do I report. A ban I find silly aswell as you're not outright attacking people either.

So, where did all this hate come from? As all you're doing is expressing your oppinions like everyone else.

How odd.
Also, why is your post saying you herd from a lot of people COD4: R was better then Conduit faded out?(Other then the obvious reason)
Why fade out someone for just saying what they herd true from people and know is true themselves.
Hell, CoD:W@W was better then conduit.

Tmac, I still don't understand what happened yesterday to get you banned. I saw a positive (not upvote positive but attitude wise positive) comment from you even get deleted and replaced with banned. What am I missing here?

Maybe they feel since he was banned it doesn't give him the right to come back? If you get banned from best buy I'm pretty sure they'd kick you out a week later even if you weren't shoplifting again.

if that were the case, you'd think they'd run an IP ban (which they are capable of doing, if Sprinkles' one long absence is any indication), if they wanted him gone permanently. A game of cat-and-mouse makes little sense.

@Tigre

By that logic than Brad should be IP banned as well and never come back...

And so should you, since you know, you have been banned before as well.

Seems like you don't want to take any responsibility for the bannings. Do you think they have a vendetta against you?

Also, things are different than they used to be in 2008.

I would so buy the Conduit if it came to the 360.

Yes, it looks much better than Metro 2033 or any other FPS available on the system.

/SARCASM

Graphics aren't essential to a game. The Conduit looked interesting, almost enough to get me to buy a Wii.

I play the 2600 all the time and have a good time. Atlantis is one of the best games of all time.

"if graphics aren't important on a game, go back and play the Atari and tell me how much fun you have."

I don't like what you're implying. The only reason some atari games might not be a lot of fun anymore is because of their gameplay-technical deficiencies. Games like the NES Super Mario Bros 3 trump about 90% of all modern dreck that hits the shelves these days, yes, in all its glorious sixteen colors at a resolution of 256x240.

Graphics are definitely not everything - however, when a game controls so poorly that humping the Wii remote is about as good as waggling it around, you have problems.

Good call - Atlantis was a great game - though I have not played a 2600 in well over 15 years. Atlantis went very well with an evening of Gran Prix and Asteroids....followed by the occasional bout of E.T.

Yes I had that game, yes I played it. Yes I hated it. Stupid ET and those holes. I don't know how it ended, but I hope it was on an operating table in a military complex. With probes. butt probes.

"The only reason some atari games might not be a lot of fun anymore is because of their gameplay-technical deficiencies. "

And some of those are due to the limited graphics. Yes, you can indeed have a good game with simple graphics, but it's equally true that many games benefit from more modern graphics. You point out SMB3, yet that are literally thousands of NES games that aren't worth a damn and would be less entertaining than our "modern dreck".

downvoting BigFat as hard as i possibly can.

Graphics are only as important as they want them to be when they design the game.
...at least, that's what the talented studios know to be true.

The Conduit was really there to show FPS's could work on the Wii control style and online play. I pre-ordered it, and I can say it's a very generic game. If it came to the PS3/360 it'd be complete shit. There's a reason people say "It's good.. for a Wii game." Trust me, I love my Wii and still am pressing through quite a few games, but it just wasn't a good game. I liked Red Steel better then Conduit.

BigFat, we still have a 2600, 5200, Intellivision, Genesis, Dreamcast, etc hooked up - gaming shouldn't just be about the newest and flashiest. If you've gamed a long time you learn not to just throw your consoles in the trash and give up on them.

So long as they give the game the attention they would have given it had it remained Wii exclusive, i don't have a problem with the move. Much more concerned about the Halloween 2011 thing, given that the new Nintendo console will probably be imminent by then

If what was shown above is still Wii footage though (and i think it's supposed to be), they've improved greatly.

That's the Wii build up there. If you read the IGN interview they talk a little bit about the upgrades the engine has seen for this game. Now that it's going to the other platforms they can make it look as good as they want on the Wii and people will still be comparing, graphically (which never makes sense) to the HD systems.

I think it's a good move for them and I doubt Wii owners really care. I know I don't. Now I have the option of choosing the best version of the game... if this game is worth choosing in the end, that is.

Exactly Khan,

The October 2011 release date is the real deal breaker here. This game, and anything that's not Wii 2 will be off my radar then.

Just what the world needs, more FPS games. >_

The Grinder always seemed like a natural progression from the fun Hunter series - sorta; hack and slash elements curbed for a more survival horror experience. Both have a high focus on co-op. Well that's just going on the limited amount of attention I've given the game.

The first Hunter game was available on the Xbox first, and then the Gamecube. Simply put, I don't think the developers would have been able to wring another two games if the original had stayed platform exclusive. The numbers were simply not there. That sort of thinking might be at play here.

I'm all for this move. I know the game won't be all that great (just like the Conduit and it's 69% average), but it'll be interesting to see how a game where the Wii is presumably the lead platform turns out when it's up-scaled to PS360.

I wonder if SEGA is forcing these major creative changes, though, first remaking the realistic gladiator-fighter Gladiator AD into the mythical-beast fighter Tournament of Legends, now making Grinder multiplat.

I can understand the sour grapes over No More Heroes and the subsequent celebration of its arrival on the HD consoles.

But The Conduit? An exceptionally generic entry in a pool that's already awash with banality?

Trust me, you're not missing much.

Took the words right out of my mouth...

I don't think many folks were too sour over No More Heroes getting a PS3 and 360 port. I get the impression that a lot of people were cool with it.
...maybe that's because Suda came out immediately and said he had nothing to do with it and was opposed to the idea, though.

I was referring to when it was originally shipped exclusively for the Wii and the pursuant reaction from the HD coterie to the positive response it got: "NMH? Overrated, pleeze."

Of course, that all changed a few months ago when it was announced for the other consoles. Such is the natural trajectory of fanboyism.

Yeah but Suda is against the port. Which I don't think US will be getting a port as Ubisoft was fine with NMH sales in US. Marv. was dissapointed in the sales of their games in all countries so they decided to port a lot of them from Wii to PS3/360.

I sure hope it's as good as the Conduit.

...

Wait.

Looks good enough to me. The Conduit was a stepping stone for them. And while it was nothing to write home about, it was a damn 7.0-ish solid title for the Wii.

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