From the FarmVille toolbar to a virtual pet that runs on your browser bar, Conduit’s Ltd is helping gamers connect with games without having to change their web page.
The fact developer High Voltage Software has yet to find a publisher for The Conduit, which is the FPS Wii-exclusive title, hasn’t stopped it from announcing a first-quarter 2009 release. The Conduit Information Centre site also has a nice little cache of screenshots, one is above, some are after the jump. IGN put up four new ones on Friday.
Also, a Q&A with High Voltage’s software development director gives a few more details on the game itself, including:
• Three modes for online play. Offline play is single-player. LAN multiplayer likely. They’re trying to get voice chat online. • Enemies use portals to bring in reinforcements; destroying them will be a key. • Set in fictional Earth of the near future, the story takes on a dark conspiracy-theory tone that unravels pretty fast after you get sent to investigate an extra-terrestrial encounter. Think the X-Files with stranger weapons. • Your adversaries are called The Drudge. I battle drudgery every day, lemme tell ya. …
Hit the jump for the eye candy.