the conduit

App Review: The Conduit Is Now An Excellent Mobile FPS

Released in 209 for the Nintendo Wii, The Conduit was a “bland, but enjoyable” sci-fi first-person shooter with an interesting puzzle-solving twist. I wasn’t a big fan — I only made it through the first two levels before becoming frustrated with the Wii motion controls and giving up. Now the game is out for Tegra-powered Android devices, and I can’t put it down.


Author Of Negative Conduit 2 Review Becomes Target Of Studio’s Ire, His Novel Attacked On Amazon

Video game development company High Voltage Software was so chagrined by a negative review of their game, The Conduit 2, its creative director may have encouraged studio staff to retaliate against the author—by inundating the Amazon page for his novel with negative reviews.


Conduit’s Developer Vows They’ll Bring The Game To 3DS

Conduit 2 (it dropped the “The”), the sequel to the pioneering Wii shooter, has had its release date pushed back twice. Once developer High Voltage finishes it, though, they’ll begin working on an installment for the Nintendo 3DS.


Can You Guess The Game Based On Its Wildly Different Box Art?

What game is this? It’s a shooter. It’s a Wii game. It’s a sequel. And the previous game’s box art doesn’t look anything like this.


Sega Channels Conduit 2 To Wii This Spring

High Voltage Software will give fans of its original first-person shooter The Conduit another opportunity to enjoy first-person shooting thrills on the Wii. The latest issue of Nintendo Power unveils the sequel, Conduit 2.


SEGA Releasing Violent Wii Games Bundle

Just as the R18+ discussion submissions process draws to a close, SEGA Australia reminds us that they’ve released a few violent games for Wii under MA15+ in recent times.


Tournament Of Legends Preview: Two-Fisted Combat

You’ve seen the ancient gods fight in video games before. You may have seen them use giant hammers. But have you seen a fighting game on Wii that allows for two-handed combat, shot from an unusual camera angle?


Sega Updates Us On Wii Strategy, Aliens, “Sega-ness”

Kotaku sat with the new chief of Sega’s American and European divisions yesterday to get an update on everything from Aliens to Yakuza.


High Voltage Traps Ghostbusters Engine

High Voltage, the developers behind the Wii-exclusive first-person shooter The Conduit, have signed up for a lifetime licence to the Ghostbusters-powering Infernal Engine, gearing up for some Xbox 360 and PC development.


Sega Sammy Bleeds $108 Million In Gold Rings, Reveals Conduit Sales

It was a tough quarter for Sega’s parent company, Sega Sammy Holdings, as the company announced losses of 10.293 billion yen ($108.85 million USD). It also revealed sales data on recent games The Conduit and Virtua Tennis 2009.


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