Wii Loses Exclusive With High Voltage’s The Grinder
High Voltage's monster/zombie shooter The Grinder is going multi-platform
High Voltage Software President Kerry Ganofsky and Chief Creative Officer Eric Nofsinger revealed their upcoming monster/zombie shooter, The Grinder, will no longer be a Wii exclusive.
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During an interview with IGN today, the company executives confirmed The Grinder would be coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. This announcement comes as a bit of a surprise as High Voltage has previously been a strong Wii supporter, creating such titles as The Conduit and a variety of WiiWare games.
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"Bringing our third internal IP to all the current-generation systems allows us to show off what our company can really do and get it into the hands of the most gamers" said Nofsinger.
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High Voltage confirmed that PS3, 360, and PC versions will be shown at March's Game Developers Conference.
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New details on single-player mode were also revealed:
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"We have a large gameplay experience planned which includes a lengthy story mode, planned DLC, and an experience system that promotes replayability. I don't want to give too much away, but we are very excited about the release of Grinder as well as providing future support of the game with regular updates" Ganofsky said.
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A new trailer for the game can be viewed below:
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The Grinder is set to release Halloween 2011. When asked why such a distant launch date was chosen, they explained by saying:
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"With the move to all of the current-generation systems, higher resolution art content needs to be created which takes a bit longer than our previous games."
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Ultimately, however, that does not explain why the Wii version could not launch first, giving it exclusivity for a time before the higher resolution artwork for the other versions is ready.