It's official: Sega to publish The Conduit [update]

by David Hinkle { Oct 29th 2008 at 11:43AM }

Update: Oh, and look, the announcement comes with new screens! Check them out in the gallery below.

Turns out the rumor was true! Sega will in fact be publishing The Conduit, due to release on the Wii during spring of 2009. As one of the most highly-anticipated titles for the Wii, this is obviously a smart move for Sega. That is, if the game turns out to be good and, uh, sells a lot.

So ... should we expect a Hogan's Alley-like minigame where we're tasked with shooting Big the Cat?

Gallery: The Conduit

Source - Marketwatch link
Source - Sega.com link

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

Tags: fps, high-voltage, sega, the-conduit

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Skizz-Nutt aka Scott O. @ Oct 29th 2008 12:01PM

hear that boys!!! it's goin' down, hope your all as excited as i am cause this team sounds like they're busting their a** to make this game the bees knees...yadidamean

Mr Khan @ Oct 29th 2008 12:27PM

BIG the Cat, not Bigs. He's not a young X-Wing pilot from Tatooine

David Hinkle @ Oct 29th 2008 12:39PM

Whoops, that "s" got away from me. Mucho gracias!

TWOO DEE @ Oct 29th 2008 1:52PM

@David Hinkle
that would be 'muchoS gracias' ;)

i kid, i kid

matt @ Oct 29th 2008 1:57PM

muchAS gracias.

TheOverlord#2 @ Oct 29th 2008 2:47PM

No, it is Bigs...they also announced that they are working with Lucas Arts.

aang1818 @ Nov 7th 2008 9:54AM

Well it's official: I can scratch this off my list without looking back.

I had such high hopes for this game, but it's virtually impossible for it to be anything past mediocre now.

Holden @ Oct 29th 2008 12:29PM

Now we can expect loads and loads of sequels, until the whole thing is dead as the horse it rode in on!

(Also cameos in a Billy Hatcher game. Fallacious!)

SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Oct 29th 2008 12:31PM

Really? Well since Nintendo isn't publishing it, doesn't that mean that Sega could potentially set up their own servers and ditch the friend codes ala Medal of Honor: Heroes for this game? That is of course assuming that Ninty would allow WiiSpeak compatability in a game that doesn't use friend codes. Man that would be awesome. Unlikely, but awesome.

Mr Khan @ Oct 29th 2008 1:05PM

Nintendo will let 3rd parties do whatever they want, just that they shouldn't expect any help if they go it alone

SEGA does have their own network infrastructure in place. Remnants of SegaNet of yore which they still use to run old PSO servers (Japan only) but also PSU servers worldwide.

ljung8erg @ Oct 29th 2008 12:39PM

Excellent! I loved Metroid on the Wii and MoH was ok, but graphically it left a lot to be desired. The guys at High Voltage look to be putting in a lot of love into The Conduit, hope it pays off as the Wii needs this!

KingKRule @ Oct 29th 2008 12:46PM

Does this mean we can expect blazing late 80's guitar driven rock music mixed with over enthusiastic announcers. Maybe some unnecessary flailing of the arms during cut scenes... Wait, Sega's just publishing it... nuts I got excited. But seriously Im glad to see Sega coming out with some solid hits. When I was a kid Sega was like the Pepsi of video games to me all hip and filled with attitude, I want that back.