High Voltage Software, we love you
Well, time to make a megaton post about a little company called High Voltage Software. Never heard of ‘em? Yeah, I hadn’t either until the last week when IGN decided to reveal three Wii exclusive games from them. And get this… they all look good.
Anyways, enough about that, you probably want to hear about the games. Let’s start with The Conduit. It’s a futuristic FPS built from the ground up for Wii using High Voltage’s own 3D engine (which looks pretty nice). As of yet it doesn’t have a publisher, but after IGN revealed it last week they apparently got calls from ten different interested companies. Cool beans. High Voltage is taking a nod from games like Metroid Prime 3 and Medal of Honor Heroes 2 when it comes to the controls. Nice inspiration, since both of those games played like butter on a warm biscuit. I’ll throw down a couple screens, but you can check out the article at IGN for more. Yeah, they’re water-marked, but that’s okay because we’re linking to them.


Now we move onto the two WiiWare games. First up is a title called Gyrostarr. It’s a neat little shooter with some cool gameplay ideas backing it up. Fifty levels, four player competitive/co-opeartive multiplayer, nice graphics, techno beats, and it’ll only set you back $7. The gameplay itself is a little hard to explain so I’ll let the video below do the talking. Check it out when it comes for WiiWare launch on May 12th.
And finally, the last of the trifecta, another WiiWare game called Animales de la Muerte. Yes, that’s spanish, and it stands for ‘Animals of the Dead’. You’re the son of a zookeeper, and all the zoo’s animals have turned into zombies. Naturally, you jump out to rain down some gore-filled destruction. Interested? You should be! Co-operative multi-player and tons of weapons round at what looks to be another awesome title for WiiWare. It’s due out sometime this September.
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There you go… Wii fans, praise High Voltage Software for actually going out and giving us games instead of shovelware mini-game crap. All their stuff looks great, and if you buy it, that’s a good sign for publishers scared to put out real games on our favorite console. Hopefully other third parties will follow High Voltage’s lead.

