We debated over two different headlines for this article. The above, which obviously got the nod, and “Wii’s The Grinder Coming To PS3.” Whether we picked the right one can be disputed at a later time.
FPS The Grinder was previously announced for the Wii, standing out from the crowd with its customisable motion controls. Featuring your typical gamut of monsters ready to be waggled at, the game has now been confirmed as coming to both the PS3 and Xbox 360 in a recent interview with IGN.
Considering The Grinder’s projected release date of Q4 2010, the perceptive guys over at IGN thought to follow up and ask if the game would use the PS3’s Arc (or whatever it’s called this week) motion controller. High Voltage’s CEO Kerry Ganofsky let the cat out of the bag:
“All we can say is we have development kits in-house and it is an amazing device.”
With Eric Nofsinger, Chief Creative Officer, adding:
“It works exactly as advertised.”
High Voltage’s previous offerings include The Conduit for the Wii – a rarity in being a third-party produced game for Nintendo’s console that didn’t get lambasted by the critics.
Source: IGN
jtuck | 05/02/2010 13:04
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“It works exactly as advertised.”
So not like the Wii-mote then… Zing.
Kovacs | 05/02/2010 13:19
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Oh touché …
3shirts | 05/02/2010 13:22
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Feel the burn
Tuffcub | 05/02/2010 13:46
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Perhaps some quotes around the, er, quote, in the title would be good. I read it an expected PS Arc to have some sort of electric shock feedback thing, so rather than tumble if you got shot it would give you a mild zap. That would be fab, but it’s got nothing to do with this. You mislead me you bastard.
Kovacs | 05/02/2010 14:40
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Not my fault you don’t know who High Voltage are!
codeman- | 06/02/2010 06:40
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ooo sweet… let’s hack it and crank up the voltage… We’ll turn into inFamous crazy electric madman!!! Can’t wait!!!
DrOf1337 | 05/02/2010 13:48
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I got the chance to see it all working up close t’other day. The best way to describe it is “what the Wii keeps insisting it can do but really can’t, and with better graphics”. Nintendo might have backed themselves into a corner, I can’t see Wii getting a Blu-Ray drive, and would the average Wii owner actually buy a ‘Zii’ or whatever the hell it is they’ve trademarked?
DrOf1337 | 05/02/2010 13:50
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God I just keep ranting about the Wii like a crazy person. I do actualy have one, it just gets quite literally about 0.5% of my total play time.
nofi | 05/02/2010 13:55
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“what the Wii keeps insisting it can do but really can’t, and with better graphics”
Can we quote you on that? :p
DrOf1337 | 05/02/2010 14:02
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lulz
Kovacs | 05/02/2010 14:41
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I know this might sound haughty but I don’t even equate the Wii as being in the same category as the 360 and PS3 in this generation of gaming. They’ve created their OWN category and are incredibly successful in it.
Hats off to them though, the Wii is really the gateway drug of the PS3. And you can quote ME on THAT!
Erroneus | 05/02/2010 15:51
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This could be interesting. HV did a really good job with The Conduit and The Grinder looks interesting. 4 player co-op in a world with vampires, zombies, monsters, leprechauns and other charming creatures.
SleepMachine | 05/02/2010 16:11
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i can’t help noticing that both their names contains “nofs”.
SIR-DARK-HAZE | 05/02/2010 17:59
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Nice news, ill look up The Grinder.
Rob92 | 07/02/2010 17:25
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Grinder looks great. Well the new trailer anyway, not the old videos we saw at E3. Read an interview and it says they’ve taken a completely new direction with it and from what I’ve seen, I like it! Give me some L4Desque action on PS3. Shame about the 2011 release date though.