First The Conduit (Wii) video from E3 2008 of independently developed first-person shooter

The Conduit Wii FPS Screenshot

The Conduit is an independently developed first-person shooter/adventure exclusively for the Wii from High Voltage Software. The game still lacks a publisher but it will assuredly get picked up since it’s looking good. Reminds me a lot of Perfect Dark (the original) as it’s got aliens and some very unique and cool looking weapons.

The game has been built from the ground up for the Wii and embraces uses the Wii Remote & Nunchuck to play, with the Wii Remote’s IR being used to look and shoot by aiming at the screen (like in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption). Although the controls are very user-friendly and customizable, giving the player the ability to alter the size of the bounding box, the speed at which the player can move the camera and the cursor’s sensitivity, you can even do this in-game without having to exit out to a menu screen. You can also re-map the entire control layout to any button of motion control of your choosing!

The Conduit also has some unique features like having to use the ASE or “All-Seeing-Eye” to uncover mysterious alien elements throughout the game world that are used to solve puzzles and detect hidden mines scattered throughout the game. It can also be used to discover other hidden secrets in the world.

Multiplayer in The Conduit will feature at least three competitive multiplayer modes and the game supports online play only.

Modes include Deathmatch and Capture the Flag. Although splitscreen local multiplayer isn’t included, the team will include LAN play. Voice chat will also be supported. Matches can have up to 16 players simultaneously!

Story
In the near future, Washington, D.C. begins to experience several strange phenomena. A mysterious flu-like virus, “The Bug,” sweeps through the region, causing high-security buildings to be left understaffed as government workers stay home to try to avoid catching the disease. Months after the initial outbreak, a terrorist attack destroys part of Washington Monument, and only weeks afterwards on September 11, a presidential candidate is assasinated by another terrorist cell disguised as her Secret Service detail, heightening national tensions.

Following these alarming events, a secretive organization known as the Trust realizes that the capital has become the epicenter for an extraterrestrial attack by an alien race identified as the Drudge. “John Adams,” the enigmatic commander of the Trust, directs a newly inducted Trust agent codenamed “Mr. Ford” to infiltrate the area and find the truth behind the sudden attack. Along the way, Mr. Ford must overcome the onslaught of the Drudge, a group of traitor Trust members led by a man calling himself “Prometheus,” and virus-infected humans under the Drudge’s control. In the end, Mr. Ford will discover the horrifying truth of how far the conspiracy reaches.