Conduit dev making Wii Cap America?

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 7 September, 2010

SEGA keeps quiet.

SEGA has refused to comment on an online report that The Conduit developer High Voltage Software is making the Wii version of Captain America: The First Avenger.

Website SEGAbits claims SEGA drafted High Voltage in to make the 2011 movie tie-in because it "was apparently happy with what they did with Iron Man 2".

The Wii version of Iron Man 2, which High Voltage created, currently has a Metacritic review score average of 41 out of 100.

High Voltage's Wii-exclusive shooter The Conduit managed a 5/10 in Eurogamer's review.

SEGA's Captain America: The First Avenger game was outed by a Marvel financial report from last year.

The Captain America film, which stars Chris "human Torch" Evans as the Cap, is set for release on 22nd July 2011, so we can expect the game around then.

It'll follow a Thor game, designed to coincide with the release of the movie.

Apparently SEGA will give High Voltage "much more freedom with this game" than it did with Iron Man 2.

SEGA declined to comment on the matter when contacted by Eurogamer.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • TonyHarrison #1 1 year ago

    I'm left wondering how HVS keep being given games to develop...

  • madgerald Verified Studio Head of PR & Marketing, Colossal Games LTD #2 1 year ago

    SEGA should have got Headstrong to do it.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #3 1 year ago

    I'd say getting Headstrong on this is a waste of talent. I'm not a big fan of comic movie tie-ins. In fact, this is the first time I have head about a Captain America movie.

    I'm left wondering how HVS keep being given games to develop...

    Because they have and still gain a lot of experience. So many studios get closed or radically cut down (see All Points Bulletin) after pretty much a single game. This is just wrong; If we close down every studio just because not every game is almost perfect there would be no developers left.

  • spekkeh #4 1 year ago

    I believe the Conduit did alright in sales. Ultimately that matters more than the quality of the product. Most movie tie-ins are not exactly great.

  • Lalaland #5 1 year ago

    Who else read the headline and thought this was a Milliner simulator?

    I want that game now :(

  • RevanNL #6 1 year ago

    After reviewing Tournament of Legends I've lost faith in HVS. You simply don't love games if you have the balls to trie to sell that piece of digital crap.

  • Lawlost #7 1 year ago

    Actually guys you gave The Conduit 5 out of 10 and were IMHO a little harsh

  • dirtysteve #8 1 year ago

    So third person action, beat enemies with variety of moves, use wiimote to throw shield. Am I leaving anything out of the dev-by-numbers approach?

  • FogHeart #9 1 year ago

    "The Wii version of Iron Man 2, which High Voltage created, currently has a Metacritic review score average of 41 out of 100.

    High Voltage's Wii-exclusive shooter The Conduit managed a 4/10 in Eurogamer's review."

    While The Conduit scores 69/100 - three points higher - at Metacritic. Either quote both Metacritic or both EG, but don't pick and choose in order to construct a perception. That's not just.

  • Hulle #10 1 year ago

    Well spoken, FogHeart.

  • Gaiduku #11 1 year ago

    I'm initially skeptical because it's a Marvel movie tie in.... but then again the first game i ever completed was Captain America and the Avengers on the megadrive when i was like... 5.... so i might have to get this simply for the nostalgia factor.

  • darkmorgado #12 1 year ago

    SEGA drafted High Voltage in to make the 2011 movie tie-in because it "was apparently happy with what they did with Iron Man 2

    Did anyone at SEGA actually play Iron Man 2? Because I don't see how anyone who played it would be "happy" with that game.

  • Ryze #13 1 year ago

    They're probably in the early stages of a rushed piece of crap movie tie-in right now.

    Sega must die.

    The story reads like UK tabloid bullshit, also.
    Edited by 1 at 08/09/10 @ 05:23

  • schnide #14 1 year ago

    @FogHeart

    I think it's relevant to quote the Iron Man 2 score and not The Conduit. SEGA have given them the Captain America job supposedly based on how they did with Iron Man 2. As Captain America is likely to be a third person actioner movie tie-in, and not a "groundbreaking" first person shooter, it seems an entirely appropriate reference to me.

  • seabassuk #15 1 year ago

    I predict a Eurogamer score of 6/10

  • schnide #16 1 year ago

    I'll go 5/10.

  • dirtysteve #17 1 year ago

    I'll bet on a 4/10. Would it be fair of Eurogamer to run a' predict the score' competition? Mind you the prize would probably be the game itself.

  • adinus #18 1 year ago

    Bit of a tangent, but if anyone's in Manchester they're filming bits of this film on Dale Street in 2 weeks.

    They're cladding the buildings to look like 1940s New York at the moment - looks surreal!