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Have you heard of the Quantum 3 Engine? It's a little thing that's being designed by a company called High Voltage Games that is behind the new Wii FPS, The Conduit.
According to this news article, the Quantum 3 engine is supposed to be able to achieve graphical quality similar to that achievable on Microsoft's Xbox 360.

So what does this mean for Wii owners? Hopefully it will be the beginning of the end for the tonnes of 3rd Party shovelware titles that are currently flooding Wii bargain bins. With this engine, 3rd party developers will hopefully stop seeing the Wii as a weak powered console, and release their blockbuster hits, such as Call of Duty 4 and Grand Theft Auto IV on the Wii as well as the two established powerhouses, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.

This should also be a benefit to the developers themselves, since reportedly the Wii is especially easy to program for, while the PS3 is the most difficult, owing to the Cell Processor at the heart of the machine's grunt. The Xbox 360 on the other hand is similar to a PC's architecture, but without the changing specs, making it easier for developers who often have developed their first titles for a PC.

The Conduit looks like a brilliant show of what the Wii can possibly do. Wii owners should just pray for its success, or else continue to endure the tripe that is the majority of non-Nintendo titles.

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May. 9, 2008 | 7:46 AM ShadowWest says:

This new engine looks and sounds brilliant!

May. 9, 2008 | 9:51 PM ParadoxVoid responds:

I know! Hopefully if Rockstar pay attention to this, we may have the spin-off GTA titles (like this gens version of Vice City and San Andreas) on the Wii.
Bitch-slapping hoes would take a whole new meaning with motion-controls don't you think?

May. 10, 2008 | 2:20 PM ShadowWest says:

Yeah definitely! :)

May. 11, 2008 | 3:48 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

And I think "hot coffee" could become VERY interesting!
But they took all sex scenes and stuff out of the Aussie version apparently... all we get is a rocking car or whatever. Meh, I don't have a PS3 so it's not really that big of a deal for me.

May. 13, 2008 | 7:07 PM darknessdweller says:

darknessdweller wuz here.

May. 14, 2008 | 3:14 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

That's nice to know!

May. 18, 2008 | 11:03 AM Racoonmario says:

This sounds quite intresting, I´m definitely going to keep an eye on this new engine. I hate the fact that only games released by Nintendo itself are good. Of course, there are a few exceptions.

May. 20, 2008 | 3:00 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

No More Heroes being the most famous one, and probably the only one that I would class as "Nintendo quality" from a third party. We just have to hope that "The Conduit" and the Wiiware games utilising this engine are good, though going by High Voltage's track record, it's not too likely.

Jul. 17, 2008 | 9:01 AM ShadowWest says:

The Conduit has actually been mentioned in the most recent issue of the magazine I buy - GamesMaster.

According to them, the game is for release in Q2 2009, and it's about some guy uncovering an alien conspiracy.

Talk about a cliche plot.

Jul. 21, 2008 | 12:18 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

Yeah I know what you mean, and he's got such a generic name- Agent Ford. But it is still usable, and the whole ball thing he uses in the gameplay videos means there could be some decent puzzle-solving action in it, which will help differentiate it a little from the multitude of more generic FPSs out there.

Jul. 25, 2008 | 9:38 AM Aci6 says:

Damn man, you'll be a higher level than me in about a year :P
Anyway< interesting stuff, didn't the articles see you later.
And let's just hope that DC33 hosts a party of some sort, otherwise he's a fag :'(

Jul. 29, 2008 | 3:23 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

In about a year lol. I don't even think I'll be on regularly enough with Uni etc to do that.
And that second line doesn't exactly make sense...
Totally agree with the last bit though lol

Aug. 19, 2008 | 3:01 AM DarkComet33 says:

Oh haha

Aug. 25, 2008 | 3:14 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

WTF. Seriously?

Aug. 26, 2008 | 6:45 AM ShadowWest says:

Yay, more coverage about it in my mag.

The developers reckon that the Quantum Engine will have the game's graphics BETTER than an average Xbox 360 game.

Talk about optimistic.

Also, there's talk in the mag of other 3rd party developers using it if The Conduit proves to be a huge it. Can you imagine Red Steel 2 using this engine?

Sep. 8, 2008 | 1:27 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

Really? BETTER than X360? Now that's something, but I think you're right, most likely a high level of optimism.
And I heard about the rumor that High Voltage would lease out the engine to other developers, similar to what Valve did with the Unreal Engine 3.
Here's hoping they make good use of it!

Aug. 30, 2008 | 12:55 AM Aci6 says:

Definite reason to get a Wii?
Possibly... *strokes possible beard*

~A~

Sep. 8, 2008 | 1:27 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

I would say so...I heard that it's not slated until March 09, and that's in the US.

Sep. 8, 2008 | 4:36 AM Aci6 says:

Ouch then, how do you get a video on your blog anyway?

Sep. 14, 2008 | 3:05 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

Didn't you hear about Rob's behind the scenes antics? Anyway, you make a news post, and click the embed button next to the rest of the link, and image buttons. You just chuck in the embed/object tags from somewhere like Youtube.

Sep. 22, 2008 | 3:57 PM cast says:

I'm sorry.

Oct. 7, 2008 | 11:37 PM ParadoxVoid responds:

That's OK! But what are you sorry for again?

Sep. 29, 2008 | 7:55 PM ironraven24 says:

Wow looks pretty great. I'm looking forward to this engine being in some games. :D thanks for the video.

Oct. 7, 2008 | 11:36 PM ParadoxVoid responds:

No worries! It really looks brilliant for a Wii game though, doesn't it?

Oct. 9, 2008 | 8:39 PM ironraven24 says:

Yes it does, and the Conduit looks rather sexy as well.

Oct. 10, 2008 | 2:24 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

Yeah, it's shaping up quite well. High Voltage are taking this one quite seriously from all reports. March 2009 can't come quickly enough, that's for sure! This game, along with MadWorld, are two of my most looked forward to games.

Oct. 15, 2008 | 9:32 AM Aci6 says:

We've done well man with our flash, let's start talking about programming that series eh?

Oct. 16, 2008 | 2:14 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

LOL

Nov. 7, 2008 | 9:19 PM RedStripedd says:

Yeah.. looks pretty sweet. I haven't been this excited for a game since Brawl came out.

Nov. 15, 2008 | 6:31 PM ParadoxVoid responds:

Yeah me too! It looks brilliant, let's hope the gameplay lives up to our expectations!

Nov. 19, 2008 | 1:12 AM Aci6 says:

still looks cool.

Nov. 22, 2008 | 2:17 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

Yes, yes it does. I really should upload a gameplay vid too...

Dec. 2, 2008 | 6:08 PM mrbobbyjoe says:

Intriguing. The game seems a bit too wobbly though.

Dec. 4, 2008 | 3:04 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

I think the gameplay is still pre-alpha, so you can expect some niggles. They should (hopefully) iron out all those by release.

Jan. 3, 2009 | 3:11 AM Aci6 says:

Man, you need to spruce up the profile a bit.
Colourfy the youtube movies and START FLAGGING!

Jan. 8, 2009 | 2:14 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

Colourfy? WTF?
And as for flagging... fuck that shit =/

Jan. 28, 2009 | 1:05 AM Aci6 says:

lol, garbage until we die.

Feb. 3, 2009 | 2:15 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

Yup, pretty much lol.

Feb. 4, 2009 | 9:29 PM Aci6 says:

No, change the colour of the youtube borders.
Also, I'm getting more bored :(
You should come out for a weekend or something.

Feb. 10, 2009 | 2:12 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

Yeah that'd be awesome... if I wasn't going to Uni. Also, I really should check my comments more huh?

Mar. 16, 2009 | 3:05 AM kokonut10 says:

That game looks awesome! Unfortunately I don't have a Wii...

Mar. 22, 2009 | 2:50 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

That sucks. I actually don't have mine either, being at Uni. We'll have to suffer I suppose. :(

Mar. 21, 2009 | 11:58 AM SeaBoundRhino says:

2:48 in the second video 'It looks great for a Wii game'

It looks AWESOME for a Wii game! If High Voltage software do lease out the engine- which I think they will because they have mentioned in several videos that they're all for 'improving the quality of Wii games'- this could lead to so much.

Let's hope CoD: Modern Warfare 2 comes to the Wii because of this.

Mar. 22, 2009 | 2:52 AM ParadoxVoid responds:

That's my hopes exactly. With a better graphics engine capable of all these high-end graphics, and also I believe the proliferation of GCN and classic controllers are quite high now, so perhaps they could just make a fairly simple port of games like Bioshock 2 and CoD:MW2 to the Wii easily, even if the devs don't feel like using the motion controls.