High Voltage Software has declared that its long-forgotten shooter, The Grinder, is still alive and waiting for a publisher. If you can't remember what it is, it's a first-person shooter for the Wii that is also a third-person shooter for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. It features four-player co-op and it's about vampires, which makes it different from Left 4 Dead.
According to level designer Eric Stoli, the game is on "vertical slice status" and the studio isn't quite sure what the final product is going to be like. Apparently High Voltage is waiting to see if it'll need to change the game -- like add more action or RPG elements -- in order to make publishers happy, and that's why we haven't seen it in a while.
Such talk is rarely a great sign, but here's keeping our fingers crossed. They're good people, those Voltage chaps!
The Grinder Is Waiting For A Publisher, Final Product Could Have RPG Elements [Siliconera]
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10:00 AM on 03.11.2011 | 
Yup, that's what most of the internet seems to be saying.
Back in a PAX 2010 interview, The Grinder was described as in "vertical slice status" and lacking a publisher. It sounds like absolutely nothing has changed since then, and there was no indication of how long The Grinder had been stuck in its holding pattern before even that interview.
To be blunt, I don't think it sounds good for The Grinder. HVS can't seem to find anyone interested in publishing it, or at least can't come to terms with anyone willing.
Off topic: Mr.Sterling check out the iOS game Land-A Panda. I think you'll quite like it. It reminds me of the barrels in donkey kong country made into a game, with pandas. it might even be worth your support via article
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I just hope that they hold their ground enough to keep a generally good game...actually I hope its wonderful..but we'll see.