Nintendo's anti-hero Wario launches his Game & Wario cashgrab site.

Nintendo has launched a marketing campaign for Game & Wario called Crowdfarter in an amusing parody of this generation's developers turning to social donation networks such as Crowdfunder and Kickstarter.

The "campaign", spearheaded by Wario himself, aims to gather "100 katrillion coins" in order to finance Wario's dream of, well, being rich. Readers are encouraged to "donate" to the cause by liking the page on Facebook or posting comments via Twitter. Incentives for doing so come in the way of some downloadable goodies, new trailers for the game and a digital badge that proudly proclaims "I crowdfarted!".

Notion Games' Super Ubi Land is now Super Ubie Land as requested by Ubisoft.

Notion Games’ platforming title, Super Ubi Land has been renamed Super Ubie Land.

Notion Games made the decision to alter the Kickstarter funded title’s name after they received a request from Ubisoft to change it due its similarity to Ubisoft’s own name. According to Notion Games’ Twitter, the decision was met without animosity on either side, saying, “Ubisoft has been a great help!”

Super Ubie Land is slated for release on Wii U, PC, Mac, and Linux devices. A demo is currently available for the PC, Mac, and Linux versions. A release date has yet to be announced.

Ubisoft believes in the Wii U. Do you?

Ubisoft said it plans to continue supporting the Wii U when asked if it will rethink its backing of the platform.

When approached by GameIndustry International on the topic of their support of the Wii U, the response received remained positive: "As with any new console, it takes some time to grow an established base. Ubisoft has a varied and high-quality line-up for Wii U, with more big titles on the way including Rayman Legends, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and Splinter Cell Blacklist." When it comes to their role on the Wii U: "We're confident that this will help in continuing to attract gamers to the Wii U system and that Nintendo will take steps to ensure that the Wii U is successful in the market."

Ubisoft says it is focused on the PC version instead.  

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online for Wii U was revealed to be on hold during its development stage.

When asked about the Wii U version of Ghost Recon Online, the official Twitter page for the game responded, "The Wii U version of the game is currently on hold while we focus on developing the PC version." The PC version was released last August, so improvements to that are most likely what is being worked on.

At E3 2012, senior vice president of sales Tony Key told IGN the Wii U version was taking "a little bit longer" in order to make sure it was done right.  

Capcom has released new screenshots from the upcoming Monster Hunter 4 on their Japanese site.

Capcom has released new screenshots and artwork on their Japanese site for their upcoming title, Monster Hunter 4. The game is due out this summer in Japan on the 3DS, no North American release date has been set.

The screenshots include some new monsters as well as some concept art of the environments to be featured in the game. Among the new monsters is what appears to be some sort of land shark, as well as some images of a Lagombi, who many may remember as one of the monsters featured in the demo of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Check the gallery below for all the images.

Big John Games releasing fishing simulator on eShop.

Big John Games is releasing Big Bass Arcade: No Limit on the 3DS eShop sometime later this year. The game was originally intended to be a retail release on the Wii, but was converted to a downloadable 3DS title last year. The game will feature ten lakes, forty tournaments and challenges, seven fish species, ten lures, and a record tracking system. Once a fish is hooked, the game can utilize either the 3DS's touch screen or button inputs as the virtual fishing reel.

Development on Big Bass Arcade: No Limit is complete, and the game is currently in testing at Nintendo. 

Nintendo has confirmed on Twitter that it will show Wii U titles in a pre-E3 Nintendo Direct. 

In a Nintendo Direct before E3, the new 3D Mario, Mario Kart, and Super Smash Bros. will be shown, along with other Wii U games.

This Nintendo Direct will mark the start of Nintendo's Electronic Entertainment Expo showing, which is notable since Nintendo is forgoing a traditional press conference.

No specific date was given other than before E3.

In 2012, Kotaku posted an incendiary article about Silicon Knights and Denis Dyack. In 2013, Dyack responds.

Denis Dyack, CCO of Shadows of the Eternals' developer Precursor Games, spoke at length about the allegations towards himself and his former company, Silicon Knights, in a video.

The allegations, coming chiefly from a Kotaku article, focused on Silicon Knights' diverting funds from X-Men Destiny, which was published by Activision, to use on an Eternal Darkness 2 demo, among other issues. Dyack stated in the video that the claims were based on a variety of anonymous sources, and that he believed that any readers and members of the press would seek to confirm the reports. Numerous outlets rejected the story initially, according to Dyack, including Wired Game|Life. Watch the video below for the full details. Nintendo World Report will have a staff roundtable discussion posted soon with our reactions to it.

The Merc with a Mouth shows up on Amazon Canada.

Amazon Canada has listed the upcoming Deadpool game on their website as a Wii U release. Officially, the game has only been announced for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but this listing might lead to a surprise announcement of a Wii U version.

Activision is currently offering pre-orders for Deadpool on the game’s official site for the other consoles with a release date slated for June 25. Interestingly, the Amazon Canada webpage lists the Wii U’s release as December 31, making a late announced Wii U release seem more likely, as this gives time to finish development for the console. The page offers no other information besides two videos, the ESRB mature rating, and a product number.

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