Nintendo's Wii U Tour 2013 is bringing the console and several games on a six-city nationwide tour through September, the company announced today. Visitors will be able to go hands-on with the console and games like Injustice: Gods Among Us, Lego City Undercover, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Land, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Rayman Legends Challenges App and Resident Evil: Revelations, though not all games will be available at all locations. The Wii U Tour 2013 will be free and open to the public, and visitors will "play all these Wii U games in a comfortable, living room setting surrounded by backdrops of some of Nintendo's most beloved characters," according to Nintendo. Tour dates and locations, as listed on the official Wii U Tour 2013 site, are as...

Monster Hunter 4 will launch in Japan on Sept. 14 for 5,990 yen, it was revealed during today's Nintendo Direct conference. According to series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, Capcom and Nintendo and working on a limited edition Nintendo 3DS XL device for the title's launch. Both limited edition devices are shown above. Earlier in the year, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated that while consumers across North America lacked incentive to purchase the hardware because of the lack of diverse software available in the region, this problem will be addressed this year with the release of Monster Hunter 4 and Pokemon X/Y. A North American release date has yet to be revealed.

Shadow of the Eternals, Precursor Games' spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, is unlikely to be finished if the developer's crowdfunding efforts aren't successful, Precursor COO Shawn Jackson revealed today during a Reddit AMA. Jackson revealed the game's possible fate in response to a question about wether the game will still be made if it fails to reach its funding goals on Kickstarter and its independent crowdfunding effort. "Since we do not have any other source of funding, it is unlikely," Jackson wrote. Jackson also defended the studio's decision to hire Denis Dyack, who like other Precursor employees and equipment that the studio is using are also veterans of Eternal Darkness developer Silicon Knights. Dyack, who serves as chief creative officer at...

Rayman Legends' beautiful dynamic lighting is, based on recent hands-on time with the action platformer, its freshest addition to gameplay. In addition to making the game's levels look even more gorgeous, Ubisoft's updated lighting engine brings clever level design and stealth-based fun to the already stellar cooperative action of Rayman Origins. Ubisoft seems to be (rightly) proud of Legends' lighting. It was on display in many of the levels the publisher showed at a pre-E3 preview event. In a level titled "Mansion of the Deep," a mix of platforming and swimming sections we played on an Xbox 360 as a group of four, Rayman Legends' lighting is put to use in underwater segments where glowing sentries search for Rayman and his pals. Players must hide in the shadows behind platforms where...