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Warner Brothers Interactive pledges Wii U support

While publishers like EA has backed away from supporting Nintendo's struggling Wii U, one of the few big name supporters of the console is Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment according to Gamesindustry International.

"We're a believer on the Wii U," said WBIE president Martin Tremblay. " Honestly, we hope everybody's going to work out. It's just good for the industry."

Though Tremblay mentions the low sales of the console he's is satisfied with how titles like Scribblenauts Unlimited and Batman: Arkham City have performed.

"I think the console has been off to a slow start, but I think they're going to fix the problem," said Tremblay. " I don't think its a problem, but it's more about the content. And I think they showed tons of new content [at E3] that will re-energize the platform."

Two of Warner Brother's most high profile next-gen games Mad Max and Dying Light will be missing the Wii U. Even Injustice: Gods Among Us's DLC for Nintendo's console won't be released until the summer while even missing content from its Playstation 4 and Xbox 360's brethren.

Nintendo's next-gen console has polarized developers from all parts of the industry.

During an investors meeting last week, Ubisoft said that they would be cutting back on Wii U support and that it expects a price reduction on the console to boost sales. Ubisoft was the console's biggest supporter with launch titles ranging from Assassin's Creed 3 and Just Dance 4 to the exclusive ZombiU. The French publisher does have Assassin's Creed 4, Watch Dogs and Rayman Legends (following its own Wii U controversy) coming to Nintendo's next-gen hardware though its first true next-gen project The Crew will be missing the console.

Activision, however, seems to be confused on whether or not Call of Duty: Ghost will be going to the Wii U.

Nintendo hopes to increase Wii U sales with announcements of upcoming releases including Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart 8.

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