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Topic of the Week

It’s time for our Gamescom 2014 predictions. What are Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo bringing? What about our European developer friends? We share our best guesses, and our biggest hopes for the upcoming convention, which goes down in Cologne, Germany.

You can enjoy our podcast below, or you can download it here (right click and save as).

https://soundcloud.com/niche-gamer/niche-gamer-cast-episode-12-gamescom-2014-festlichkeit

Niche News of the Week

1. Minori’s eden* is Coming West, Both Uncensored and for All-Ages
2. Masahiro Ando and Jiro Ishii are Leading a Kickstarter for Under the Dog, a Brilliant Looking Anime
3. Manga Gamer is Localizing euphoria, a Sadism Filled, SAW-inspired Experience
4. The House in Fata Morgana is Finally Being Localized, via Manga Gamer
5. Is Activision Planning a King’s Quest Reboot with a New Sierra Branded Team?
6. Bad News Twitch Fans, a Copyright Blocking System was Sneakily Enabled
7. C-Wars is Releasing First on Xbox One, Timed-Exclusive in China
8. Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax’s Home Release Finally Revealed! Well..for Japan…
9. Former Nintendo Indie Boss Dan Adelman: “The Name Wii U is Abysmal”
10. Sleeping Dogs is Being Remastered on Playstation 4 and Xbox One this Fall

New Giveaway

So we’re giving away three copies of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, on PC. Please comment on the podcast here with your thoughts, and we’ll be picking the winners the following Sunday. Tell your friends, keep reading our site, and spread the love for these kinds of games. If you missed our review for The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, you can read that here.

Songs Featured in This Podcast

This week, the intro song to the Niche Gamer-cast is straight from the upcoming soundtrack for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a game we’re very excited to review next year. The ending song is “Mysterious Guest”, from Divinity: Original Sin, a game that we reviewed and gave very high marks.

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