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Niche News of the Week

• Bethesda has Officially Cancelled Prey 2
• The Last Night, Winner of the Cyberpunk Game Jam, Being Made Into a Full Game
• Brianna Wu Setting Up Legal Defense Fund for Harassed Women
• #GamerGate Discussion is Being Censored via Mass Spam Reporting
• Post-Feminist Dystopia Action Game Aerannis is Now Up on Kickstarter
• Stardust Vanguards is a Mecha-Filled Multiplayer Take on Old Anime Space Operas
• Shadow of the Eternals Resurfaces Under New Studio with Renewed Ambition
• Square Enix Opens Curious New Densetsu Teaser Website
• Valkyria Chronicles is Officially Coming to PC
• The Butchering Continues—Outlast 2 is Confirmed

Topic of the Week

Prey 2 is officially cancelled. While this is entirely not a surprise, it’s disheartening. What games are we sad got cancelled, and what games do we feel should be cancelled? While we’re at it, we also discuss what games we honestly wish could just be localized, and we question some of the strange antics of various publishers and developers. Oh, Carl also retells a hilariously weird story about calling the Nintendo Power Hotline back in the day and talking to (probably) a pedophile.

Enjoy our podcast below, or download it here (right click and save as).

https://soundcloud.com/niche-gamer/niche-gamer-cast-episode-24-some-game-developers-like-to-burn-money

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(Picture is from The Last Guardian, Sony and Team Ico’s long-in-development adventure game.)