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Niche News of the Week

• Bandai Namco has Trademarked “Eyes of Heaven” and “Cinderella Girls” in Europe
• Bandai Namco has Filed a Trademark for “Lost Song” in Both the USA and Europe
• Sony Online Entertainment is Purchased by Columbus Nova, Rebranded to Daybreak Game Company
• Dragon Quest Heroes Staff are Considering a Western Release
• Sekai Project is Localizing Hitomebore and Kokonoe Kokoro, Monster Girl Visual Novels
• Build a Successful Tavern in Adventure Bar Story, Coming West on 3DS
• Tetsuya Mizuguchi Acquires Lumines, Meteos IPs with New Studio, New Lumines in the Works
• Offworld Trading Company is a Bold New Trading RTS by the Designer of Civilization IV
• Project Giant Robot is Coming West During the First Half of 2015
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Coming West this Summer
• Aerobat is a Ludicrous Shmup Rife with Fighter Jets, Robots, Rainbow Lasers, and Explosions

Topic of the Week

Is Sega in trouble? Between the mediocre launch of the latest Sonic games, a massive number of layoffs, and some completely unforeseen localization decisions, what exactly is going on in the Japanese publisher?

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