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Niche News of the Week
- Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson is Coming West this Year
- Onechanbara Z2: Chaos is Coming West
- Lost Dimension is Coming West this Summer
- Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Knight of Fafnir Knight Coming West – First English Screenshots
- Kenichiro Takaki’s New Three Part Trans-Media Project, Valkyrie Drive, is Revealed
- Gravity Rush is Rated for Playstation 4
- Square Enix Reveals Final Fantasy Type-Next Artwork, Sequel Currently in Limbo
- Final Fantasty Type-0 HD’s Ending Hints at Type-1 Sequel
- New Conker Game is Hitting Project Spark on April 23rd
- New Conker Game Currently Not in Development, but Still a Possibility
- Sega Reveals the Anime Girl Crossover Miracle Girls Festival for PS Vita
- Sega and Game Freak have Revealed Tembo the Badass Elephant for PS4, PC, and Xbox One
- TxK Won’t Be Coming to Other Platforms, Because Atari Said So
- Nintendo and DeNa Team Up for a Mobile and Hardware Collaborative
- Superbeat Xonic, a New Rhythm Game by DJMAX Creators, is Revealed for PS Vita
- Hyperdimension Neptunia vs. Sega Hard Girls is Revealed for Playstation Vita
- Tag Team Blanc + Neptune vs. Zombie Army is Revealed for Playstation Vita
- Kaio: King of Pirates has Been Cancelled
- It’s Official, Hideo Kojima to Leave Konami After Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Hideo Kojima and Upper Management to Leave Konami AFter New Metal Gear Ships
- Konami is Hiring Devs with Innovative Ideas for New Metal Gear
Topic of the Week
Are all the Japanese visionaries being pushed out of the companies they made their reputation under? What is the cause of this? Is it rigid corporate structure, traditionalism, the battling of egos, or something unforeseen? We also delve into the seeming lack of outrage for games like Senran Kagura 2 and Onechanbara Z2: Chaos coming west, in the mainstream gaming press.
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