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The trailer for Christopher Nolan's next film, TENET, came out yesterday. Unsurprisingly, it looks great. This is an IMAX film for sure

So, just seen a Fortnite tie-in for the film that's really worth noting for those who have already seen the film (@will', @Dog-amoto)...

Went to the midnight showing last night, had some thoughts I wanted to share but the forum was down, so I noted them down while waiting for my taxi. So, here are my completely unasked for thoughts and feelings on TROS after my first viewing. Warning: expletives ahead.

Yep, seems like a real mixed bag coming out of the premiere. Not that they ever seem to be a great indicator of how the film will be received by fans I've got to admit, I'm very nervous about how this is going to turn out. I think the return of The Emperor is what has me nervous most of all – if we don't get an explanation, it's going to feel very phoned in. Also, if Ben/Kylo - aka one of the most complex Star Wars characters and best acting performances in these films to date - gets killed, I'm going to have some serious problems with this trilogy as a whole. Also, Anakin better turn up in some form... Watching TFA and TLJ tomorrow, haven't watched any of the other films because I'm interested in treating the sequel trilogy as its own entity the first time round. Got tickets to midnight release, seeing it Thursday evening with some guys from work, and then got a family booking for my birthday next Tuesday not long to go now, just need to avoid spoilers for just under the next 26 hours!

Been playing a bit of Battlefront II over the last month or so, and I've got to say, it's much improved. Been glad I've been hopping in and out from time to time. DICE just dropped the trailer for the Celebration Edition/The Rise of Skywalker stuff, and I'm putting it here mainly because the music is great definitely got some chills towards the end

So, TemTem, that MMO heavily inspired by Pokémon, got a new trailer recently and has a Steam/Humble Bundle release date of January 21st 2020, with plans still apparently in place to bring it to Switch, PS4 and Xbox One. It's actually looking surprisingly good, I think that -if and when it does make it's way over- a demo might be the best route for them to go. Also, remember that adorable fanmade "leaked" platypus water-type we saw doing the rounds in the early days of wild Sword/Shield rumours? Keep an eye out for it at 01:12 hopefully it's a case of them working with the artist and nothing shady...

Promotional trailer: Four-player multiplayer quest gameplay: Still looking great, but with no release date coming out of FES this year, I wouldn't be surprised if the game isn't out until late 2020 at the earliest, or much more likely 2021. Feel like this game needs an E3 or TGS blowout, but with the former now very likely to be strongly focused on next gen games - and with no announcement yet of the game being transitioned to PS5 - I can't help but feel this game is starting to feel further and further away.

From Eurogamer: Also, first sneak peek at gameplay:

Well, I was planning on sitting down to watch the whole thing archived in Easy Allies, but from what @Glen-i, @drahkon and others have been saying, seems like I only really need to check out the highlights?

Only heard great things about the Bravely series here and elsewhere, so definitely got an eye on this. Like @Hero-of-Time, definitely think ports of the first two are in order, but like @Ronnie suggested, probably best to save those for a Direct. Great an announcement as I think this is...it's a pretty odd one to reveal at The Game Awards. JRPGs are a somewhat niche genre to begin with, and a series like this is very niche, all things considered. Then again, maybe it's S-E just showing some love to Nintendo after that great FFVIIR trailer they dropped, which, at this point, is basically for PlayStation, what with its year of times exclusivity

I've always known @bob was a man of culture. I'll be keeping an eye out for some

It took a year and a half to get an update that we'd be getting more information in six months or so, but here we are!

DUDE - YES! Of all of the older Bond songs, I've got to say, I'm also a big fan of You Only Live Twice:

Yeah, they must have. A shame if that's the case though, as this and plenty of other JRPGs *cough*DXQI(S)*cough* would surely fare much better in quieter periods such as the summer. Even more of a shame given the guaranteed high quality of this enhanced release, but alas You going to be jumping on this H-o-T? I think I'll be skipping Royal for the foreseeable future as I only played through P5 for the first time earlier this year

Yikes, that might be an even worse release date. I suppose they know their audience and are expecting mainly for fans to double dip, but still...

Looks like Persona 5 R has a release date of 20th February 2020 in the English-/Chinese-speaking Asian market, so got to imagine that it'll be the same for the West? https://gematsu.com/2019/12/persona-5-royal-english-chinese-version-listed-for-february-20-2020-release-on-playstation-stores-in-asia This is a pretty odd release window, in my opinion, with Final Fantasy VII Remake releasing a week and a half later than the supposed 20/02/20 release date, and the first half of next year being pretty stacked in terms of big releases. Just like with DQXIS, I feel like a summer release makes so much more sense than being released in such a strong release window, but hey, what do I know?

Our first look at the game's map: Definitely worth noting that they've stressed previously that the verticality of Night City should be considered when talking about this game's world size.

Watched Chapter 4 last night. Loved it. Now the wait for Chapter 5 begins!

It really is! And I'd have to imagine so...and you just know that it's going to be a Pro. Going to be hard to stave off the urge to give in and upgrade to a Pro (for this game alone, it looks wonderful!), but the PS5 being just around the corner makes it so much easier

Not surprising at all, but Nomura-san has confirmed that work is already underway for Part II: I mean, this might be a little pessimistic, but unless it's a translation error, they don't directly mention programming, so this is surely a nothing statement? Because iy would have to assume that some concept art and pre-production was carried out for a number of mid-to-late game set pieces quite early on Anyways, some really interesting tidbits and perspectives from many of the biggest names on the development team on that page, well worth a read.

There's a spoiler on the front page of the BBC website at the moment for The Mandalorian. Despite them knowing full well that Disney+'s release in the UK being over 4 months away. What the hell...

Confirmed to be 141 minutes long, making it the third longest Star Wars film to date behind Attack of the Clones (142 minutes) and The Last Jedi (155 minutes).

Ditto @Sméagol, but for the ice uniform. Could've spent that money on a nice jacket... totally agree about the cycling outfit too Honestly, I'm pretty surprised we can't just customise our uniform like it's a kit creator in a football game. Throw in a few base designs, let us decide the primary and secondary colours, and their in some Pokémon designs and endorsements, and we'd be good to go. What sense does it make to have the player tied down to a uniform linked to only one particular type, unless you were a rare instance of someone running their team that way? Also, another minor customisation thing: why do we pay for hair colour/styling changes before seeing what we're even paying for? I turned off auto-save and reset a few times just to get a decent idea of what my character's hairstyle and colour was going to be! And why can't we try clothes combinations on before purchasing them from the store, as opposed to having to buy them one at a time and before seeing what they look like together? Unless I'm doing something wrong... Aaaaaaah, I've opened a whole can of worms!

Thought I clarified further in my post, but clearly not reading back through, that's probably a sign I should put the game down for tonight the part missing is: