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The Pokémon Company has announced a March 18, 2016 release date for Pokkén Tournament in the West. That's right around the corner!

James Gunn wrapped the Marvel Studios Comic-Con discussion by revealing a release date for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (which he will return to direct) set for July 28th 2017. No word on Doctor Strange or any of the other six dates Marvel has optioned, but I guess we'll just have to wait.

Waiting sucks.

In light of the massive success of Star Wars VII, Disney has moved the release date of Star Wars VIII from late May 2017 to December 15, 2017.  They released a statement explaining their logic and providing some facts on the record breaking success of the seventh Star Wars movie. 

The move follows the extraordinary success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was the first Star Wars movie to premiere outside the traditional summer blockbuster window and smashed numerous records, including biggest domestic and global debuts of all time as well as the biggest domestic second and third weekends, en route to becoming the highest grossing domestic release of all time with over $861.3 million and the third biggest global release ever with $1.886.7 billion.

via StarWars.com

A new 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie will be taking the May release date formerly reserved for Star Wars. 

The game will be released on April 4, 2014. Check out the latest trailer that accompanied today's release date announcement above. Will you be playing The Elder Scrolls Online?

Sorry North America, we're still out of luck, but if you're lucky enough to live in Japan, Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD will be available December 26, 2013.

Via Engadget:

The first public version of the spacecraft building game was released in 2011, and it's been in a rough state ever since. At last, though, it's officially ready for action -- the developer has revealed that KSP 1.0 will be available on April 27th. This polished version will be very familiar if you've tried pre-release code on your Mac or Windows PC, although that's not a bad thing. As before, your only real goal is to explore the Kerbals' solar system using the best rockets, landers and probes that you know how to make, with (mostly) realistic physics...

Westerado: Double Barreled is Ostrich Banditos’ homage to Spaghetti Westerns about dirty pasts, consequences and taking a hold of your future. When your family is murdered by a mysterious desperado, you set out into the world to take revenge. Take control of your own fate and that of others, all using your trusty shooting iron. If words aren’t enough to persuade a character, draw your revolver and see what happens. You can shoot whomever, whenever you like. Be an outlaw or a saint, explore the open world, meet a varied cast of characters and decide how you want your revenge story to unfold.

FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster brings together FINAL FANTASY X and FINAL FANTASY X-2, along with FINAL FANTASY X: Eternal Calm and FINAL FANTASY X-2: LAST MISSION.  Pre-order to receive the calendar pictured above.

Hope you weren't planning any major life events for December 16, 2016, because you may have to reschedule. The next Star Wars film, Rogue One, premieres that day and it sounds like it'll be a fantastic story featuring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, and Alan Tudyk:

Following the foundation of the Galactic Empire, a wayward band of Rebel fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the Death Star before it can be used to enforce the Emperor’s rule.

Just a little over five months after that, Episode VIII will premiere, hopefully picking up where VII left off. Following that will be the standalone Han Solo film in 2018, Episode IX in 2019, and Boba Fett's movie in 2020. 

I don't know about you, but my calendar just got busy for the next five years.

Predictions...

This fan short film announced at Comic Con will premiere Sept 30th. Joss Whedon couldn't get it together, but these guys did.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd will be released in North and Latin America on November 18, and everywhere else on November 21.

Respawn Entertainment announced that Titanfall will be released on March 11th in North America, and March 13th in Europe (suck it, Europe!). In addition to the standard edition, Respawn is offering a $250 collector's edition pictured above.

Hold on to your Poké balls, we have a worldwide release window for the Pokémon fighting game, Pokkén Tournament: Spring 2016!

If you don't want to play it based on name alone, just look at Pikalibre!

How could you say no to that face?