Sentences with phrase «for years games»

For years gamers have been talking about the possibility of Bethesda creating an MMO set in the Elder Scrolls world, allowing us to team up with fellow players anc explore the iconic land.

The Game Awards nominees have been announced for this years The Game Awards.

For years gamers have been hand held through tough parts, been handed so much, and generally did not notice their skills withering and dying.

Not exact matches

With Pokemon GO still taking the world by storm and Nintendo's new Switch console flying off the shelves, 2017 looks set to become another bumper year for the resurgent games company.

Thiel Fellow and 19 - year - old Harvard drop - out Connor Zwick will explain the «democratization of hardware over the next decade» that led him to leave school and found Milkshake Labs, which is building a game controller for smartphones.

A year ago, most analysts were thinking about the situation in terms of a «cooperative game,» in which players would strive for a price that maximized their profits.

It's an important move, one that will have a ripple effect across the lucrative «brain game» industry that — despite concerns from prominent psychologists, cognitive scientists and neuroscientists — has been operating without much regulatory oversight for years.

On the other hand, and assuming they're destined for critical acclaim, having completely new and exclusive games like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Snipperclips, Arms and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 available as part of your launch year holiday lineup could prove a much bigger deal than anyone's yet realized.

Razer showed off two new prototypes at the show this year: Project Valerie (seen above) and Project Ariana, a projection / camera system for making video games impact the real world around your screen.

But the succeeding Wii U flopped due to a dearth of popular game titles and a consumer migration to smartphone games, pushing the company into a loss for three consecutive years through March 2014.

In October 2015, rumors surfaced that the company was in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a well - known organizer of video game tournaments, though Activision (atvi) ultimately acquired the company earlier this year for $ 46 million.

Although high - end purchasing surged again by 2010, giving the retail side an operating profit of about $ 14 million for the year ending Jan. 31, 2011 (compared with a loss of $ 15.7 million the year before), Gannicott started to reconsider whether the retail game was worth it.

This year, those virtual goods will yield nearly $ 1.6 billion in sales for Riot, estimates SuperData, which tracks in - game spending.

Yet there is one economist who has made big and bold predictions for the past five decades with exacting precision, and in doing so, he has shown it's possible to be a 79 - year - old economist and still be in the game.

Steve Swoboda, co-founder of video advertising startup SpotXchange, remembers last year, when the company rented a suite at MetLife Stadium in New York for the Broncos vs. Giants game.

To be prepared, it's that time of year to organize our social - media tool boxes, adding some new tools that can be game - changers in terms of how effective this platform is for certain strategic objectives.

«Our fans always want to explore deeper and more emotional connections to NHL hockey,» said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, «and that is precisely what Rogers has promised to deliver over the next 12 years — channeling the reach of its platforms and the intensity of its passion for the game into an unparalleled viewing experience.»

Tencent, which has a portfolio of over 200 games, also said it would upgrade a parental - control platform rolled out earlier this year that makes it easier for parents to monitor their children's gaming account activities.

«After the first couple of years it became a must - have for many people, including hardcore fans and more moderate fans of the game.

In the case of video games, rumours have been circulating for a while now about both Sony and Microsoft implementing technology into their next - generation consoles — expected this year — that would make it impossible to play used products.

It's often the case that brand health is a leading business indicator for marketers, but BRP's showing in this year's survey might just be behind the game.

Over the next few weeks the best teams in college football will meet for one final game before heading back to the weight room and recruiting circuit to get ready for next year.

I did that for a couple of years and during that time I worked on Everyday Shooter, which was my first commercial game and the first that actually came out and made money.

Microsoft, for one, opened a new studio last year that is devoted to creating Kinect games, while other, smaller game companies quickly moved to try and snap up employees laid off by Radical.

Given that Mario Kart 8 was one of the best - selling games last year, that's extraordinary for a brand new IP like this.

One of the launch titles for the upcoming PlayStation Vita, the portable game system that will succeed the PlayStation Portable by the end of this year, is being developed by a Queasy Games, a tiny Toronto startup.

Despite competition from the Magic Kingdom in the form of Disney Infinity (and Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes later this year), Activision has ruled the gaming and toy space since developer Toys For Bob unleashed the first game in 2011.

This year it wants to dramatically expand its customer base outside South America, with popular apps like PlayKids — which offers streaming, mobile - optimized videos and games for children — and FreeZone, which finds and automatically connects mobile devices to open Wi - Fi networks.

Another developer, Sean McCracken, won $ 10,000 in a contest last year for creating an aliens - themed video game for Glass, Psyclops, but Google never put it on the official hub for Glass apps, making it tougher to find.

Streaming numbers for «Game of Thrones» don't really begin to appear in the reported Nielsen numbers until the «Game of Thrones» season five premiere in 2015, which was the same year that HBO launched its streaming service, HBO Now.

We're very good at launching Mario Party - type games — that's one franchise that does better in Canada than other markets, for example — but when it comes to launching new IP it's a huge challenge in today's world, where consumers are just bombarded with entertainment options that didn't exist when we first launched Mario 30 years ago.

Check out my top 10 list over on MSN for a list of the very best console games of the year, if you need ideas.

Last year started on a $ 2 million sour note for brain - training game company Lumosity.

McDonald's (MCD) will continue its Happy Meal promotions with Skylanders for the second year in a row and Frito - Lay (PEP) will continue to integrate the video game characters into its products.

The logic: The past two years Middle Tennessee has played bowl games in Hawaii and the Bahamas — no doubt fun destinations for the players to take an expenses paid trip, but difficult for the MTSU faithful to get to and show their support.

According to the Entertainment Software Association, the average gamer is a 30 - year - old guy who's been hitting joysticks and pushing buttons for at least 12 years.

The run - up to Christmas is, of course, their blockbuster season, so the event is where they start to build buzz for the biggest games of the year.

The Game is partly a compensation system: hefty bonuses for all are pegged to whatever financial goals are most critical in a given year.

E3 serves as the pivotal showcase for game makers as they head into the second half of the year.

Pokémon Go's instant popularity appears to be the result of nostalgia for the classic 20 - year - old cartoon franchise and players» desire to win kudos within the game by capturing as many characters as possible.

Having covered technology for many years, Canada's video game industry is a breath of fresh air.

In the months leading up to the games, the agency has identified 1,600 groups responsible for more than 20,000 attacks on public institutions in recent years.

He says he's been attending the hobby game industry's most important annual gathering for the past six years.

See, the gap - toothed goal scorer got off to a rocky start in the ad game — perhaps following Mario Lemieux's lead with a bizarre local car dealer commercial — but quickly turned things around last year with a series of quirky spots for Reebok CCM that featured his decapitated head's crazy - person / evil genius laugh, and a turn for ESPN's SportsCenter that pegged him as a Russian spy.

She's won seven over the years for lead, supporting and guest actress, not to mention game show host, and a regional emmy in the»50s for Life with Elizabeth.

The game we just released (last year for home consoles) is Mortal Kombat 9, so they really need to see something that's a new experience or they're going to feel like they've already played it.

People playing games on their mobile phones will spend more than the hardcore audience of PC gamers for the first time this year.

The game earned CBS its highest ratings for a regular - season college football game in 23 years.

J. Crew has stepped up its suit game in recent years, offering a great lineup of tailored menswear and accessories, including our top pick for the best pocket square.

He said it's better to pay five game designers to sit around for a year and think about and discuss, over lattes, the game they are going to design than to ramp up 200 designers and have them create a bad game because you can't stand not shipping something.