Sentences with phrase «biggest franchises of»

Today, May 16th 2017, Ubisoft confirmed new titles in three of perhaps their biggest franchises of the last five years or so.

Thanks to PlayStation VR we will get to experience one of the biggest franchises of all time in VR.

After appearing in one of the biggest franchises of all time she can't even walk down Oxford Street at a casual pace because if she stops then someone will recognize her and she'll be surrounded by fans.

After working on some of the biggest franchises of the last generation, the team collectively decided to form a studio focused on unique games built on a more intimate scale.

Destiny is one of the biggest franchises of this generation, but does anyone care about its upcoming sequel?

In addition to creating some of the biggest franchises of all time, Capcom also publishes many Western games here in Japan.

While I have no intention of sounding crass or unappreciative it's also fair to say that the played very small roles in one of the biggest franchises of all time, and yet the fans didn't give a damn, filling the room and enjoying panel.

The 1980s are limited to two films from late in the decade that launched Warner's two biggest franchises of that era.

She's worked with great directors and other great actors in big and small movies, she's been a key part of one of the biggest franchises of all - time and has even proved she can lead a summer action film by herself.

It helps that Sony will also likely benefit from exclusive content from some of the biggest franchises of the year.

Reviving the magical universe from the second biggest franchise of all time is a pretty risky move, but Fantastic Beasts does a good job of blending the familiar with the new.

Not exact matches

Nintendo corrected that with the Switch, giving gamers the one - two punch of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey, entries from its two biggest franchises.

«The other big unknown is - particularly in London - the impact of EU citizens, and whether EU citizens turn up and exercise their franchise.

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

At Pier 86 on Jan. 30, Electronic Arts celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its $ 4 billion videogame franchise, Madden NFL 25, at Madden Bowl XX, the annual videogame tournament and Super Bowl party that attracts some of the biggest names in the NFL.

Now, many big chains are developing creative ways to capture a market that has rejected them, and franchises, which usually have local ownership, are starting to play up the neighborhood and community aspects of their stores.

Moreover, some of the best - known and biggest - selling franchises — Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Mass Effect, FIFA and so on — have been born and bred in Canada.

franchises moved to offset Ontario's minimum wage hike by cutting paid breaks and forcing workers to cover a bigger share of their benefits.

These are some of the biggest franchises in the world, and they've driven the Nasdaq to its current level.

Disney and Marvel obviously know what they're doing with superhero movies — they've brought some of the biggest franchises to screen — however, at the same time, making every single film need to fit inside the already established franchise starts to limit the amount of creative license any one director can have on future characters as Marvel's Cinematic Universe only grows larger.

And then the things that capture the demand are really these big launches that we are doing of particular title franchises.»

The Force Awakens is also set to be one of Disney's biggest priorities, as outlined in our story on the franchise's financial potential.

I had the chance last week to see a preview of Ubisoft Montreal's newest big - budget game franchise, Watch Dogs, and boy is it looking good.

Some of the biggest cracks so far have shown up at ESPN, the multi-billion dollar broadcasting behemoth controlling access to a huge swath of programming from almost every major sports franchise from the National Football League to Major League Baseball.

That kind of bold artistic vision pays off: Activision Blizzard announced this week that it shipped $ 500 million worth of games to retailers, good enough to make Destiny «the biggest new video game franchise launch in history.»

But that one stat, the success rate of franchised businesses vs. independent shops, has had the biggest impact, even though its origins are dubious.

But for Paramount, the studio's success will largely be defined by movie ticket sales as well as the number of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn out.

But to Mr. Delivery COO Jason Moldoff, the company holds one big advantage over many of its competitors: It is a franchise.

«Think of it like the stock market,» where early investors can score big, says Brent Dowling, chief operating officer at RainTree, a franchise consulting company.

Some of the new VR video games that will be released will include some of the biggest video game franchises as well as «new franchises,» he added.

The biggest difference [with the Urban Franchise Associate program] is that A&W builds the restaurant — the franchisee investment is for the equipment package and some of the other startup costs.

«It would be a big loss to the country if President Trump were to stop the program,» says Lam, 49, the founder and CEO of the Best in Class Education Center franchise, a Seattle - based chain of 50 learning centers in 10 states that employ about 300 people.

Access to an established brand and proven systems are two of the biggest advantages associated with running a franchise business.

While the company is one of the biggest of the bunch, with thousands of franchises around the world, just 148 franchisees own units of this iconic brand.

One of the biggest struggles in the restaurant franchise industry is the high employee turnover rate.

That's probably one of the biggest gaming franchises here in Canada.

That live - watching has translated into big advertising sales for networks and huge broadcasting rights fees for owners of NFL and NBA franchises and other professional sports teams.

Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio Year it began franchising: 1991 Number of franchises: 105 franchises plus 51 company - owned units Startup costs: $ 405,000 to $ 705,000 Overall 2012 Franchise 500 rank: 250 No matter how you slice it, the Super Bowl is a big event for this proprietor of pizza, subs, salads and wings.

It sounded counterintuitive, he said, but the big national chains, ever fearful of bad publicity, include harsh penalties in their franchise agreements for failing health inspections.

Because of this, employees are a big step closer to being able to bargain with franchises collectively on issues of pay and alleged mistreatment, as opposed to dealing with individual franchisees.

Many top - selling toy franchises have been around for decades, showing the power of big brands — and the dearth of innovation — in the industry.

We recently looked at what NBA franchise values might be based on the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers sale which was 3.48 times bigger than the Forbes.com valuation.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

Its biggest studio, in Burnaby, is responsible for several of its biggest sports franchises, including FIFA and NHL.

Kojima» is the creator of both the Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill franchises — two of the biggest games in Konami's catalog.

In honor of its 20th anniversary, the Japanese video game franchise announced plans to run an ad during the biggest game of the year.

Big Idea: Expanding the Perry production and performance franchise beyond funny and inspirational stories of faith and perseverance among African - Americans that has made him one of the highest - paid people in the entertainment industry.

Stronger credit markets will be a big boon for the franchise industry, according to Mike Rozman, co-president of BoeFly, an online marketplace that matches small business borrowers with lenders.

Ubisoft Montreal is carrying roughly the same number of big franchises — Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Rainbox Six and possibly even the Mighty Quest for Epic Loot — yet it has eight times the number of Toronto employees.

The biggest potential snag is finding the right franchise partners; the people who will buy a local branch of your company and run it as their own.