Despite
the franchise being dormant for many years, a decade since the last full game and 7 years since Burnout, there have been murmurings of Burnout Paradise getting a remaster.
Despite
the franchise being dormant for many years, a decade since the last full game and 7 years since Burnout, there have been murmurings of Burnout Paradise getting a remaster.
Not exact matches
This major summer hit somehow managed to make the long -
dormant Smurfs
franchise relevant to a new generation, though any adults looking for a nostalgia hit would
be much better served by a trip to see The Muppets instead.
Paramount
is hoping that «Star Trek Into Darkness» cements Pine as a legit leading man to relaunch the Ryan
franchise,
dormant since 2002's «The Sum Of All Fears.»
People
were bafflingly disappointed that the studio opted to create a second DKC title under their belt (apparently forgetting how good Donkey Kong Country Returns
was), and
were clamoring for the developer to return to the then -
dormant Metroid
franchise (apparently forgetting Retro already made three titles in that series).
The Saw
franchise has
been dormant for the past seven years, but tonight the tradition continues when the film finally arrives in theaters.
Meanwhile, the movie
franchise based on the original game series has
been gearing toward a reboot for some time, having remained
dormant since 2003's Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, which starred Angelina Jolie.
As so often happens when a big name
franchise is used as a comeback vehicle for a star on the decline, the lack of success kills the momentum of both, as «Richie Rich» and Culkin have
been mostly
dormant since its release, only occasionally making a minor comeback to remind us of the good times, but not nearly enough to want to see anything more than we have to.
Video Game History Month 2014: Tom pleads for another entry in the long -
dormant ToeJam & Earl
franchise because the world would
be a better place with it.
The
franchise had
been dormant for a while (in terms of video games anyway) and producing a smaller, concise game
was absolutely the right thing to do.
Fury Road reboots the legendary Mad Max
franchise which has
been sitting
dormant for several decades.
«The Lone Ranger»
is a
franchise so long
dormant — a radio series that moved onto TV in the 1950s, the property last saw the big screen in 1981's ill - begotten «The Legend of the Lone Ranger» — that Verbinski and his writers think the only way out
is to reduce the story to ironic rubble.
But still, considering that the
franchise has
been dormant since 2009 and taking into account that we haven't arguably had a good entry since Halloween: H20 twenty years ago, this
is good to hear.
Amy, I
am deeply offended, by which I mean secretly delighted, that you think enough testosterone courses through my male - critic aesthetic to have clouded my judgment about Ryan Coogler's thoughtful, savvy, fluid, heartfelt, emotional relaunch of a
franchise so
dormant that six months ago we wouldn't have even called it a
franchise!
It
was perhaps inevitable that the seventh installment of a long -
dormant franchise would end up making our top 20.
At the same time, Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass
are picking up the Bourne mantle again for the first time in nearly a decade with the aptly titled Jason Bourne, potentially breathing new life into a
dormant franchise (who
's Aaron Cross, again?).
Twelve years after the
franchise was relaunched with the abysmal Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (and with Arnold out of office and making fun action pictures again,) producers David Ellison and Dana Goldberg boot up the
dormant killing machine.
Dormant since 2003, the
franchise is making a promising return early next year when Deus Ex: Human Revolution hits the shelves, and that looks to
be only the beginning.
Skylanders» developers Vicarious Visions
is tasked with reinvigorating the
dormant marsupial
franchise for the modern era and every indication has shown that it
's a hit out the gate.
I don't think it would work with every
dormant franchise but pick the right series and this could
be very successful.
One of the biggest rallying
franchises is making a return after
being dormant for 16 years.
People
were baffingly disappointed that the studio opted to create a second DKC title (apparently forgetting how good Donkey Kong Country Returns
was), and
were clamoring for the developer to return to the then -
dormant Metroid
franchise (apparently forgetting Retro already made three titles in that series).
Kingdom Hearts had
been one of the key exclusive
franchises for Sony, and with an HD collection having
been announced beforehand, the news of an Xbox One version of the
dormant sequel
was fairly odd.
And that
is certainly a great way to get a more - or-less
dormant franchise back in the spotlight.
However, there
are many fallen or
dormant franchises that deserve a second chance and with the arrival of a new generation of consoles, what better time to resurrect some of these overlooked
franchises.
Is Capcom working on new games for some more
dormant franchises?
Aside from tantalizingly brief cameos here and there, Pit and the Kid Icarus
franchise was basically
dormant, with the series cult of fans continually asking Nintendo if the
franchise would ever get a modern release.
Thankfully, Western fans of the
dormant mecha
franchise now have something new to scratch that itch: Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS - Force, a new PlayStation Vita game that
is spiritual successor to the Virtual - On series in everything but name.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands
is a
franchise revival that might just have what it takes to make the
dormant series relevant again.
One of these
dormant franchises is none other than Wave Race.
Call Of Duty's annual release schedule, incremental updates between sequels and reliance on the same engine
are starting to remind many gamers of the now -
dormant Guitar Hero
franchise.
Age of Empires
is one of the longest running real - time strategy
franchises out there but it has
been practically
dormant for over a decade now.
The long -
dormant Thief
franchise is considered by many to
be a pioneer of the stealth genre.
The sequel, however,
was not so lucky and the
franchise overall has remained otherwise
dormant.
is a lock, but it does remind us that in no way does Sony consider the
franchise to
be dormant.
Both
franchises have
been dormant since the PS2 era, so the new games
are being touted as a «reboot».
Only after their research
was well under way did Jaffa have a «classic lightbulb moment,» Silver recalls, where he realized they had the seed of a fresh approach to the seemingly
dormant «Planet of the Apes»
franchise.
That name has
been dormant since early last year when Chicago's Prudential Preferred (then owned by Burnet Financial Services)
was sold to NRT Inc. and quickly converted to a Coldwell Banker
franchise.