Sentences with phrase «game franchises become»

Many successful game franchises become a prisoner to their own success, unable to change precisely because the original formula is so successful.

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More recently, Super Mario Odyssey has become the fastest - selling title in the Super Mario franchise's history in the U.S.. On Metacritic, Odyssey is also nearly tied with Breath of the Wild as the best - reviewed game of the year.

The phenomenal numbers put Super Mario Odyssey on the path to becoming the best selling game for the Switch, Nintendo's latest gaming console; fans are buying it even faster than they bought The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a launch title that was heralded as one of the best games in the Zelda franchise's history.

The Astros may have racked up some notably low ratings as a franchise, but their World Series Game 7 became the second most - watched baseball broadcast in more than 13 years.

«The vibe the arena gave off is what I'll remember most,» Butcher said after becoming the first Devil to collect three assists in his initial game with the franchise.

Stepan became the third player in franchise history with two such goals in a game, joining Tobias Rieder and Keith Tkachuk.

But Culpepper rallied the Vikings from a 20 - 9 third - quarter deficit, becoming the first quarterback in franchise history to run for three touchdowns in a game.

He broke his own franchise record for receiving yards and became the first player in NFL history with back - to - back games with at least 200 receiving yards.

They were league leaders with an average of 29.9 points per game and coach Sean McVay, 31, became the youngest at the story that brings his team to the postseason.Todd Gurley led the NFL with 2,093 yards combined and joined Eric Dickerson, Marshall Faulk and Steven Jackson as the only players in franchise history with more than 2,000 yards combined in a single season.

It has become one of the best selling video game franchises, selling over 100 million copies worldwide.

Fans of forensic analysis and a decent mystery yarn presented in starker, more realistic tones than other DS games will enjoy this title, and we hope it becomes a franchise like Phoenix Wright, hopefully returning with more grisly crimes and more interaction with suspects and witnesses.

The eighth installment in the franchise once again proves Jigsaw is becoming more diabolical and twisted with his clever, self - inflicting traps to once again «play a game.»

While Grand Theft Auto has grown over a decade into becoming the quintessential mainstream gaming franchise with a vast array of games across many platforms, Red Dead isn't as well known among non-gamer circles.

Some of the super-suit abilities and weapons feel like they were unabashedly lifted part - and - parcel out of Nintendo's franchise, and as someone who has played numerous games in this category already, I found it a little difficult to become fully engaged.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

The games have become highly popular over the past few years, with numerous franchises seeing a conversion to LEGO, including Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Batman, Marvel, and more.

The Legend of Zelda franchise producer Eiji Aonuma originally entertained quite a different vision for the game that eventually became Hyrule Warriors; he and Tecmo Koei producer Yosuke Hayashi weren't planning on the very Warriors-esque game Omega Force has produced.

The upcoming Red Dead Redemption 2 is the third game in the franchise, and if it becomes as big a hit as suspected, it might solidify Red Dead as a mainstay Rockstar franchise next to GTA.

Given that the previous generation's games were Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Monster Hunter Generations on the 3DS back in 2015 and 2016, Monster Hunter World is gradually becoming a big deal with a handful of entirely new features to the franchise.

Sure, next week marks the Japan release of Monster Hunter 4 for the 3DS, a franchise title that's all but sure to become the next blockbuster game over in Asia...

The «Pro Evolution Soccer» video game franchise doesn't have the sales power of its competitor, but by delivering a fantastic gameplay experience it has become a favorite among passionate fans of the sport.

Of course, with the success of Horizon: Zero Dawn and the continued focus on the new franchise, it's becoming harder to imagine Guerilla Games will have enough time to work on both games!

Popular fantasy franchise Game of Thrones will become a browser - based massively multiplayer online game this fall, publisher Bigpoint said toGame of Thrones will become a browser - based massively multiplayer online game this fall, publisher Bigpoint said togame this fall, publisher Bigpoint said today.

You can't really blame Deep Silver for wanting to monetize the game further with a «GOTY» re-release, especially if it is to become the publisher's future flagship franchise.

The Warriors franchise (as in Dynasty Warriors) has become a games industry glass slipper, with various series like Zelda and Dragon Quest trying it on for size.

It would become the highest grossing game in the franchise.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution became one of the top games of 2011 and arguably the best title in the franchise.

This new PS4 game, however, easily becomes the franchise's best - looking entry to date.

Capcom's become increasingly cagey about its fighting games lineup over the past few years of financial squeeze but looking at Marvel vs Capcom Infinite's leaked roster makes it more than clear why at least one of its beloved franchises is ready to pup a sequel: the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an incredible important license right now.

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Others have become cogs in other franchises, like Alan Taylor (who went from Thor: The Dark World to the poorly received Terminator Genisys and is now back with Game of Thrones) or Joss Whedon (who made two Avengers movies and is now part of the DC Comics universe).

It did not become its own brand and franchise independent of Mario until 1994, when Rare revived the character with its SNES side - scrolling platform game Donkey Kong Country.

Mario Party Franchise became a good success when the first game came out on the N64.

Considering the rich, barbaric, but — most importantly — popular franchise that has become an influential cult classic, you would expect to see more video games carrying the Conan banner.2008's Age of Conan was the last time we delved into this world, a literal decade ago, so Conan Exiles has the freedom to not only expand on its predecessor but bring the franchise to new places and a new audience.

The Super Mario franchise is now 30 years old, and during that time, we've had lots and lots of Mario games, with Nintendo always trying new things for their most beloved franchise — sometimes it becomes something amazing (Super Mario Galaxy), other times not so much (Super Mario Sunshine).

But if you've been on the internet lately, and in this day and age you must certainly have been, then you might have noticed a growing number of gamers have been becoming somewhat disillusioned with the franchise of late, and especially with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

This is the fourth year in a row that the Call of Duty franchise has had such an incredibly strong launch, even among fan complaints that the games have become stale and outdated.

With this Japanese franchise becoming a powerhouse across the Asian continent in five short years, Western gamers will be thrilled to get their hands on the series» latest entry.

The first thing that becomes immediately apparent is that the cash cow Capcom executives are counting on for the next decade is absolutely the most basic, stripped down version of the Street Fighter franchise in a long - time, from both a content standpoint and within the game's dynamics.

With the next installment of the major Nintendo fighting franchise Super Smash Bros. coming later this year and an open - world Legend of Zelda (plus many more Nintendo - developed games) coming next year, the Wii U could finally be turning a corner and becoming a serious contender for this generation's console crown.

While I can't agree with the box quote's claim that this is «the best game for the Wii since Mario Galaxy,» there is certainly enough visual style and musical moxy to give Mushroom Men a shot at becoming a successful franchise.

I saw the «war perfected» tv spot at least once a night through late february / early march on various channels later in the evening... it is definitely a matter of the playstation 3's current owner base... and a little less on advertising than a lot of people make it out to be... and its not just advertising; but largely word of mouth... something that killzone as a franchise simply doesn't have yet... but in the end I simply don't know why anyone would care... the game is still brilliant, easily the best looking game of this generation so far... with a multiplayer component that implemented new mechanics that will become standard across the board... and with plans of tons of future DLC, some free, some not... the game will only get better from here... damn it though I just want GG to get the server lobby right... nothing has been delivered yet on what that douche bag producer kyle guy told us would be there... playing with 2 or 3 friends is easy... playing with 8 non clan members in a full 32 player server is as easy as chewing on your own elbow...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months, you've heard of Monster Hunter World; the Japanese craze became a worldwide phenomenon, selling faster than any other game in the franchise's long history.

This franchise somehow, became a high watermark for video game tongue in cheek, in an industry that (at the time) was thriving in titles full of a unique, individual identity.

As someone who has sunk countless, countless hours into the original two Battlefront games and spent equally ludicrous amounts of time becoming as good as I could be with the legendary Heroes and Villains in order to chop down the enemy, I've been waiting a long time to see the franchise brought back to life.

Halo is a wonderful franchise but I'd rather the Coalition work on a new IP instead because MS lineup of games is starting to become too predictable.

Devs put out a couple of really good games, and from then on, no matter how inferior they become to their predecessors, the faithful loyal fanboys of the franchise gush over it no matter what.

As part of the IP strategy for Sonic the Hedgehog, SEGA Group has been working to expand this character beyond the video game market to become an entertainment franchise.

As the genre has developed it has become increasingly niched, with each franchise finding its own little space within the wider spectrum of games.

I loved the mobile version of the game, should it become a success on Steam will there be more to come from Space Wolf, possibly a franchise or a new game focusing on a different 40k race?