It is a good example on how to
make license games.
I think something bold would be
making a licensed game that was cherished and still in the consciousness of the masses.
As Naruto has an audience largely made up of children and young adults, it makes sense to
make the licensed game as accessible as possible.
The developer is probably the best studio
making licensed games right now — what's more, it's making them cool again.
I think Captain America is looking a lot better than Thor, and I hope SEGA will strive for this quality anytime they ever think about
making another license game.
Not exact matches
They have a shelf life of 8/10 years at the very top if they are lucky so who can begrudge them the opportunity to
make hay whilst the sun is shining... am not saying Sanchez is not money driven but the way the guy plays i can mortgage my life he actually enjoys the
game, enjoys wining first and foremost then money comes 2nd... like the author of the article rightly pointed out, he was in Messi's shadow at Barca and could not express himself fully, now he is at a club where he is the main man and given a free role and
license to express himself and i very much doubt if he will want to go to a club like Madrid (as been rumoured in the dailies today) to relieve the bad experience he suffered at Barca because let us face facts, he is never going to displace CR7 as the main man, so even if Madrid sells Benzema or Bale to
make room for him he will be back to the same position he was at Barca, this time he will be playing 2nd fiddle to CR7 so my guess is all the Madrid talks is been fed the press by his agents to drive a hard bargain when contract extension talks resumes.....
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Alongside Granit Xhaka, Aaron Ramsey had a big influence on the
game as he
made late runs into the box and had the
license to bomb forward and cause problems.
Slot machine and table
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licenses several years ago.
With combat that is just easy enough to engage the younger crowd, borrowed elements that keep the
game from being boring, and a storyline that the kids already love, Eragon on the DS
makes for an adequate movie -
licensed RPG - lite for adventuring tweens everywhere.
Phil Ring and Jonathan Smith from TT
games talk about playing with huge
licensed film franchises in the video
game sphere, as well as
making dark themes and death safe...
The novel is built entirely on nostalgia and pop culture references — particularly video
game references —
making it a bit of a tricky adaptation given the various
licensing hurdles involved.
All the
licenses and potential that Paris - Dakar Rally has as an enjoyable rally experience, however, go to waste in a
game that
makes the event it portrays seem more boring and dull than it should be.
In the Smithsonian Magazine, Ted Turner is quoted as saying, 0x201CWe are
making a war movie to try and get people not to like war.0 x201D At the same time an officially
licensed PC
game of Gods and Generals is being released where the player assumes the role of a company captain on the front lines as a first player shooter.
@auralord17: it costs money to
license the goku character and its most likely under exclusive with the devs that
made the dragon ballz
game and lastly nintendo just rehashes their old characters so unlikely you'll get goku.
Although EA now has the right to the
license, it means it's being developed by a studio that knows how to
make football
games.
For those die hard
gamers, the franchise mode has once again returned and to
make things even more competitive, the
game also boats the official NHL
license.
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With a
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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.
Disney says they plan to continue
licensing their properties to other video
game publishers but will no longer
make their own console
games.
The Mummy Demastered is an attractive side - scrolling action
game from WayForward that tries to
makes the most of a gloomy
license.
Then they
made the officially
licensed video
game based on the sequel.
With a killer
licensed soundtrack featuring artists like Skope and A. Skillz & Krafty Kuts, the music in Trailblazers matches up quite well with the look and feel of the
game to create an overall experience that
made for an enjoyable, upbeat weekend of racing.
What you won't hear from those same people, is how Google pretty much rules the targeted ad
game: selling your private information to
make a little money (some of which goes to pay for patent
licenses and other technologies that are required by their «free» operating system).
Banpresto gets
licenses to various mecha media properties, Anime, Manga, light novel or whatever, and then
makes a
game incorporating all of them.
Your Kitchener
licensed insolvency trustee is like a referee in a hockey
game: they don't work for either side, but they are there to
make sure that everyone involved follows all of the rules.
An interesting note is how much it costs to add a DVD to your
game; Microsoft charges you an «erroneous
licensing fee» just to
make it painful to do, so most folks will just over-compress their
game assets and call it a day instead of paying a few hundred thousand extra (I'm guessing that is how much it costs).
The
game does
make up for it with some excellent use of
licensed music though, and the gunboat level back up by Sympathy for the Devil will remain one of my favorite COD experiences for a long time to come.
But MS might work on allowing minor
license concessions for third party
games that
make the jump (just speculation on my part and one example of how they might entice anyone else to give it a shot).
Start off the next xbox with rumored Fable reboot, Forza, and maybe a shooter from a new studio or
licensed one out for a stand - alone
game (for example: Judgement was
made by People Can Fly, not Epic directly, think they bought them later?
This is exactly what EA was doing when they first received the Bond
license and it's the exact wrong way to go about
making a Bond
game (or any
game, for that matter).
So basically they're not
making anything Epic «like,» but rather a handful of smaller
games while they continue to love off engine
licenses.
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Still the realm of
licensed games can be a good place to venture to in order to attack either yourself or friends to the idea of board
games, since picking up a product based on a film, show or videogame you love immediately
makes you invested in at least giving it a proper shot.
Truth be told, this could be a mafia - themed
game without the Godfather name on the bix and it wouldn't
make a difference, so the
license does feel a bit wasted.
- 14 different
licenses confirmed thus far: Ghostbusters, Portal, Back to the Future, The Wizard of Oz, DC Comics, Scooby Doo, Doctor Who, Lego Chima, The Lord of the Rings, The Simpsons, The Lego Movie, Jurassic World, Midway Games, and Lego Ninjag - not ready to talk about Midway Games content yet - total of 14 levels, each with four different areas to explore -
game will be silly, family - friendly fun - main characters are DC Comics» Batman, The Lego Movie's Wyldstyle, and The Lord of the Rings» Gandalf - these characters work together to stop Lord Vortec, who is
making the dimensions collide - Wyldstyle won't take any guff - Gandalf will provide the wisdom - the three will set off down the yellow brick road togethe - when Batman steps into the Wizard of Oz world, he ias quick to say, «We're not in Gotham anymore.
The best point of comparison I can think of is
licensed games, especially crossovers, that use various properties without really
making use of the things that
make them special.
While no specific details for the trading card
game have been announced, the agreement gives Dire Wolf Digital a
license to
make a physical trading card
game as well as digital products for the PC, Mac, and mobile.
gives players the
license to be truly creative, while offering more experienced users the tools to
make more advanced levels and
game!
Well MS does own the IP, they just
licensed it out for the most recent
game made.
whom has done nothing with their gaming budget other than throwing it around as handouts in order to share PS3
games... and all the while closing numerous in house studios... a lot of MGS
games are even based off of UE3... instead of MS building a proprietary middleware product line shared throughout their internal studios... they
license 3rd party middleware instead... an easy way to
make a decent looking
game quickly... but never a way to push ANY envelopes, at least not after the engine is already 3 years old... but Sony does this each generation... the 1st party stuff initially shows off what the system can do earlier on than any 3rd party software (well mostly, MGS2 was one of the first to push the PS2, MGS4 ditto for the PS3)... and 3rd pary stuff gets up to speed afterwards... you WILL see some incredible 3rd party content eventually, but for now... SCE is the only company pumping millions into the tech side of
game development... MS isn't... and Nintendo doesn't even know what any of that is...
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I also hope, sometime in the future, Funcom asks you guys to
make a Conan the Barbarian and / or Red Sonja
game (since they currently control that
license for
games).
Among the ten reveals of EA's press conference, UFC president Dana White came on stage to
make a rather shocking announcement that EA had signed the rights to
make UFC
licensed games.
This is the price of obtaining all of those
licenses from car manufacturers to use their pretty cars without
making them look bad, but in a way it's the
gamer that pays for this corporate vanity.
So consider yourself forewarned - you're likely to want to watch the movies again after playing this
game (I'm watching Fellowship of the Ring while writing this, as a matter of fact) and you'll probably be at The Hobbit on its opening weekend... which are probably good signs that the
game makes good use of its
license.
Did Acclaim
license or purchase the code to
make the
game for the Sega 8 bit machines?
BioWare's first set in George Lucas's sci - fi universe is revered as one of the best -
licensed games ever
made, and for good reason.
(On a side note, Sega on the other hand showed full support for the device,
making it an officially
licensed Sega product for use on their Genesis and
Game Gear consoles, as long as it wouldn't work on
games that offered a save feature, such as Shining Force or Phantasy Star.)