Sentences with phrase «many of its major franchises»

Though «Hunt for the Wilderpeople» doesn't exactly break any new ground, it's a funny and touching crowd - pleaser that proves why Marvel was so willing to hand Waititi the keys to one of its major franchises.

Major developer and publisher Ubisoft has set up its own film studio, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, and has multiple adaptations of major franchises in development; there have also recently been rumor - mongering that Activision - Blizzard is interested in following suit.

I think we've all realized that di is more of a marketing tool than a game and Disney is pretty much out of major franchises to do, so these all make sense but still feel a little lacking.

Looking ahead to 2018, there are a lot of major franchise releases worth looking into - Far Cry 5, Monster Hunter World, The Last of Us Chapter 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider - Man, Yoshi, and remakes of Pathologic and System Shock - but here are our (my) ten most anticipated games:

TVGB: One thing Iwata pointed out in his presentation was how Nintendo has gotten out a lot of your major franchises, like Smash Bros., Zelda, Metroid, Mario, all within the first 18 months since the launch of the Wii.

I'm sure one has at some point, but this is a pretty big message for Nintendo to put out there with one of their major franchises.

Konami states they have not given up on game development and that all of their major franchises, including Metal Gear, will see future installments.

They are still sitting on billions upon billions and are in far better shape then their competitors due to intelligent managing of their major franchises.

Obviously, EA is not about to go second - party in the 8th generation of consoles, but for a few months there have been rumors that Microsoft and EA were working on a limited or timed exclusivity deal for a number of major franchises.

Upcoming Wii port Xenoblade Chronicles 3D will be the first game that works only with the New 3DS, but it's hard to imagine Nintendo confining many of its major franchises to the newest hardware.

From there, the press conference got into some of its major franchises.

Created a number of major franchises that are easily recognizable around the world, received numerous awards, and has helmed Entertainment Analysis & Development (Nintendo's game development arm) for what seems like decades — meaning that he's been in a management position for a long time, lending to the legitimacy of his candidacy.

With two of their major franchises, Doom and Fallout, having new entries to their main series, their hype train is about to take off.

The event is said to focus on many of the major franchises that Microsoft currently owns; such as Halo, Gears of War, Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break and more.

In FY 2018, we'll deliver more thrilling experiences that broaden the reach of our major franchises and drive deeper engagement through more ways to play.

Red Dead Redemption 2 will be joined by a game so far unnamed that's coming from 2K, and is a new installment of a major franchise (though almost everyone suspects it may be Borderlands 3).

There is a powerhouse line - up of major franchises and popular characters set to debut in 2012.

Upcoming Wii port Xenoblade Chronicles 3D will be the first game that works only with the New 3DS, but it's hard to imagine Nintendo confining many of its major franchises to the newest hardware.

I ask, how is it possible the CEOs and owners of the major franchise brands, with earnings in the tens of millions of dollars from agent fees, continue to remain silent, inactive and non-communicative to those operating under their brands, about how to enact change in our industry by their numbers alone?

A broker / owner of a major franchise office in Minnesota gives depth to his recruiting worries: «Recruiting is and always has been our biggest challenge.

One broker - owner of a major franchise office who took part in the survey said there are three reasons for his tempered enthusiasm heading into 2017: «Low inventory, slow development, and a lack of new home construction.»

Kathy Bowers, formerly the owner of a major franchise brokerage, recently launched 3 % Realty in Fort McMurray, Alta.

The rapid international expansion of major franchise organizations may be temporarily stymied by concerns over foreign economies.

Not exact matches

From the Oscars on down, viewership of major awards franchises is on the decline, while the chances of a host being skewered on social media are definitely on the rise.

Led by an expert team with more than 25 years experience in fitness franchising, StretchLab is revolutionizing the stretching industry by offering franchise opportunities across all major markets - making the benefits of stretching accessible to all.

Fast - food franchises often get a bad rap for being slow to change, but this time they find themselves in the unique position of being among the first in the food - service realm to make a major investme...

While franchising makes up a «thriving and expanding» sector in the economy according to the U.S. Commercial Service, few franchisors credit the Dominican Republic as a major driver of business as they might swiftly - growing Asian markets.

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 Basemajor sports franchise from the National Football League to Major League BaseMajor League Baseball.

It's Microsoft's most important franchise for the Xbox, and even though it's changed hands from Bungie to Microsoft - owned 343 Industries, the development team has twice shown us it's capable of Master Chief's mantle: first in 2012 with «Halo 4,» and this year with «The Master Chief Collection,» which remastered and remixed the first four major titles with new graphics and interesting gameplay additions like playlists.

Each major franchise at Ubisoft has a brand team that's responsible for overseeing the brand's long - term strategy and Splinter Cell's strategy is being driven out of Toronto.

In the past, Nintendo has struggled with delays in rolling out new versions of major game franchises, especially The Legend of Zelda.

It is one of the core Internet franchises, and is going mainstream in a «major way,» he said, adding 40 million registered users in the last three months alone.

It's been two years and Tim Hortons» geographic profile outside of North America hasn't changed meaningfully yet, even though bringing the coffee shops to other countries where Burger King has franchise partners was a major goal.

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

For Boedecker and the client, it turned out to be very beneficial that the CMIT network, complete with franchise partners in nearly every major metropolitan area in the United States, is large enough to support a lost device and ease the concern of worried business owners and employees.

One of the major benefits of owning a franchise, of course, is purchasing a proven system.

With over one hundred years of collective upscale resale experience; and five successful major brands under its belt, NTY (New to You) Franchise Company is an ideal partner to get you fully up, running, and remaining on the path to high - returns success.

Importantly, as James Wollman (VP of Franchising at NTY Franchise Company) notes, «Our franchises buy and sell the YES votes of what people like in fashion, electronics and other household items; we don't deal in the NO's that are the primary inventory of most other major discount stores.»

The world has seen a major increase in the number of work from home franchise opportunities.

One of the major advantages to owning a franchise is that it comes with branding that is recognized by a large customer case.

And much like Adobe and Microsoft (MSFT), Autodesk is finding that transitioning users of its core franchises from licenses to subscriptions is both making its business more predictable and increasing its long - term revenue opportunity with major clients.

It is also important to say that brand awareness is the major advantage of buying a franchise and that is a big plus in building a successful venture Capital firm business.

Recent recognition: 2015, 2014 Australian Broking Awards Best Diversification Program; 2013, 2012, 2011 Australian Broking Awards Major Brokerage of the Year — Franchise; 2013, 2012 Australian Broking Awards Best Ethical / Social Responsibility Program; 2012 Australian Broking Awards Best Training and Education; No. 1 on The Adviser magazine's 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 Top 25 Brokerages list; 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006 and 2005 MFAA Awards Retail Aggregator / Originator of the Year; 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 10 Thousand FEET Top 10 Franchise list; 2010 Forbes Asia - Pacific Best Under A Billion list.

CCRIM members bought shares of stock in major hotel chains in order to address the issue of trafficking as shareholders with hotel corporate management, as well as with the local franchises in the Indianapolis area.

Another major initiative is the remodeling of all three corporate stores over the last year, with eight to 12 franchise locations projected before the end of 2012.

California's sole remaining family owned franchise bottler of any major soft drink brand, Varni Brothers is well positioned for success in the rapidly evolving beverage industry.

The ruling, which introduces penalty rates to more than 22,000 employees across 450 stores, is one of the first major agreements to be terminated following reports franchises and retailers are paying below the award through expired deals with the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association.

The participants in that market would include the major supermarket chains, Franklins in respect of the 80 Franklins Corporate Stores, the operators of the Franklins Franchise Stores, the semi-integrated arrangements involving Metcash and the IGA bannered stores and the semi-integrated arrangements involving SPAR and the SPAR and 5 Star bannered stores.

Mr Parrott said the offer would be withdrawn or renegotiated if the Eagle Boys franchise, which collapsed last week, was sold to one of the major pizza chains or to private equity investors.

Bouet has created and managed his own chocolate and candies factory together with a store and franchise system, he was head pastry chef, an international demonstrator for several actors of the pastry ingredients and chocolate industry, in charge of R&D for a major chocolate manufacturer and finalist of the MOF chocolate maker confectioner.