Sentences with phrase «named franchise going»

I've got high hopes for Halo 4, mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of the Halo series and I'm hoping that 343's take on it will suit me more, but the announcement of a trilogy has me worried because it felt more like a decision that was made simply to try and keep their biggest named franchise going, rather than a decision to keep it going because it has more to give.

Not exact matches

In fact, Cameron's deep dive around 2000 into the rich material about a cyborg named Alita (played in the movie by Rose Salazar) who tries to rediscover her past after being found in a garbage heap by a cybernetics doctor, wasn't just going to be a single movie but a franchise.

In 2006 the original location closed and Al went into the business of franchising his concept under the new name «The Original Soup Man.»

As part of the announcement, the league and the team made clear that the franchise's name would not be going anywhere as part of the change.

THQ Nordic aren't exactly a household name (although arguably the original THQ used to be, before they went bust and sold off their name) but they now own franchises ranging from Saints Row and Dead Island to Darksiders and... de Blob.

King Kong from the ape's point of view (the principle icon of the franchise used to be even a giant gorilla, named George), it proved successful and seemed on just about house console going on the time.

In the feature, Donaldson effectively compares and contrasts the career trajectories for Mimi Leder, who made her name through her Emmy - winning work on «ER,» directed the one of the top - grossing films of 1998 with «Deep Impact» and then went to «movie jail» and didn't direct another film for nine years after the middling performance of her 2000 family drama «Pay It Forward,» to those of Trevorrow, who made his feature debut with the Sundance hit «Safety Not Guaranteed,» won the choice gig helming «Jurassic World» on director Brad Bird's recommendation and managed steer to the reboot of one of the most popular film franchises of all time to giant box - office success.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (PG - 13 for violence and intense action sequences) Fourth episode in the espionage franchise finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his fellow secret agents (Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg and Josh Holloway) going rogue to clear the IMF's name after a bomb blast flattens the Kremlin while they just happened to be carrying out an undercover operation in Moscow.

WHY: After unsuccessfully adapting the popular «Hitman» video game series with the 2007 film of the same name, 20th Century Fox decided to give it one more go by rebooting the franchise with a brand new cast.

Around that same time, the police union in Cleveland went into uproar after Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins wore a T - shirt emblazoned with the names of Rice and Crawford as well as a call for justice on their behalf; the union demanded the NFL franchise to apologize for the football player's supposed affront to men and women in blue.

The new go - to - market name, Radisson Hotel Group, capitalises on a strong partnership between Radisson Hospitality (formerly Carlson Hotels) and Rezidor Hotel Group (publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Sweden and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium) who has master franchise agreements to develop and operate several brands across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The new go - to - market name, Radisson Hotel Group, capitalizes on a strong partnership between Radisson Hospitality, Inc. (formerly Carlson Hotels, Inc.) and Rezidor Hotel Group AB (publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Sweden and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium) who has master franchise agreements to develop and operate several brands across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Hell i can name a ton off franchises that have went that way.

Monumental's website says that they can't reveal the franchise they're working on yet, which basically backs up the Mega Man theory completely: they're working on a franchise and Mega Man is the only one all of us have gone to sleep dreaming about as an MMO; cuddled up with our Mega Man plush, cursing Dr. Wiley's name as we steadily fall asleep hoping that some day the blue bomber will sweep us up in his arms and... where was I?

As something bearing the XCOM name it's a waste of an opportunity to capitalise on such a beloved franchise, but curb your expectations going in and you'll find an enjoyable shooter here, even if it's not going to leave slack - jawed

While Nintendo's E3 2017 livestream didn't even go a full 30 minutes, Reggie Fils - Aimé and company wasted no time announcing big name sequels to some of Nintendo's most popular franchises, along with expansions and ports that will bring even more content to Nintendo's wildly popular Switch console.

Releasing The Crew against the goliath that is Playground Games» superb open world racer Forza Horizon 2 probably didn't help, either - asking players to choose between an established, reputable racing franchise and a new unknown IP with a silly name was never going to end well.

- Link doesn't have much of a character in this game - they wanted players to relate to Link and play as themselves - Link's face doesn't have much expression in this game, and that was done on purpose - for Zelda games, the devs always try to make the player feel like Link - that was pushed even moreso for this entry - everytime a Zelda releases, Aonuma watches fan feedback and considers that for the future - the items Link uses to solve are always going to be important - regardless of the tech that Nintendo provides, exploration in the series is important - Link's growth through who he meets is also an important element of the franchise - Aonuma thought about Zelda freedom when considering Breath of the Wild, and was brought back to the days of the original Zelda - this was a big point of inspiration for Breath of the Wild - with Ocarina of Time 3D, Nintendo wanted to really utilize the 3D and had a desire to let players enjoy Ocarina of Time outside - the goal with A Link to the Past was creating more depth - Aonuma used to think that getting lost in a 3D world wasn't okay - this lead Aonuma to putting in tons of hints and guiding players - he has since changed that idea and convinced himself that it's okay to get lost - the first two years of development the devs created a game where just running around was fun - climbing is very important, because players can climb high and see destinations they want to visit - you can place your own markers to decide where you want to go - when the devs create a Zelda title, they consider not using the name Link - since they don't have anything else to go with, they choose Link - the name Link doesn't hold much value, since the player is the one creating the journey - when Nintendo first created Link, they wanted a character that is literally the link between people - that is why his name is Link - to think that the Zelda series has been around so long that there are all sorts of urban legends and myths makes Miyamoto really happy

And somehow, it turned a franchise I would generally scoff at (I think I involuntarily let out a sigh when you said the name Lara Croft) into a universe I enjoyed and would like to go back to.

This means that, going forward, subscribers to the program will have access to new Microsoft Studios games like State of Decay 2, Crackdown 3, and future titles in the Halo, Forza, and Gears of War franchises, to name a few.

Hideo Kojima has said that every Metal Gear since 2001's Sons of Liberty would be the last game in the franchise, but now with Kojima and Konami going through a messy break - up that involves Konami removing the legendary designer's name from the box art, and Konami largely getting out of the video game industry as a whole, The Phantom Pain could really be Snake's last ride.

Whilst battling through the crowds of protestors you uncover a conspiracist who claims there is something going on with the local coffee franchise, which is aptly named Moonbucks, regarding a particular style of coffee literally growing legs and running away, it's up to you as VP of earth to discover what's going on in an attempt to put a stop to it.

Gameloft and EA are able to pull that off thanks to their use of big franchise names, but even then the prices don't usually go higher than $ 6.99, and they quickly drop after the hardcore fans of the series have already bought it so as to attract the rest of the market.

Once a console or a franchise is started, squatters often go in and attempt to register domain names very similar to those that already exist in an attempt to make some cash off of rights owners, who want to use the website to promote their next product.

Technōs is already a household name for creating the beat»em up genre of fighting games starting with Renegade, the inaugural title in the Kunio - kun franchise, which would go on to become an iconic and prolific gaming franchise in Japan, as well as spawn the legendary fighting series, Double Dragon (1987).

When it comes to the development studio Irrational Games, the name goes alongside the infamous franchise, BioShock.

«We had a difficult time recruiting and gaining market share [as a boutique],» says Ristine, broker - owner of Weichert, REALTORS ®, Kingsland Properties, in Wheaton, Ill. «Going the franchise route allowed us to leverage both the name recognition and the proven systems of a franchise network.»

And their brokerage name goes ahead of the franchise name, which is unique to us in the industry.

«I was doing great with Texas George in the 1990s, but I wanted to go to the mainstream and service more people, so I thought a well - known franchise name would help me to grow.»

Go Mini's was recently named a top franchise by Franchise Business Review in its 2017 Top Franchises Report and named among the Best Franchise Opportunities franchise by Franchise Business Review in its 2017 Top Franchises Report and named among the Best Franchise Opportunities Franchise Business Review in its 2017 Top Franchises Report and named among the Best Franchise Opportunities Franchise Opportunities for 2017.

If the brokerage is going to do business under a name other than its legal name, the trade name or franchise name must be registered with the Registrar of Companies in Victoria prior to licensing.