Sentences with phrase «of franchises like»

The once proud 3D platformer had been set out to pasture while its older brother, the 2D platformer went from strength to strength with the successful revival of franchises like Rayman or breakout indie hits like Braid and Fez, rubbing salt in a polygonal wound.

I mean, just look at the ridiculous and continued success of franchises like Pokémon, Monster Hunter and the development of Otaku culture.

According to Disney's Chief Executive Officer, Bob Iger, children are turning to tablets for entertainment and education; and who understands children better than the creators of franchises like Frozen and Cars?

Americans are fans of fantasy and myth — the resounding success of franchises like Twilight and Harry Potter offer strong evidence to support this claim.

Much like The LEGO Movie leveraged LEGO's partnerships with established fictional universes to create a juggernaut of animated film, LEGO Dimensions will make use of franchises like Batman, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, and even Back to the Future -LRB-!!)

It fascinates me that the tendency of Hollywood is to use the locked - in audience of a franchise like cattle to a slaughter, spiting patrons with no more than they'll merely settle for because studio executives know they'll see the film anyway.

Getting to see this game come out is a huge kick, and in my opinion, the new game does exactly what an update of a franchise like this should do — it speaks to the previous games & eras, while working hard at being its own game with its own style.

All of this new information is promising of a game that will truly let players wander the desolate landscapes and anarchic sprawl of the franchise like never before.

The Mega Man series is on the level of a franchise like Mario or Sonic but we haven't really heard much about it in years.

Not exact matches

Business opportunity ventures, like franchises, are businesses in which the seller makes a commitment of continuing involvement with the buyer.

It's unclear what the an upcoming Mario movie would be about, but it's likely to be a blend of the surreal and comical — something the Mario franchise is known for, with its portly plumber battling turtle - like creatures in a so - called Mushroom Kingdom.

Then, like valuable orchids, they've been planted in La Masia, the training academy of Football Club Barcelona — one of the richest and most beloved professional sports franchises anywhere in the world.

In addition to established movie franchises like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks also owns a library of animated content such as the Casper the Friendly Ghost series, which NBCUniversal could make use of.

McAdoo — like thousands of other veterans — found a successful alternative in franchising.

If you're like me and grew up playing Nintendo game consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Nintendo 64, and GameCube, you likely have fond memories of characters like Chun - Li and Ken from the «Street Fighter» franchise.

The total cost of investment can vary widely based on your current real estate, the type of Anytime Fitness franchise — Anytime Fitness Express can run you anywhere from $ 89,350 to $ 449,800 and an Anytime Fitness Standard will cost you $ 114,950 to $ 677,800 — and where you'd like to build.

Find opportunities on a range of small business ideas from children's education franchises like Kumon, Huntington Learning Center, and i9 Sports.

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Thousands of successful, household - name franchises began just like your business — through an admirable work ethic, a dedication to success and a desire to share the concept with others.

«We've seen this happen with other franchises like Call of Duty where multiple developers spur a great combination of both competition and collaboration.»

Russell said he thought media reports had made potential negative consequences of AI seem like they were all but already happening and said references to the Terminator film franchise in descriptions of AI were misleading.

As Nintendo is primarily known for its landmark video game franchises like Super Mario Bros., Pokemon and The Legend of Zelda, Iwata noted that the QOL products would boast a gamification aspect.

I liked the idea of franchising because it provides proven processes, relationships with vendors and an existing business model in place that works — instead of having to start a business from scratch.

It may have gone down like this: A hapless Krispy Kreme franchise partner in the sleepy city of Hull, England was recently brainstorming ideas for a series of promotional events.

Over the years, he used his «Idol» success to bring more attention to his long - running radio show, score more gigs like «Dick Clark's Rockin» Eve,» and branch out into producing shows including E!'s Kardashians franchise and NBC's drama «Shades of Blue.»

Instead, it's a re-birth of an old franchise — «Battlefront» — which puts players in a «Star Wars» sandbox of sorts, able to play with series favorites like Han Solo, Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia (among others).

Agency - style businesses — like maid services and home healthcare, where the franchisee acts as a hub for independent contractors — are the hottest sector of franchising right now.

Why it's hot: Like many of the other top franchises, Taco Bell has incredible brand awareness that attracts customers nationally.

You can get PopSockets in a bunch of fun designs, including everything from animals and fun prints to solid colors and branded designs from franchises like sports teams and fandoms.

While there are nods to the next installment of the Call of Duty franchise, theLEGENDofKARL is primarily talking about Activision's new Elite product, described as «like if organized sports and social networking had a baby and they gave that baby a flamethrower.»

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.

Multivista is the 252nd - ranked business on the Franchise 500, and like most of the companies on this list, it got its start in the early 2000s.

«Think of it like the stock market,» where early investors can score big, says Brent Dowling, chief operating officer at RainTree, a franchise consulting company.

While some franchises, like Domino's and Jimmy John's, were built with a delivery fleet at the heart of their model, retroactively adding a similar fleet to, say, McDonald's would cost franchisees millions of dollars with no guarantee of a sales bump.

If you can play franchises like Forza and Gears of War and Halo at 4K on the computer you already own, why add a second box to the equation, especially if you're looking to broaden your horizons with another console's exclusives, be it a PlayStation 4 or Nintendo Switch?

The brief teaser shown on Thursday night indicates the fighting - game series will include favorites like Mario and Link, from the «Super Mario» and the «Legend of Zelda» franchises.

Gill didn't know biscuits about the doggie daycare business, but he had a love of dogs and more than 30 years of experience in retail and franchising with companies like Pizza Hut and Gloria Jean's Coffee.

Explains Abby Huizing, founder of Franchisology, a Calgary consulting firm: «When a company like Chicken on the Way has garnered a cult - like following and decides to franchise, one of the most important things aside from location is choosing the right franchisees.»

Unlike the recent string of TV shows made into movies, like the «21 Jump Street» franchise, Peña said the intention with «CHiPs» is to be more serious in the hopes to make the audience care and be concerned about what the characters are going through.

This year brought the franchise industry some impressive highs, like the increasing growth of new jobs, and some difficult lows, such as the ongoing fast - food worker strikes.

In the last decade, while other franchise chains have bounced in and out of the Top 10 like corn in an air popper, Subway has topped the Franchise 500Ã ¯ Â ¿ Â 1/2 list nine out of franchise chains have bounced in and out of the Top 10 like corn in an air popper, Subway has topped the Franchise 500Ã ¯ Â ¿ Â 1/2 list nine out of Franchise 500Ã ¯ Â ¿ Â 1/2 list nine out of 10 years.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

There are no exceptions for this policy, Microsoft's head of Xbox Phil Spencer told Business Insider in an interview on Monday — first - party Microsoft - owned franchises like «Halo,» «Gears of War,» and «Forza Motorsport» are all included.

Like Hilton or the Wyndham Hotel Group, the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) encompasses several different franchises, including the Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and, of course, Intercontinental.

Although there were a range of hit properties, including the movie Frozen, much of the earnings increase came from assets related to Marvel, whether it was movies like Guardians of The Galaxy or merchandise sales involving characters from the Avengers» franchise.

After more than a decade of successfully scaling our junk - removal franchise to more than 500 franchisees, my partner and I have learned that the best way to attract top talent is to treat our employees like business owners.

This means the console will miss out on huge titles like FIFA 14, Battlefield 4 or any other of the publisher's mammoth franchises.

If you own an automobile transmission repair franchise, you may not be able to perform other types of automotive work, like brake or electrical system repairs.

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Now, obviously Applebee's doesn't have the reach like some of the other franchise brands.