Sentences with phrase «old franchise made»

A free update to the 16 - year - old franchise made available Thursday will enable players to select their characters» physique, voice and gait in a way that enables gender customization within the game like never before.

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She might as well be in the 1950s or 1960s, because the products that Mattel introduced in those decades — flagship franchises Barbie and Hot Wheels — still make up about 30 % of the 72 - year - old company's global sales.

The bakery franchise prefers to do things the «old - fashioned way,» and makes its products entirely from scratch.

Retired NFL stars, coaches and owners have made a habit of getting into the wine business, but one of the oldest such associations has been pulling a QB sneak on us for nearly 25 years: The McGah family of Napa's McGah Family Cellars were cofounders of the Oakland Raiders football franchise in 1960, and maintained their stake in the team until 2005.

He not only snubbed Denver, the franchise that plucked him from Miami in the second round of the 2011 draft, but he also brushed off a handful of other teams that were prepared to make the 27 - year - old an even richer man.

It's not his fault or anything, it doesn't make him a bad person or negate what he's done for the franchise for nearly two decades — he's just older and coming off a devastating injury that plenty of guys don't ever really recover from, especially not that late in their careers.

It is the closest Skyfall comes to marrying old and new, reactionary and progressive, as it continues to try to make the Bond franchise's problematic traits fit comfortably with a modern audience.

This movie's dramatic failings make it look like the crowd - pleasing Creed, the unlikely revival of an old Sylvester Stallone franchise, may be the most productive major studio's most likely ticket to the Best Picture and acting category races that have consistently featured its output.

He's got the charisma and ability, and honestly, I couldn't think of a better actor that's more qualified than Pratt right now (Bradley Cooper is a bit too old for the part if they're planning on making a new franchise out of it.)

The old - school makers of shooters have reinvented their franchise and made it feel fresh and fun.

But in keeping with revived franchise's goals of shedding the old to make way for the new, he meets his apparent end during the final act of the film in a scene that will undoubtedly leave audiences asking a lot of questions.

This is entertainment for 12 - year - old man - children that's even more incoherent and incomprehensible than the previous movie, and the diminishing returns of this worthless franchise makes it obvious it's past time to put a bullet in its head.

Yep, you read that right - the 70 - year - old actor who helped make the Star Wars franchise such a success in the first place will be returning as his character, Han Solo - after 30 years away from the job!

They're less keen, but are a uniquely unpleasant trio themselves: quack to the stars Dr Stafford Weiss (a nicely nasty John Cusack, clearly enjoying his new villainous groove), pushy parent Christina (Olivia Williams - brilliantly brittle, as ever) and, the object of Christina's ruthless deal - making, 13 - year - old teen idol Benjie (Evan Bird), the spoilt star of a horrible film franchise called «Bad Babysitter».

At the end, we've learned that SEGA is trying to win back fans with the Sonic franchise as well as making do with their current IPs and trying to complying with older ones.

Like Christopher Nolan, who was 35 when he reanimated the Batman franchise, the 31 - year - old Coogler has a gift for putting his own spin on genre, for making popular culture worlds his own.

The series is filled with heartwarming and comedic moments, that are enough to make anyone embrace the series, even without the long JRPG grind — so if you want to be excited for the new rhythm games but aren't exactly sure how to get into a 20 - year - old franchise from Japan, this is definitely the way in!

While most of the characters in the new game look super fun adding existing characters from other franchises is a good way to make this game a bit more refreshing and accessible to new / old fans.

Make the world huge, monsters hard, tons of quest this game kinda reminds me of old world of warcraft but now their graphics are better I think but anyways they need to take this franchise and make it exclusive if its not already and beef it up and work with it polish it up you know cause the game has lot of potential from what i seen of it in the demo video on my wii u so Im little excited about a game again awesMake the world huge, monsters hard, tons of quest this game kinda reminds me of old world of warcraft but now their graphics are better I think but anyways they need to take this franchise and make it exclusive if its not already and beef it up and work with it polish it up you know cause the game has lot of potential from what i seen of it in the demo video on my wii u so Im little excited about a game again awesmake it exclusive if its not already and beef it up and work with it polish it up you know cause the game has lot of potential from what i seen of it in the demo video on my wii u so Im little excited about a game again awesome.

With no visual upgrades, additional areas or missions, the main purpose behind this release seems to be keeping the franchise in the public eye until the announced sequel drops, but if you've never played Dishonored before then definitely try to pick this up, as the finely honed mechanics and freeform gameplay makes for one of the most refreshing titles released this year, even if it's technically three years old.

Coming from the talented team behind the Mortal Kombat series, NetherRealm Studios, Injustice was a mesh up of the MK franchise and DC Comics characters, that were pivotal in making this a fighting game worth of your attention — even though it was a porting from old gen consoles and PC.

Serious Sam is a beloved franchise known for its old - school Doom-esque shooting that relies heavily on strafing and jumping while making players fight off swarms of aliens, monsters and headless kamikaze bombers.

The 26 - year - old helmer was the man behind «Chronicle,» which made back its $ 12 million budget ten times over on release in February, and since then he's been lining up all kinds of projects; while he won't direct any «Chronicle» sequel, he is attached to a film version of Soviet - themed comic book «The Red Star, «and is developing not one, but two major superhero franchises, in Sony's «Venom «and Fox «s «Fantastic Four.»

Shaye really does seem like one of the nicest people on earth, and it's refreshing that the Insidious franchise made an older woman their lead character, as opposed to most other horror franchises which tend to gravitate towards much younger leads.

It's in the sci - fi genre where Russo has been doing some of his most impressive work, especially when casting his ear towards musical futures where every old concept is made new again in sad, rain - filled tones or a reborn franchise's new sense of musical discovery.

Sega isn't new to having the character use a cellphone as a way to allow the player to access the «Pause Menu» (if you remember, GTA 4 did this as well years ago) but it fits well here and makes this thirteen - year - old franchise feel like it's making an effort to stand with the times.

In this era of flash and glamour, it's inspiring to see that an old dog like PAC - MAN can pick up a few new tricks and deliver more of what made PAC - MAN fever spread so rampantly in the franchise's heyday.

If you don't know, Two Point Studios is made up of gaming veterans from Bullfrog, Muckyfoot and Lionhead — as Bullfrog has a rich heritage of sim games, including Theme Hospital, you can see a fair amount of influence from Bullfrog's old franchise and it looks like it's meant to be a spiritual successor, of sorts.

The modern world has proven just how great the appeal for more advanced games fit for the young minds of today has become, the old shovelware nonsense of the past has been surpassed by fun, entertaining, and thoroughly educational games like space tactics game FTL, rocket science themed masterpiece Kerbal Space Program, and even the popularity of, while darker and more advanced (and for older children) than the other two, the insane popularity of the horror franchise Five Nights at Freddy's and its habit of making the players work and dig for its story elements which have created communities of amateur sleuths.

Characters are what make the Street Fighter franchise as iconic as it is and in Street Fighter V, Capcom introduced some new characters at the expense of old iconic characters.

From those two examples, it would appear that rebooting franchises these days involve making your Protagonists younger, possibly to related to the younger gaming demographic, which in turn leaves us older guys just not interested or annoyed.

if Horizon sold less then make sense Zelda is 30 + years old franchise If Horizon sold more then make sense PS4 is 55 million compared to 15 + wii u + switch.

Making big bets on tired old franchises like Hitman and Tomb Raider will be the death of Square Enix, no matter how you shuffle the staff around.

It's also ironic to see that the series has returned to the old health packs, moving away from regeneration, especially since one of the older games in the franchise actually made it famous.

I don't really care for Skylanders, as nothing's capable of convincing me to jump back on the franchise after its «Series 2» nonsense and heavily emphasizing the repurchase of old characters, and although making new characters sounds good, I'm certain it'll be carefully calculated to maximize profit as well.

The old - school makers of shooters have reinvented their franchise and made it feel fresh and fun.

KINGDOM HEARTS 3D [Dream Drop Distance] Developer: Square Enix Platform: Nintendo 3DS system ESRB: E10 + (Everyone 10 or older) Available: July 31 Celebrating the franchise's 10th anniversary, KINGDOM HEARTS 3D [Dream Drop Distance] features a spectacular story that promises to be a fun backdrop to the colorful cast of Disney characters making their 3D debut on a handheld title.

That franchise is one of the few that can still make old - school shooters fun and that shouldn't change any time soon.

I'm in the camp of old - school fans of the franchise and loved Awakening for bringing in new fans and making subtle changes to put a bigger emphasis on pairing up units.

I kind of get why Nintendo is so bad about releasing older titles; they know damn well they mostly just rehash their franchises, so they approach their downloadable offerings with the same limit - the - flow mindset as they make new titles.

An interesting point to note is the number of references made to older, GBA incarnations of the franchise.

Bravely Default is very much a new old Final Fantasy, in a way that will make series fans ecstatic but let newcomers in without all the intimidation of a long - running franchise's lore.

Pokemon is probably one of the most reliable franchises that Nintendo has at this time, so it makes sense for them to revisit older classics like...

It felt like when Satomi came in, SEGA Networks really started finding its pacing with new hit game IPs like Chain Chronicles, made massive successful titles out of older franchises like Puyo Puyo!!

The fact is that most of Nintendo's franchises haven't changed much from their first version to make the jump from 2D to 3D (the old school 2D / 3D switch, not the current one), and I'm kind of tired of buying a marginally improved version of the same game over and over.

To mark this epoch - making event, and to give me an excuse to dust off some really ace old games, here's a potted history of the critically acclaimed franchise so far.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is a great way for a new audience to play an older game, and the polish, the wholesale upgrades, the addition of dungeon grinding and exploration, and the new amiibo support help make this one of the best games in the series, and a worthy addition to the franchise that has thrilled strategy war gamers for decades.

«Civilization Revolution» combines both the old and new with the shorter game sessions reminiscent of the original «Civilization» and some of the great additions made to the franchise over the years, such as unique troops for specific civilizations.

It's unclear who THPS HD was made for: old - school fans of the franchise will be disappointed by what the game lacks, and gamers who've never laid eyes on a PS1 will find the mechanics and level design sparse.

The next iteration of the Sniper Elite franchise will bring the players exactly what they asked for: a lot more x-ray kill cams that now even show melee and shrapnel kills, so make sure that your kids are old enough to play it.