Sentences with phrase «old franchises like»

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 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!!

Not exact matches

When 13 - year - old Liberty Tax Service first launched, its franchises needed to draw attention away from established behemoths like H&R Block — and it only had a January - to - April 15 window to do it.

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).

Rennick, for his part, seemed like the perfect partner: His 32 - year - old plumbing business boasted 175 franchises, mostly in the South.

The fact that Star Trek Discovery, the latest offering of the 51 - year - old franchise is the property of CBS, a network which looks like its audience...

The fact that Star Trek Discovery, the latest offering of the 51 - year - old franchise is the property of CBS, a network which looks like its audience is a median 104 years old, doesn't help matters.

No other franchise has to live under the shadow of a 13 - year - old book, one where the core message is universal and unchanging, but the surrounding details have aged like an open can of soda.

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.

Younger fans may feel like Persona Q is a divergence from what the franchise usually is; older fans, like myself, almost see it as a return home.

Even better, especially for fans of gore - fueled films like 300, Troy introduces blood to the decade - old franchise.

Just like its tireless star, the fifth installment of the 19 - year - old Mission: Impossible film franchise is sprier, tighter, and more energetic than its age might suggest.

Stone Age Smackdown does more to benefit WWE than the Flintstones, but at least it resurrects the 55 - year - old Hanna - Barbera franchise without feeling like crass sacrilege.

Older actresses like Helen Hayes, Gloria Swanson, and Myrna Loy had already wandered into the Airport franchise, Hayes walking away with an Oscar for her efforts.

It's nice to know he's out there breathing new life into old action franchises especially when movies like A Good Day to Die Hard show just how tired they can become.

We discover the complexities of Havana's life as she receives massages from self - help guru and bona fide Bengal Dr. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack), himself in a troubled marriage to the neurotic Cristina (Olivia Williams), who acts as manager to the obnoxious Benjie (Evan Bird), their 13 year - old son who's the star of a profitable franchise and already familiar with what the inside of expensive rehab facilities look like.

From the second the game starts and franchise mascot Reiko Nagase's introduction video plays, Slipstream looks and sounds like so many other Ridge Racer games before it, even if it looks like a slightly older game in the series due to the technical limitations.

The 64 - year - old actor - who played Rubeus Hagrid in the «Harry Potter» film franchise - was immediately admitted to a medical facility in Orlando after getting off a flight on Thursday (29.01.15) reportedly suffering from severe flu - like symptoms.

There's been an overwhelming sense of nostalgia at theaters this summer, with films like «Mad Max: Fury Road,» «Jurassic World» and «Terminator Genisys» all reviving decades - old franchises on the big screen, and «Vacation» continues that trend with the latest installment in the National Lampoon series that began with Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo and a rotating door of actors playing their two kids.

The Rocky franchise is now seven films old but Creed feels like a fresh start.

I would imagine that Nintendo would have them tackling one of their older franchises and bringing it back to life like they did with the Metroid series.

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 67 - year - old actor - who has starred in «The Pirates of the Caribbean» franchise - became an international star in «Love Actually» but he claims he has never seen a single movie he's featured in because he doesn't like to watch his acting.

Just when it seemed like Fox was engineering a smart reboot of its X-Men franchise with «First Class,» the series» original director, Bryan Singer, has returned to combine the old with the new in «X-Men: Days of Future Past.»

Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World aside, most comic book movies are centred on men and boys — and that's even looking beyond Hollywood's superhero franchises to films like A History of Violence, Oblivion and Old Boy.

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.

Like the new entries in the Star Wars franchise, it's all about passing the baton to younger, less jaded, and mercifully more diverse new stars while giving the old stars a chance to die with dignity.

Director Don Michael Paul's latest franchise sequel Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell looks like a good old fun - filled, action - packed monster flick.

- parents spent on average $ 131 on toys to life games over the last six months - almost 80 percent of families considered this a good investment - two thirds are planning to invest further - 70 percent of parents in the U.S. are familiar with Interactive Gaming Toys - 41 percent own more than one franchise - 77 percent said it was definitely or probably worth the investment - only 7 percent of families have abandoned play altogether - within households currently playing toys to life games, 52 percent indicate that adults are among those that play - among Nintendo amiibo - playing households with children, 21 % of parents say that only they are playing these games - with other franchises, less then 10 percent of adults play in the household - 22 percent of total character playtime is spent playing with the figurines as toys and not with a video game console - 40 percent of parents state that that their 13 - 17 year olds continue to play with characters like toys or action figures

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.

Like... DmC compared to the older franchise.

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.

Throughout the ups and downs the PlayStation's history there has been one franchise that has remained at its side like a big old trusty Alsatian.

That's why Nintendo franchises are still selling like hotcakes today, despite most of them being over twenty - five years old.

While MvC2 already catered for older Capcom franchises such as Resident Evil, Megaman, and - of course - Street Fighter, they are now joined by fellow heroes (and villains) from the likes of Devil May Cry, Okami and Viewtiful Joe.

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.

I'm also excited to get my hands on a new sim game like this — I loved the old «Theme «franchise (Theme Park, Theme Hospital etc.) and this looks to be quite a similar affair.

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.

Don't go crazy on me for even suggesting this (like poor old Popplio), because Game Freak itself has been wanting to add variety to the franchise, and they also have done that before.

Sonic Boom might be a massive redesign for Sega's classic Sonic the Hedgehog franchise on the Wii U, but while the new character designs are very much in play, the game for the 3DS looks like an old friend.

While it may not stand up to the likes of last year's Breath of the Wild (or many other Zelda titles for that matter), Hyrule Warriors is still an enjoyable, fast - paced, and frenetic way to play this remixed take on one of Nintendo's oldest franchises, Musou - style.

They announced that Ed Boon will be pocketing up to $ 900,000 for his work on the completion and sales of Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe (which were good at around a million units but under expectations) and will be getting a further $ 105,000 in bonuses for the Mortal Kombat franchise itself (which comes from the sale of older MK games like Mortal Kombat 2 on playstation network, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on xbox Arcade, the MK movies and such).

Regardless of age, Looney Tunes is one of those franchises that never gets old — like Sesame Street.

Regardless of age, Looney Tunes is one of those franchises that never gets old — like

I don't shy away from the fact that I enjoy action roleplaying games like Ys, Star Ocean, and the Tales of franchise more than I do turn - based roleplaying games like a lot of old school JRPG's and The Legend of Heroes series.

In years past the NCAA games have felt like they were playing the role of the forgotten older sibling in compared to the effort placed on the Madden football franchise.

It's not like Sony is immune to reviving old franchises, but look at the new God of War.

Having purchased some world - class developers, however, the company has a shot at building some really great games and completely reestablishing itself as a premiere game maker, perhaps by resurrecting older legacy franchises like Shenmue,

Handed the reigns to illustrious RPG franchises like Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic and Fallout but perceived to have released only sub-standard sequels;...

I still like the old Nintendo franchises but I'm getting kind of bored of them.