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!!
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.
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.