Sentences with phrase «other hit franchises»

Such a figure would put the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game among the Japanese publisher's other hit franchises of recent vintage, such as Lost Planet and Dead Rising.

Not exact matches

Alliance's partnerships with New Line (owner of the Lord of the Rings franchise), Miramax Films and other Hollywood hit factories drove its dominance in the market.

His other franchises have taken real hit in support.

If the gasps and guffaws during my screening are any indication, it's likely Blumhouse will have another crowd - pleasing franchise on its hands (Happy Death Day 2 is on the way, along with sequels to other Blumhouse hits like The Purge, Insidious and Unfriended) with a nifty, if derivative, gimmick that lends itself to multiple sequels.

Monster Hunter has always been much more popular in Japan than any other territory, but World could potentially be the game that elevates it from niche Western franchise to verified worldwide hit.

Other films playing are It Follows, which caused a stir earlier this year at Cannes; Jermaine Clement & Taika Waititi's vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows; Kevin Smith's Tusk; [REC]: Apocalypse, the fourth entry in the hit Spanish franchise, and Big Game, the new film from the director of past TIFF film Rare Exports starring Samuel L. Jackson as the president.

No franchise has reinvented itself by making three prequels to an installment nobody saw, no franchise has hit their creative stride at the fifth film, and no other franchise has given me The Rock and Vin Diesel fighting each other.

Rob Zombie's films may be hit or miss (I still think that his take on Halloween gets unfairly shit on considering some of the other entries that came out of that franchise), but one thing that I've always appreciated about his work is that he never strays away from what makes him such a unique filmmaker — the dude always makes -LSB-...]

With a space - spanning storyline that takes Batman, the Justice League, and over 150 total characters far (as the title says) beyond Gotham City, there are plenty of chances for change, from all - new space battles reminiscent of a PS4 hit to «BigFigs» as seen in other franchises and a whole lot more customization / selection than ever seen before in the entire LEGO series.

While Marvel has released one hit after the next (culminating in last year's mega hit «The Avengers»), DC has failed to launch a single successful franchise other than Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.

With Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors being their more mainstay franchises, they have found success in off - shoots that are hit - or - miss in Hyrule Warriors or BERSERK, and others.

Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty and other hit video game franchises, has acquired the assets of Major League Gaming, an early organizer of professional video game competitions.

With Metroid Other M this month and more than a handful of games on their way in the coming months, Nintendo is looking to hit the market hard with new installments in some of their non-Mario franchises.

As the title suggests, Smash Hits features a collection of songs from the first five titles of the franchise, before Guitar Hero learned a lesson from Rock Band and invited the other musicians along.

A feature - length documentary on the rise of the all conquering Call of Duty franchise will hit VOD via Amazon on September 19th, followed by a release on DVD, Blu - ray, iTunes and almost every other VOD format at a later date.

For me, the series hit its high point with The Ocarina of Time, and while the other games were enjoyable, that was my high point of the series, and the biggest evolution in the franchise.

Other select game design and directing credits include Ubisoft's arcade hit «Naruto — Rise of a Ninja», Tom Clancy's «Rainbow Six 3 — Raven Shield», the cult action - horror «The Mummy» franchise and Ubisoft's gaming classic «Rayman».

There have been recent rumors about a huge Nintendo Direct to be held in mid February, in which Nintendo is expected to talk about Animal Crossing Switch, Pokemon Switch and other expected franchises to hit the hybrid console.

Considering that the game wasn't a hit of the same magnitude as Battlefront and Star Wars is a more popular franchise than Lord of the Rings, I can't see Shadow of War providing any real competition to Battlefront II.There are other big games coming out this year, Assassin's Creed Origins, Gran Turismo Sport, Crackdown 3, Forza Motorsport 7, The Evil Within 2, and Super Mario Odyssey, but I don't see how any of them can compete with Star Wars Battlefront II.

Marketing for Battlefield: Hardline, as well as many of the developer interviews, have suggested that Visceral Games, coming straight off of their success with the Dead Space franchise, have fought to change this, and deliver a hard hitting dramedy, in the style of Justified, The Shield and other cop shows.

It was the first domino that fell, paving the way for countless hits like Doom, Quake, Unreal, and countless other classics like the latest entries in the Battlefield and Call of Duty franchises that we enjoy today.

While other publishers struggle to adapt their most popular franchises to the iOS platform — often ruining beloved classics with the scourge that is the virtual d - pad — shoot -»em - up developer Cave managed to capture a winning formula with its very first App Store release, and has released hit after hit in the months since.

It is clear that creators Gearbox Software certainly know the formula to deliver one hit game after the other in the same franchise - a remarkable feat by all means.

I love Olimar, I love the Pikmin, and the multitude of pathways available to me in the game is fantastic, but slow pacing, clunky controls and the inability to send my party off in different directions to do different jobs results in a Pikmin game that doesn't hit the mark as other games in the franchise have.

Current Nintendo, on the other hand, seems to be in the same boat as most of the popular video game industry at the moment, relying on their franchises for their newest hits instead of expanding beyond and looking towards new properties.

BioShock Infinite is a game we haven't seen too much of in comparison to some of the other big hitting franchises around but the trailer launched at E3 certainly perked my interest back up after... Read more

Now, as the PlayStation 4 hits stores, it's turning to its other FPS franchise to carry the banner with Guerrilla Games» Killzone: Shadow Fall.

With Nintendo's heaviest - hitting franchises out of the way, is it time for smaller names like these to take a turn in the limelight, or should they focus on expanding other aspects of the Smash series?