In addition to Xbox 360 console momentum, and the ever - expanding service and content library of Xbox LIVE, Microsoft
released franchise games such as Halo: Reach and Fable III to hordes of devoted fans this fall, as well as announcing that Xbox 360 will be the first console to launch add - on content for all Call of Duty games through 2012, helping drive industry software sales.
EA Sports among other big studios are in a unique position this year with the next gen consoles,
releasing their franchise games months ahead of the next gen installments.
Not exact matches
Some of the new VR video
games that will be
released will include some of the biggest video
game franchises as well as «new
franchises,» he added.
The iconic horror
franchise is coming to current - generation consoles, and it looks to be a doozy: Konami, the developer behind the «Silent Hill» series,
released a free «playable trailer» for the
game this summer — and it, unto itself, is one of the best horror
games ever made.
Any one of Call of Duty's 10 core
releases could have been spun out into its own
franchise, but why do that when
games put out under that brand inevitably break sales records?
There will also be a rerelease of the
franchise's Pokémon Red Version and Blue Version video
games on Nintendo's online store as well as the
release of a new trading card
game series, dubbed Generations.
Unquestionably the world's most popular and successful football video
game franchise, a new FIFA
game is
released each and every football season.
Created by Blizzard Entertainment, and based on the Warcraft series of RTS
games first
released in the mid 1990s, WoW expanded on the early Warcraft single player
franchise and is now a vibrant multiplayer world, where players may engage in roleplaying, PvE.
This is probably Nintendo's best
games ever
released and one of the best
franchises they've ever had (Other M be damned).
All in all, those new to the
franchise would be better served to pick up the Mass Effect Trilogy
releases that came out at the same time and would get all 3
games for the same price.
It's unlikely to match Pokémon's success in the West, but judged upon its own merits, this is one of the better 3DS
games released in the last few years and a genuine match for the ever - popular Pokémon
franchise.
We preview 2014's most notable upcoming
game releases, including major new titles like Titanfall, Watch Dogs, and Destiny, sequels to popular
franchises like The Witcher and Elder Scrolls, and a few key indie
games.
Maybe it's time Nintendo gets their own
game like this that expands as new
franchises are
released.
A sizzle reel of upcoming
games briefly showed a logo for 2K Sports» NBA 2K18, and the publisher said this morning that a Switch version of the best - selling basketball
franchise will be
released this September.
Interactive and The LEGO Group have
released a trailer for the next video
game in the LEGO
franchise, LEGO The Incredibles.
The
game, which is a Samurai Warriors take on the SRPG
franchise, will
release on Nintendo Switch and New Nintendo 3DS this fall.
Game series that
release on a yearly basis are almost always given a stigma that reeks of a quick cash - cow and milking a
franchise.
Call of Duty is currently on its eighth installment in the
franchise, with seven of the
games having been
released on a year to year schedule, and a ninth installment is expected to ship later this year.
«PlayStation's history is one of
game innovation and great new
franchises,» said Andrew House, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, in a press
release.
Next year, we'll see the
release of the final film in the long - running video
game adaptation
franchise.
New Tomb Raider clips have been
released from the Alicia Vikander - fronted reboot of the popular video
game franchise.
It probably won't be
released anytime soon, but it's possibly the nicest surprise for the young PC
gamer that did like this back in the day and to celebrate the
franchises» 20th anniversary.
LEGO Batman 3 is the beginning of the wheels falling off the
franchise after the 5 or 6 year stream of constant LEGO
game releases.
While its surprise
release game has never been stronger, creatively the Cloverfield
franchise is starting to drift off into space.
It will also summarize the weird
release of the Fire Emblem Fates
games, but if you're curious or hesitant about whether or not this installment of the
franchise holds up, guess what?
Nobunaga's Ambition is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2018, and to mark the occasion, Koei Tecmo is
releasing a new
game in the storied
franchise, Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi.
Pokemon Sun & Pokemon Moon are the next generation
releases in Nintendo's blockbuster
game franchise.
The decades - old series is the brainchild of Hideo Kojima, who
released the first
game game in the
franchise in in 1987 for the MSX2.
While it might still be a while until we reach that point of a fully digital gaming industry, based on the speed at which Rockstar Games
releases its titles, we might very well see Red Dead Redemption 3, or whatever the fourth
game in the
franchise will be called circa a decade in the future, get
released in digital format only without any retail versions.
Though Capcom chairman Kenzo Tsujimoto didn't outright say that the next Monster Hunter
game will be on consoles, he strongly implied that making console
releases a permanent fixture of the
franchise would be the best way to grow a Western audience.
The events that unfold in Metal Gear Solid V fit very well within the timeline and lead into Metal Gear 1 and 2, the oldest
games in the
franchise that were first
released on the MSX.
Ace Combat Infinity is the first free - to - play title
released in the
franchise and is a hybrid arcade / flight sim that allows players to battle it out in the skies in a variety of
game modes.
There was one
release this week that seemingly came out of nowhere, and it's also an unexpected twist on a classic
game franchise.
We still don't know when and if we will see the
game being
released in the western market, but the history of the
franchise shows us that we usually see these titles being ported over with English localisation.
The next
game in the Metal Gear
franchise, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, is set to
release on Feb. 19 of next year for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Jon also addressed fans concerns regarding future of Metal Gear Solid series considering the fact that MGS V: The Phantom Pain will close the loop on the 27 - year «Solid»
franchise, and Kojima leaving Konami after
game's
release.
Suikoden 3 is one of the most beloved
releases in Konami's
franchise, which hasn't had a new
game come stateside since 2009.
Though this excites Switch fans because Nintendo typically has a major new installment in a
franchise lined up after the
release of a related smartphone
game.
The studio reformed itself into an independent video
game developer separate from Konami, and Kojima announced that the first title in their new
franchise - Death Stranding - would be
released exclusively on the PS4, which made sense since Sony Interactive Entertainment would be publishing the
game.
The
game includes the fun and light retro mode from previous
releases, and also allows you to play
franchise games in this mode as well for the first time ever.
If you missed it, Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation is a mobile Shin Megami Tensei
game from SEGA based on Atlus»
franchise that
released in Japan and a few other countries in late January.
This latest
game in the award winning LEGO
franchise is due for
release on the Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch -LSB-...]
I feel like they made a mistake
releasing their
games only one platform since monster Hunter is a big
franchise.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a role - playing crossover title between the Mario
franchise and Ubisoft's Rabbids series
released for the Nintendo Switch, as well as being the first and only turn - based tactics
game in the Mario
franchise.
The
game was a turning point for the Donkey Kong series, reintroducing it (alongside the 1994 Game Boy game released a few months prior) after a nearly decade - long hiatus and cementing Donkey Kong as a franchise in its ownright introducing Donkey Kong's modern design as well as his supporting cast and enemies, musical cues, and gameplay mechanics that would form the basis of most following Donkey Kong games as well as Donkey Kong's appearances in Mario spinoff tit
game was a turning point for the Donkey Kong series, reintroducing it (alongside the 1994
Game Boy game released a few months prior) after a nearly decade - long hiatus and cementing Donkey Kong as a franchise in its ownright introducing Donkey Kong's modern design as well as his supporting cast and enemies, musical cues, and gameplay mechanics that would form the basis of most following Donkey Kong games as well as Donkey Kong's appearances in Mario spinoff tit
Game Boy
game released a few months prior) after a nearly decade - long hiatus and cementing Donkey Kong as a franchise in its ownright introducing Donkey Kong's modern design as well as his supporting cast and enemies, musical cues, and gameplay mechanics that would form the basis of most following Donkey Kong games as well as Donkey Kong's appearances in Mario spinoff tit
game released a few months prior) after a nearly decade - long hiatus and cementing Donkey Kong as a
franchise in its ownright introducing Donkey Kong's modern design as well as his supporting cast and enemies, musical cues, and gameplay mechanics that would form the basis of most following Donkey Kong
games as well as Donkey Kong's appearances in Mario spinoff titles.
While it's sad that the bigger AAA Survival Horror
games seem to be disappearing as publishers try to minimize risk or move away from single - player offline titles, and beloved scary
franchises like Silent Hill or Dead Space aren't getting new entries, at least we have Capcom and Bethesda
releasing big epic Survival Horrors and all the cool indie titles like Outlast and Observer picking up the slack.
A movie based on PlayStation exclusive video -
game franchise, Uncharted will
release in theater worldwide on June 10th, 2016.
Having been a huge fan of the
game franchise since the first one was
released, I was there when the first film came out.
Fans of the
franchise should be mostly familiar with the gameplay of Future Tone, as it's just a slight variation on what they've been playing on previously
released PlayStation
games.
Dirt is arguably their biggest racing
franchise and after the
release of the excellent Dirt Rally, Codemasters have returned again with Dirt 4, the next mainline
game in the Dirt series.