Sentences with phrase «surprise hit series»

Developer Giants Software will be meeting press to discuss this surprise hit series and reveal its plans for console release later this year.

Blade: Trinity marks the third installment of the surprise hit series based on the Marvel comic book character, the stoic vampire hunter, Blade.

Not exact matches

Street Fighter V delivers the first hit against the player by surprising him with the best fighting system in the series.

Well, after the runaway hit that the Monster Hunter series has turned out to be, it's no surprise that everyone and their grandmother is out to catch lightning in a bottle twice with the same formula.

Hitman GO was a surprise hit when it launched for iOS and Android in 2014, boiling the Hitman series» stealth mechanics down into a turn - based puzzle game that was loads of fun and very challenging.

The fourth film in the Insidious franchise was a surprise hit worldwide, proving that the series can still deliver scares when it's focused on Lin Shaye's psychic character.

Showrun by Paul Weitz, the series was a surprise prestige hit for Amazon during the early days of its move into streaming content, scoring a shock win for Best Televised Comedy at the 2016 Golden Globes.

Michael Mann's decision to rework his 80s television hit series «Miami Vice» with a new look and attitude will have surprised some, but he may well have hit the jackpot with the most effective of this US Summer's blockbusters.

Nostalgists lament the demise of single plays like Ken Loach's Cathy Come Home or Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party, but drama series like The Jewel in the Crown, Edge of Darkness, Our Friends in the North, State of Play, the original Upstairs Downstairs or Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy will surely loom larger in history's rear - view mirror, while perhaps Julian Fellowes» surprise hit, Downton Abbey, heralds a new wave of the classic British costume drama.

As Blum appreciates in all his series, the anticipated follow - up to the hit 2012 horror film, «Sinister,» will deepen audience's appreciation of the franchise by retaining beloved elements from the original, while also surprising theme by not being imitative.

There were two sequels to the surprise hit film of 1937 — Topper Takes a Trip (1939) and Topper Returns (1941), and it also spawned a TV series.

Spintires: MudRunner is an off - roading simulator with serious potential to be a surprise hit for fans of simulators — particularly the Farming Simulator series.

None of these manage to hit the soaring heights of the series at its best, but years after their original releases and unshackled from initial expectations, all four games are capable of a few pleasant surprises.

WHY: Robert Schwentke's «RED» was such a surprise hit at the box office that you can hardly blame Summit Entertainment for wanting to fast - track a sequel, and although it doesn't quite pack the same punch as its predecessor, «RED 2» is still a lot of fun thanks to its star - studded cast, including series newcomers Catherine Zeta - Jones and Anthony Hopkins.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a surprise hit with both critics and audiences, which means it's only a matter of time before we get another entry in the Juamanji series.

So, it's no surprise that that there was big buzz (a sound that makes publishers see big bucks) when The Spellman Files, the first of a series by Lisa Lutz, hit the scene.

From its basic premise to its surprising connections with another hit Ubisoft series, «Watch Dogs» is a big game, and there's a lot to know before you jump in.

From Software's spiritual series, Demon Souls and Dark Souls, have become a surprise hit for the publisher, so adding a third platform would be a wise business move, in Dealspwn's humble opinion.

These are only two of the games for the system and the hits and surprises kept on coming throughout its life, though I have to mention Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door in particular for being not just a great Mario RPG but one of my favorite RPGs of all time and the reason why I hold that series so dearly in spite of some more modern missteps.

I know Attack on Titan has yet to receive an English dub (which is surprising to me for a series that is this popular in the West), but the localization takes a hit when players who don't speak Japanese are forced to either miss dialogue, or stop playing to read the subtitles.

Capcom remastered its hits before it was cool, so it hardly came as a surprise when another Street Fighter collection was announced — this time, the justification is the series» 30th anniversary.

Taking a hint from the 1987/88 surprise hit Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder is a pure dungeon crawling experience that handles exploration and combat seamlessly through a first - person perspective, much unlike other SSI AD&D games from the famous Goldbox series, such as Pool of Radiance or Hillsfar.

In yet another entry of a surprising series announcements that Nintendo has made tonight, the company just revealed that a mobile adaptation of Mario Kart will be hitting sometime early next year.

The comic became a surprise hit and the first volume was followed with an annual issue as well as a Year Two continuation of the series.

Tomb Raider was always a series about being alone, solving puzzles in a 3D space, but somehow Crystal Dynamics proved that Lara's adventures could be just as rewarding in an isometric co-op game in the surprise hit Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.

Hugh Howey's self - published ebook was a surprise hit when it debuted in 2012, and it went on to spawn a multi-novel series known as the «Silo» franchise that included several prequel stories and spinoffs.