Posts tagged franchise
Hitman Trilogy (Includes Blood Money, Silent Assassins, and Contracts)
Dec 11th
Hitman Trilogy features three critically acclaimed Hitman games in one killer package: Blood Money, Silent Assassins, and Contracts. Plus a sneak preview of the next big franchise from the makers of Hitman, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.
Command and Conquer the First Decade
Nov 15th
In 1995, a young game studio named Westwood released one of the first real-time strategy games. They had created the genre a few years earlier, but this title took the fledgling genre to new heights with impressive graphics, revolutionary gameplay features and an enthralling story told through the then-young art of full motion video. After twelve successful games spread out over ten years, the venerable Command & Conquer franchise has become synonymous with the real-time strateg (more…)
Bejeweled Twist
Nov 13th
Bejeweled Twist from PopCap is the most ambitious follow-up yet to the Bejeweled franchise of games. The original Bejeweled was the game that launched the “casual gaming” craze, with game mechanics that anyone can pick up and enjoy, and now with Bejeweled Twist, PopCap has added more depth and strategy with a twisting maneuver. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: insid (more…)
Fallout 3
Oct 16th
The third game in the Fallout series, Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong, with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda, Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.The Cold War goes Nex (more…)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Sep 4th
Ghostbusters: The Video Game, based on the smash hit motion picture franchise and featuring a completely new story, is coming to six game systems in 2009. Coinciding with the 25th anniversary celebration of the film’s original theatrical release, the game reunites original cast members to recapture the unique blend of humour and fright that established Ghostbusters as a pop culture sensation. Remember, don’t cross the streams. It could end all life as we know it! Familia (more…)
Warcraft Film Likely 2012, Franchise Planned (World of Warcraft)
Jul 24th
The Warcraft movie is booked to be released in 2012, according to Warner Bros. who are co-financing the film with Legendary Pictures.
Warner is also reportedly thinking of launching a franchise based on World of Warcraft, after it was confirmed this week that Sam Raimi would be directing the Warcraft film. They believe the series could be as popular as Harry Potter.
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Battlefield 1943 recruits 600,000
Jul 24th
EA claims Dice’s multiplayer-only WWII shooter secured day-one, week-one sales records worldwide on Xbox Live, North America on PSN.
By many accounts, EA Dice delivered on its multiplayer-only installment in the burgeoning Battlefield franchise two weeks ago, attracting a strong critical reception for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 downloadable game. However, Battlefield 1943’s launch was marred by significant instability, especially on Microsoft’s console, as EA scrambled to add additional play servers after drastically underestimating gamers’ enthusiasm for the online title.
Today, EA put that enthusiasm into perspective, announcing that Battlefield 1943 had sold more than 600,000 copies across the Xbox 360 and PS3 editions of the game since its July 8 launch. That sales tally, the publisher notes, secures the title for “fastest selling day one and week one download-only game” worldwide on Xbox Live and in North America for the PSN. Battlefield 1943 is available for $15 (MSP1,200).
Upon its initial offering, Battlefield 1943 featured three maps, where 24 combatants could engage on land, air, and sea. EA Dice offered a fourth map–the air-combat-heavy Coral Sea–on the condition that the player community achieve a total of 43 million kills. This feat was accomplished on Xbox Live five days after launch, with the PSN milestone secured on day eight.
A PC edition of Battlefield 1943 is expected in September. For more information, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage of Battlefield 1943.
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Developer coy about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. console ports (STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl)
Jul 23rd
In an interview with Russian community site, Stalker-Portal, GSC Game World’s Oleg Yavorsky has talked openly about porting their award-winning PC survival-horror franchise to consoles.
Kiev-based GSC Game World have been a licensed developer for the Xbox 360 since November 2007, which has fuelled speculation that a console version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has been in the works.
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OTX: Call Of Duty Brand Return Helps Modern Warfare 2 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)
Jul 22nd
While Halo 3: ODST continues to have a "commanding lead" in purchase intent over all forthcoming video games, Modern Warfare 2’s placing surged, with the Call Of Duty name re-addition "contributing" to the shift, according to OTX data provided exclusively to Gamasutra.
OTX recently noted that consumer awareness levels for the game dropped 20 percent after apparent indication that the Call Of Duty name would be omitted. However, with the game’s box retaining the CoD brand, it appears that retail consumers, at least, will be aware of the game’s connection to the franchise.
The confirmation of the "Call of Duty" branding on Modern Warfare 2’s box art — and the re-addition of this part of the name to the survey — halfway through OTX’s data period for these charts "undoubtedly contributed to the positive movement," the firm added, expecting both awareness and purchase intent surrounding the title to further rise next month.
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Dirt 2 (Dirt 2)
Jul 17th
Despite the sad demise of the series’ flagbearer, 2007’s Colin McRae: Dirt managed to retain the feel of the previous games in the series while, at the same time, rebooting the franchise to give it a more universal flavor.
And what a reboot it was. …
