Franchises

In both the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as well as The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, there is a mutated bird that plays a pivotal role in each plot called a jabberjay. While these creatures may seem like a singular issue in both projects, they’re actually vital to both stories, and the history of the bird and its impact is fascinating. So, let’s connect these dots and do a deep dive into these talking birds and their impact on The Hunger Games. (Image credit: Lionsgate)What Is A…

Warner Bros. will be heavily veering into a live service model for its future games. During its latest Q3 earnings call, CEO David Zaslav confirmed that the company plans to transform its biggest video game franchises into long-term products, bolstered by regular content drops and heavy monetisation. In recent years, gamers have developed a distaste for such money-hungry practices, which often lock out content behind some form of paywall or a battle pass, instead of providing a complete game at launch. The idea is for…

Capcom is one of the giants in the gaming industry, and it earned its reputation through its stable of hit franchises. This year has been a good one for the company, with titles such as Resident Evil 4 Remake and Street Fighter 6 releasing to critical acclaim. Capcom’s most recent quarterly report revealed the company’s bestselling franchises, and there aren’t many surprises. Screenshot by Destructoid. Capcom franchises continue to thrive – here are the top five as of July 2023 As a surprise to nobody, Resident Evil tops…

Warner Bros Discovery and Mattel have announced they have renewed their partnership deal after the success Barbie had at the global box office. The film has pulled quite a haul since its release last week, with current total box office earnings of over $382 million worldwide. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mattel and Warner Bros Discovery have been licensing partners for around 20 years, and this new deal would ensure that Mattel will continue to be the studio’s official licensee. Mattel will continue to be…

It’s pretty routine for streaming services to circulate with the old and bring in the new when it comes to classic movies, but that means horror fans who are Max subscribers will have a lot of bingeing to do in a short period if they want to marathon one of the genre’s most underrated franchises. Come August, a whopping six entries in the Hellraiser franchise are going back to the inferno from whence they came. Don’t worry, though; you’ll have until Aug. 31 to watch several entries in the devilishly subversive series…

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is celebrating its 20-year anniversary today, July 15, 2023. Below, we look at how it challenged and subverted some of Star Wars' most common tropes.Star Wars is obsessed with what machine and memory create, the blurred selves at the intersection of metal and flesh. Darth Vader is the clearest example of this. Anakin's descent to the dark side renders itself real in his deformed body. Obi-Wan says that he is "more machine than man," a fact that is leveraged in the…

Sega has now stepped back from its previously planned blockchain initiatives for fear of “devaluing” its strongest gaming properties, saying the technology is yet to show its maximum potential. In a new interview, the company’s co-chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi said that the move to blockchain might have been viewed as an interesting investment, but Sega’s motivation is to be ahead of the masses. “For the majority of people in the video game industry, what blockchain advocates say may sound a bit extreme, but…

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The company’s popular Call of Duty franchise will remain available for PlayStation if the company is acquired by Microsoft, Activision’s chief told a hearing that could decide the fate of the $75 billion deal. The company’s popular Call of Duty franchise will remain available for PlayStation if the company is acquired by Microsoft, Activision’s chief told a hearing that could decide the fate of the $75 billion deal. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender…

via Universal If you can believe it, yesterday marked exactly 10 years to the day that The Purge released in theaters. The $2 million hybrid of home invasion thriller and dystopian nightmare would go on to earn almost $90 million at the box office and launch a sprawling franchise that consists of four sequels and a TV series, with a sixth feature-length installment in development. The mastermind behind it all is James DeMonaco, who wrote the scripts for every single chapter and directed the first three, but he…