Today's Most Popular Franchises
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Naruto: Ninja Council
Naruto: Ninja Council (known as Naruto: Saikyō Ninja Daikesshū in Japan), is a series of action games based on the popular manga and anime series of the same name. They are developed by Aspect and published by Tomy for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. -
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Mario Kart
Mario Kart is a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed and published by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Super Mario series of video games. The first in the series, Super Mario Kart, was launched in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to both critical and commercial success. -
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Prototype
The Prototype series of games are open world action-adventure games that were developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. Prototype was released in North America on June 9, 2009 and in Europe on June 12, 2009 for Playstation 3, XBox 360 and PC. Prototype 2 was released in North America on April 24, 2012 for the Playstation 3 and XBox 360, and on July 24, 2012 for PC. -
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Hitman
Hitman is a series of stealth-oriented third-person shooters developed by Io Interactive and published first by Eidos Interactive and then Square Enix when it acquired the latter. -
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Crysis
Crysis is a series of futuristic first-person shooters developed by Crytek and published by Electronic Arts. -
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Fable
The Fable series takes place in the fictional nation of Albion, a state that, at the time of the first game, is composed of numerous autonomous city-states with vast areas of countryside or wilderness in between. The setting originally resemblesMedieval England ("Albion" being the oldest name for the island of Great Britain), or traditional fantasy settings like that of The Lord of the Rings. However, the period of time progresses with each game; in Fable II, Albion has advanced to an era similar to that of the Age of Enlightenment, and by Fable III the nation has been unified under a monarchy and is undergoing an "Age of Industry" similar to the real-world 19th-century Industrial Revolution. -
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Saints Row
Saints Row is a video game franchise created by Volition, Inc. and published by Deep Silver. Gameplay is presented in open world format. Because of the mixture of nonlinear gameplay with action-adventure and racing sequences, the series is referred to as being sandbox style. -
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Runescape
Runescape is the largest free MMORPG in the world, it is developed by Jagex game studios. Runescape is a fantasy RPG game developed and released in 2001 by Andrew and Paul Gower. Runescape itself has over 200 million registered accounts, 10million of these accounts are active accounts and an average of around 100,000 players on at any moment. -
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Fallout
Fallout is a series of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games created by Interplay Entertainment. Although the series is set during the 22nd and 23rd centuries, its retrofuturistic story and artwork are influenced by the post-war culture of 1950s America, and its combination of hope for the promises of technology and lurking fear of nuclear annihilation. -
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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
Look out, here comes that little orange rat again! Whenever the Outback is in danger Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is the thylacine to call! Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was an original franchise developed by Krome Studios, what was once the largest video game development studio in Australia, and published by EA (for 1 & 2) and Activision (for 3). All three console games were 3D platformers, the last two games being open world as well. Franchise staples include a large selection of different boomerangs, giant robot suits, over-the-top Australian accents, and vehicles. The franchise is jam packed with Australian culture and folk lore. The final two games recieved GBA ports and they were 2D platformers. The creator of the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger franchise is Steve Stamatiadis, also known for his web-comic series, Blade Kitten. -
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Kirby
Kirby, the awesome, tough-as-nails pink puff-ball! Originally debuting in Kirby's Dreamland on the Nintendo Gameboy, Kirby was first depicted as black and white due to the Gameboy's graphical limitations. Kirby was created by Masahiro Sakurai when he worked at HAL Laboratory. However, he Sakurai has not worked on a Kirby game since 2003 when he left HAL Laboratory and went on to begin his own company, Sora Ltd., where he dedicated his work primarily to the Super Smash Bros. series and most recently Kid Icarus Uprising. Despite Masahiro Sakurai's departure, Kirby games continue to be developed by HAL Laboratory. -
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Shenmue
Shenmue is an interactive cinema open-world adventure video game series created, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki and developed and published by Sega. Shenmue was listed in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive video game produced for its time, with a production budget of US$70 million, equivalent to $95 million in 2011 adjusting for inflation. It consists of 16 chapters and is currently unfinished. -
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Call of Duty
Call of duty is a first and third person computer/console game franchise. The series began on pc then later came to consoles and handhelds. Several spin-off games have also been produced. The early games in the series have been set around world war 2 these games include call of duty, call of duty 2 and call of duty 3. Then the franchise shifted to modern times, producing call of duty 4: modern warfare then came call of duty world at war then call of duty modern warfare 2 next came black ops set in the cold war. Next came modern warfare 3 which was set in the near future Then last but not least is black ops 2 which takes place in 2025. -
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Fabula Nova Crystallis
Fabula Nova Crystallis is a mythology created by Yoshinori Kitase and Kazushige Nojima of Square Enix. The mythology was used as an inspiration to create the world in multiple Final Fantasy games; Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Type-0, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and the upcoming Final Fantasy XV. -
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Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts is a worldwide critically and commercially acclaimed series developed as a collaboration between Square Enix and Disney Studios. Under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura, the series started in 2002 with the release of the first game of the series, Kingdom Hearts, and since then the series consists of multiple games released on various platforms. -
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Mass Effect
Mass Effect is a series of sci-fi action role-playing video games, developed by the Canadian company BioWare and released for the Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3 starting with the second installment, and the Wii U starting with the third. -
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Metroid
Metroid is a series of action games created by Yoshio Sakamoto and Gunpei Yokoi. All of the games in the series are published by Nintendo. The franchise follows the adventures of bounty hunter Samus. It is famous for having one of the first female protagonists in a video game. -
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Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. is an award winning series of fighting games published by Nintendo. The gameplay differs from traditional fighting games ,because instead of depleting the player's life bars, the object is to knock them off of the playing fiield. All three games in the series were directed by Masahiro Sakurai. -
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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda is a fantasy action-adventure video game series created by game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka.
