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love or hate them, the big video game franchises are the essence of life from the publishers. If you love them, every 1-3 years can (sometimes) plays a bigger and better version of a game loved. If you hate good ... at least a massive amount of sales of the publisher will provide funding for companies that might risk even more important.

However, every franchise has to start with this game that everyone working on it hopes will be a great success. 2011 saw the editors of the pump several suites and attempts to establish new franchises or the revitalization of the old. Sometimes the quality of the game itself was enough to make it a success, it was sometimes pure marketing, and sometimes it was a mixture of both.

Take a tour of some of the franchises most famous publishers and attempts to establish franchises in 2011.

January

Dead Space 2

2011 was a good start with the

Dead Space 2
and established franchise of EA, the act of terror, as he a long way to go. For a relatively young franchise is supported as one of the largest, with animation, game light gun ( Extraction

, a downloadable title ( Ignition ), three books and one way to go mobile with it.

Although not necessarily the most frightening of all the playing time, the

Dead Space Franchise has successfully entered and said that the action genre and of terror, while Resident Evil

color MIA was not surprise me if we do not see new Dead Space

titles for the next 5 years.

February

Marvel vs Capcom 3

People Can Fly shooter is based on the skills surprised many skeptics who fear the gun belt skillshot launch and grow too quickly out of date so it is not a pleasant experience for a full game. With Epic Games on board to co-develop the title, a clever way to promote skillshot monitoring the variety of gameplay and incredible writing thrown into the mix,

Bulletstorm been a great shooter who ventured away from the proven formula. At least to a critical level. Although the game did not sell horrible, do not sell enough to make a profit of Epic. Ads with Cliff Bleszinski and Mike Capps in a shower has probably not helped create many sales to anyone who was not interested in the game before, despite the trailers generally have a good job of showing what the game is about. Maybe it was not enough, or too weird for most. With rumors of People Can Fly the development of a Gears of War prequel trilogy, it seems that despite a world rich enough to work with Bulletstorm

> IP is unlikely to reappear in the near future. The type of game and Epic expertise could make the material as the future of the console at the beginning to show the new material in a way, though.

Killzone 3

While the first Killzone Franchise

have done much to forget, if I had not received the result announced huge and highly anticipated PlayStation 3

Killzone 3 short of expectations during a time of year when there was no competition as the new online shooter. Between this and Mass Effect 2

finally hit the PS3 a month ago, it was a good time to own a PS3.

Guerrilla Games is certainly not a study to rest on their laurels, so expect their next title to be as heavy as Tech we expect. A

Killzone PS Vita to be a logical choice, if it is a result of the console and its IP address are not new to eat all their resources.

March

Dragon Age II

BioWare continues to refine the RPG genre was beyond the PC 90, but

Dragon Age II

was a bit too far for many of the fans

Dragon Age: Origins . If the fight was faster pace and less tactical or player history centered less epic and only

DA II

was not bad

game by any means, but it's not exactly what everyone was expecting more. With the support of the trademark of BioWare, a traditional marketing campaign for EA, and a trailer that showed Hawke and different fighting styles in a manner developed by experts,

Dragon Age II sold enough to warrant a title to come - not that there ever was any doubt Dragon Age III

not pass

BioWare has a lot of

Dragon Age information on paper in their offices and to date we have only seen a fraction of the universe "we created. Story-wise, the end of
DA II

fit very well in the World Dragon Age: Origins , So a return to form can be expected for the third title. The big question is how to evolve the combat mechanics BioWare. DLC recently gravitate towards a more tactical approach in response to the views of fans, and if there is a studio BioWare listen to comments by one point.

Although Mass Effect found its sweet spot to marry against the action and RPG elements, it will be interesting to see what the Dragon Age title will give us.

Homefront

course, not lacking in marketing with North Korea to walk the streets, taco truck Korean food offered and copies of the novel, and other public relations gimmicks crazy Homefront was one of the strangest IP this year. Screening campaign of criticism in the short and poor, managed to send more than 2.6 million copies. Unfortunately, it was the

Call of Duty

drummer expecting THQ and Kaos development study was closed a few months after the release of the title. Ouch.

Crysis 2

Crysis and Crytek CryEngine

are the things you want to become something bigger than they really are, but

Crysis 2 surprised many people - especially because it can be played on existing equipment. Although he suffered an early flight the construction and lack of support DirectX 11 at launch, to the dismay of PC gamers who wanted to push their teams to the limit, it sold 3 million copies or more, whatever. Crysis

is a fact, especially in the first set with a trilogy in mind.

Dynasty Warriors

warriors followers were able to support XXXXY at home this year, and of course there will be a Dynasty Warriors

. That raised a few eyebrows was that the title quite managed to reach 10 charts in the UK, and was able to maintain its price is lowered to the level of negotiation in online stores for all UK time - not a small thing.

Total War: Shogun 2

The Creative Assembly continues his run of excellent Total War games (we'll leave at this level Archimedes

Spartali: Total Warrior

drag) with Shogun 2

and a return of feudal Japan. Many downloadable content in the form of packages and the Clan

Rise of the Samurai Campaign continued long after its release, and no reason to believe to be the last of the

Total War

series. If only The Creative Assembly was made by the Game of Thrones aa ...

April

Portal 2 The Game of the Year for many Portal 2 issued on the high expectations of almost everyone, but those who wanted it or Episode 3 place. Campaign with a good size, great literature and rhythm, excellent co-op, which allows integration of Steamworks PS3/PC Thurs platform, and many opportunities for user-created levels in the line, n 'that there was a great game, but one great package. Style registered trademark of the valve allows a choice well made trailers that highlighted the humor and gameplay, plus it's one of the most beloved studies apparently can not hurt.

Portal 2

become a big hit with 4 million copies sold exclusion

Brink

Add

Mirror Edge a free running Enemy Territory

team playing style shooter line was not a bad idea by any means, but

Brink not get a balance between the players. Online hampered by problems in the launching and implementation in the same month LA Noire

, the title was fast cutting of prices in online stores (in the UK at least) and not create the momentum needed to survive until the holiday season shooter giants out in force. Too bad, because

Brink
could be a blast to play.

Perhaps this type of shooting game online is centered in a better position in the platforms of digital distribution at an affordable price, such as
Section 8: Prejudice

and military shooting war between EA and Activision, apparently leaving little room for full-price games to establish themselves.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

a unique this year, consumer PC, not all care The Witcher 2 . It was infinitely better than the first game and much more impressive in terms of scenes, graphics and a story that has changed dramatically depending on your choice. Certainly not a perfect game (maybe a manager who cut together), with a tutorial are throwing a lot of wolves, and some trees of skills and spells to be a little unbalanced at launch. Above all, the game makes you feel as if Geralt actually become stronger in the game, but only in terms of becoming a fighter should be.

Sales-wise, that do not sell so much on digital platforms. Steam 200 000 units, 40 000 in the GOG, and 10,000 digital distribution platforms other are nothing special, but fortunately, CD Projekt is greater than one CD Projekt RED. In any case, leave the company to continue to polish Polish wild card The Witcher 2 on the PC, finally allows console gamers to play the game and continue to work The Witcher

just because they want and can.

LA Noire

Team Bondi game was created for the franchise holder for large, with a large marketing campaign, tons of downloadable content and even a season pass to keep the players playing the game for months. Driven by boundless ambition, the long-delayed title is finally released this year to critical acclaim and a large number of copies sold, despite Take Two was probably just happy to finally ship and offset at least some of the years of development costs in the title. However, the stories of the human costs of the project came soon after. These stories time of severe crisis and the leadership style of Brendan McNamara, and how developers who had left the credit is denied, finally implodes in the study and resulting in the closure of the Bondi team in September.

LA Noire

was one of the most interesting titles this year, even though it was basically a big budget CSI Game really good and had some aspects of the free world are not all that necessary. Anyway, go down in history as a lesson in how not to manage a development project for several years and how to scream like crazy if you think someone is lying to your face.

June

Duke Nukem Forever

DNF may not have met the expectations of everyone after so many years, but at least he was released so we can all locked up on this. Or could we? He is the great success Take Two is expected, which was and remains something of a new title and a large number of sales were probably driven by a morbid curiosity than anything else. However, it has placed on the program of Duke Nukem and the hero of aging has received a ridiculous amount of attention for months, so the disappointment many felt after reading Duke Nukem Forever could make ready for a new game and more in the future. Roll on the Duke Nukem eternal

Red Faction: Armageddon

With his campaign more linear Armageddon the output

Guerrilla not exactly what everyone was waiting at the end. Discussions on topics such as whether or not it is true, in the spirit of the first two games cavernous, or if THQ transmedia strategy and poor performance, but even better than the most original film-SyFy Red Faction: Origins

does not favor, now irrelevant, as THQ has abandoned the franchise for the foreseeable future. The editor is the best way as it is, so while the Red Faction Franchise itself is likely to live and to display a new generation of equipment and land destructible in the future, it will take some time. The abandonment

as in sections Armageddon water well trained in the mouth from the fans of old hits PC launch will take place, which might work on a new title

decrease Freespace that is independent of IP rights from Interplay, eh? Eh?

Dungeon Siege III More Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

first two Dungeon Siege Games and weighed in a franchise history that nobody knows exactly

Dungeon Siege III

was not the success that Sega and Obsidian had planned no doubt, but still a hack & slash pleasant distraction. The complaints of the people of PC and problems with the camera system of co-op did not make the final payment for any favors, either. However, it sold fairly well and received a few months later DLC. not surprise me if we see more Dungeon Siege

in the future, but Square Enix would be wise to release it as far away Torchlight II
as possible.

Alice: Madness Returns

Horse spicy take

American McGee's Alice

was not great, but it was a fun acceptable if rather monotonous. Between the airlock you vulnerable to enemies off the screen and the most difficult to avoid teleport move that did not teleport through enemies, the center of game can be high or low depending on how demanding the mood playing time. Your environment and the equipment was pretty crazy for a

Alice game, but not to recreate the joyful wonder that the first game gave us and it is difficult to imagine a return of Alice Liddell in the foreseeable future. On the positive side, which was the original free if you bought the game again.

July

Call of Juarez: The Cartel

The original Call of Juarez was pretty good, and more Bound in Blood was one of the best Western games until the last

Red Dead Redemption

happened. So whoever had the bright idea to put the franchise in a modern Western society can go screw themselves. Call of Juarez: The Cartel

ended up being worse than expected and was the final blow to nothing

Call of Juarez if in 2010 the title of Rockstar has not fought a Western popularize again. There is still room for more games West Call of Juarez IP is just a little-known established a presence a little more modern of its kind outside the RDR

, so if we will see a call

of Juarez is still halfway decent, but located in the old Wild West one again, I bet most would be willing to forget what The Cartel

happened.

August

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Eidos Montreal has been charged with the daunting task of delivering a new title in the spirit of the original

Deus Ex , put upgraded to the modern era and to meet the requirements of one of the hardcore gaming fans. Amazingly, they managed to deliver on all fronts. Despite being a prequel, man

Revolution

served Deus Ex without dumbing down the game and offered along a similar story to boot.

developer support video diary-style, an artistic director who somehow became one of the speakers especially for the title, and the dialogue exceptionally study and between the gaming community that leads to things like highlighting optional object that make it more similar to the original

Deus Ex man

Revolution

2180 000 copies sold in November. A post-credits sequence in more than insinuated Deus Ex history

to expand, it seems that the franchise is healthy and in good hands in the study Montreal.

probably the most important part of Deus Ex: Human Revolution Legacy

is that finally succeeded in creating a game that we provided that the original - one of the best games of all time - so special, where other never even came close to the excellence that is

Deus Ex
. If future security of the franchise can not deliver at least

DXHR showed the world that players want more of this type of game.

September

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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