As the current generation of consoles continues on, companies should do well to remember to honor the past by celebrating upcoming franchise anniversaries.While not quite old as other industries in the world, video games have formed a large base of users thanks to pioneering companies like Atari, Nintendo, and Activision to name a few. Gamers are typically passionate about franchises, which makes celebrating certain achievements like anniversaries an important step. Just this year, Nintendo helped its most well known character and company mascot, Mario, celebrate his 30th anniversary, with two special amiibo figures and a community driven website all culminating in Super Mario Maker – a Wii U exclusive that allows players to build their own stages using themes and items from four iconic Mario games.Believe it or not, Ubisoft also fits into this category as well. Long before they were known for the Tom Clancy games or mega franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft plucked the limbless hero Rayman from the creative mind of Michel Ancel. 2015 marks Rayman’s 20th anniversary and to celebrate Ubisoft announced smaller items such as fan driven contests, an infographic, and a brand new game called Rayman Adventures – the latter of which was greeted with ample excitement. Unfortunately, after… Read full this story
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