Latest release: Frogger and the Rumbling Ruins (2022)įrogger has made it across four decades of video games, surviving longer than all but seven franchises in video game history. The franchise has found most of its success with Donkey Kong Country, a series of 2D platform games, though it’s also explored the racing (Diddy Kong Racing), rhythm (Donkey Konga), and 3D platform (Donkey Kong 3D) genres. That playable character was Jumpman, who’d later become known as Mario. While never reaching the heights of Mario or Zelda, Donkey Kong remains Nintendo's longest-running video game franchise, debuting as an arcade game in July 1981.ĭonkey Kong served as the antagonist in the original arcade game, throwing barrels down at the playable character from atop a construction site where he held Lady (Pauline) hostage. Latest release: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2018) See our guide to the full Wolfenstein games timeline. The studio has created five Wolfenstein games since 2014: The New Order (2014), The Old Blood (2015), The New Colossus (2017), Youngblood (2019), and the VR game Cyberpilot (2019). The series has moved through several development teams and publishers throughout its 42-year existence, including notable stops at id Software (1992’s Wolfenstein 3D) and Activision (2001’s Return to Castle Wolfenstein through 2009’s Wolfenstein).įor the last decade, audiences have known Wolfenstein as a WW2 first-person shooter series developed by Bethesda's MachineGames. Wolfenstein began as a stealth-focused arcade game in September 1981 with the release of Castle Wolfenstein. Latest release: Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot (2019) Next up is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, announced during the recent Xbox Games Showcase. IGN’s reviewer Seth Macy awarded it a review score of 10 and called it “the most awe-inspiring simulation ever experienced.” Among its first batch of games was Microsoft Flight Simulator, the first in its still-running series of aviation simulations.Īfter a dozen-plus releases, Flight Sim regained mainstream popularity in 2020 with Microsoft Flight Simulator, the series’ first game to be released on console. Latest release: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (2024)Ģ0 years before Microsoft began its Xbox business, the company entered the gaming market as a software developer for early home computers. Microsoft Flight Simulator – 41 yearsįirst release: Microsoft Flight Simulator (1982) This list captures only franchises that originated as games long-running licensed franchises such as Spider-Man, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars are therefore excluded. *To be considered for this list, a franchise must have content currently in development or content released within the last five years.
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