Biennial video game franchises:

Biennial video game franchises:

Ubisoft:

1. Watch Dogs

Bethesda:

1. The Elder Scrolls (each major release has annual updates)

Taito:

1. Cooking Mama (spin-offs can be annual)

Microsoft:

1. Gears of War

Square Enix:

1. Hitman

Sega:

1. Yakuza

Annual video game franchises

Franchises with annual releases:

Activision:

1. Call of Duty
2. Skylanders

Electronic Arts:

1. Battlefield

Ubisoft:

1. Assassin's Creed
2. Just Dance
3. Imagine (Nintendo handhelds)

Capcom:

1. Monster Hunter
2. Resident Evil

Sega:

1. Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA

Gust:

1. Atelier

Bandai Namco:

1. Tales of(Main series is biennial, though)

Team 17:

1. Worms

Franchises with annual add-on packs

Activision:

1. :Destiny

Take-Two:

1. Civilization

Electronic Arts:

1. The Sims

Capcom:

1. Street Fighter

Arc System Works:

1. BlazBlue
2. Guilty Gear

Bandai Namco:

1. Tekken

Sega:

1. Shining
2. Total War

Tecmo Koei:

1. Dynasty Warriors

Microsoft:

1. Age of Empires

Franchises with formerly annual releases:

Activision:

1. Guitar Hero (formerly on hiatus, seemingly changed release pattern)
2. Crash Bandicoot (formerly on hiatus)
3. Tony Hawk's (license expired, seeking new company)

Ubisoft:

1. Far Cry (now has hiatuses every once in a while)
2. Rayman (now has hiatuses every once in a while)
3. Rabbids (now has hiatuses every once in a while)

Electronic Arts:

1. Need for Speed(now has hiatuses every once in a while)
2. GPA Tour (contract with Tiger Woods ended, seemingly ending the franchise)

Square Enix:

1. Tomb Raider (now has hiatuses every once in a while)

Level-5:

1. Professor Layton (now has hiatuses every once in a while)

Sega:

1. Super Monkey Ball (on hiatus)

Sony:

1. God of War(formerly annual, entered new era. Currently waiting for release)

Warner Bros.:

1. Mortal Kombat (now has hiatuses every once in a while, alongside annual updates)

Licensed annual games:

1. Lego
2. WWE (2K)
3. Madden NFL (EA)
4. FIFA (EA)
5. PES (Konami)
6. NBA Live (EA)
7. NBA 2K(2K)

Final Fantasy Games without remasters

Main series:

1. FF13 subseries(already HD)

Subseries:

1. Dissidia Arcade
2. Crystal Chronicles Original game is getting a remaster in 2019, as announced in September 10th, 2018. 
3. Bravely Default

Current:

1. World of FF (Getting an enchanced port for Switch, as of September 14th, 2018).
2. FF XV

 Not remade(Main series):

1. FF6
2. FF5
3. FF8
4. FF9
5. ...

Not remastered(Crystal Chronicles):

1. Ring of Fates 
2. My Life as a King 
3. Echoes of Time 
4. My Life as a Darklord 
5. The Crystal Bearers

Edit (10.09.2018): Crystal Chronicles has been announced to get a remaster.
Eidt (14.09.2018): Bunch of SE ports were announced, including Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Everybody(enchanced port of Chocobo's Dungeon). However, it already got an enhanced port for DS in Japan, so it won't be listed.

Microsoft Lifecycle Chart:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=windows

Ending in 2017:

1. 11/4/2017-Windows Vista SP2(Extended Support)
2. 11/7/2017-Windows Phone 8.1(Mainline support, no extended support)
3. 11/7/2017-Windows Azure Pack(Mainline support)
4. 10/10/2017-Visual Studio Express 2015(Service pack support)
5. 10/10/2017-Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 3(Extended support)
6. 11/4/2017-Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server(Mainline support)

Ending in 2018:

1. Windows 10 Mobile-ALL
2. Windows Web Server 2008-Extended Support
3.  Microsoft Application Virtualization-Mainline Support
4. Service Bus for Windows Server-Mainline Support
5. Windows 8.1-Mainline support

Ending in 2019:

1. Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld-Mainline support, no extended support.
2. Windows Embedded POSReady 2009-Extended support
3. Windows Embedded Standard 2009-Extended support
4. Microsoft Application Virtualization for Windows Desktops 4.5 Service Pack 2-Extended support

Ending in 2020:

1.  Windows Communication Foundation RIA Services-Extended support
2. Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5-Extended support
3. Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack 1-Extended support
4. Windows HPC Server 2008-Extended support
5. Windows HPC Server 2008 R2-Extended support
6. Windows Identity Foundation-Extended support
7. Windows MultiPoint Server 2010-Extended support
8. Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1-Extended support
9. Windows Storage Server 2008-Extended support
10.  Windows 10 Enterprise, released in July 2015-Mainline support
11. Windows 7 Service Pack 1-Extended support

Ending in 2021:

1.  Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB-Mainline support
2. Windows Embedded Compact 7-Mainline support
3. Windows MultiPoint Server 2011-Extended support
4. Windows Thin PC-Extended support

Ending in 2022:

1.  Windows Azure Pack-Extended support
2. Windows Azure Pack (on Windows Server 2016)-Mainline support
3. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter-Mainline support

Ending in 2023:

1. Windows 8.1-Extended support
2.  Windows Multipoint Server 2012-Extended support
3. Windows Server 2012-Extended support
4. Microsoft Application Virtualization-Extended support
5. Service Bus for Windows Server-Extended support

Ending in 2025:

1. Windows 10 2015-Extended support

 Ending in 2026:

1. Windows 10 2016-Extended support