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Displaying items 1-10 of 69 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "activision".
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Episode 436: Hey, Bub!
September 23rd, 2026 | 1 hr 26 mins
Bethesda, Blizzard Entertainment, EA Games, GTA, GTA V, Halo, Jon Snow, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Resident Evil, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, activision, agents of shield, alan ritchson, bbc, blade, brad bird, brad pitt, bungie, capcom, chloe bennet, daredevil born again, darkwing duck, destiny 2, disney+, doctor who, double fine, dragon ball z, dragonball, elijah wood, escape from new york, fable, far cry, frodo, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george lucas, grand theft auto, gremlins, gta 6, gta vi, halo studios, hbo, helldivers, insomniac games, john leguizamo, kit harrington, lego, lollipop chainsaw, lord of the rings, mahershala ali, marathon, marvel fighting tokon souls, marvel's wolverine, miami vice, movies, nerd, ninja theory, nvidia, obsidian entertainment, paramount, playground games, pokemon, ps5, rare ltd, ray gunn, rocket raccoon, rockstar games, sean gunn, starcraft, street fighter, the hunt for gollum, tim schaefer, turn10, ubisoft, undead labs, video games, vin diesel, warner bros, world war z, xbox game studios, zach cregger, zack snyder, zero company
The XBOX Reset continues, and what it means for Halo's future. Destiny is saved from its dark fate, as Marathon may not run its course. An Wolverine is not what the internet wants you to think. The Paramount/WB merger jumps another hurdle, while Resident Evil breaks out. Plus Daredevil Born Again gets unconverted.
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Episode 432: Clam Bake
August 26th, 2026 | 1 hr 15 mins
2k games, GTA, God of War, Hal Jordan, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Ridley Scott, Star Wars, TV, The Witcher, The Witcher 3, Xbox, a24, activision, alien, amazon prime video, anthony bourdain, atari, cd projekt red, charles melton, dave bautista, dcu, destin daniel cretton, disney+, dolly parton, dragon ball z, ewan mcgregor, final fantasy vii, gamescom, gaming, geek, gilderoy lockhart, gorilla grodd, green lanterns, gta 6, gta vi, harry potter, hbo, hbo max, he-man, ikea, jimmy olsen, kit harrington, kratos, lanterns, masters of the universe, movies, naruto, nba 2k27, nerd, obi-wan kenobi, physical media, razer, robin hood, rockstar games, sicario, superman, the witcher 4, tim curry, tony, twitch, video games, wonderman
It’s a solo wanderer’s dispatch from the front lines of nerd culture — one host moving through comic shops, midnight movie premieres, maker garages, and the digital back‑alleys where fandoms thrive. No hype, no corporate gloss. Just raw, street‑level reporting on what’s new, weird, and worth caring about.
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Episode 429: Small Potato Stuff
August 5th, 2026 | 1 hr 19 mins
70mm, AMD, Christopher Nolan, Dungeons & Dragons, EA, EA Games, God of War, Lucasfilm, MCU, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, WoW, Xbox, activision, barbie, black ops 1 & 2, blade, booster gold, call of duty, call of duty black ops, clueless, dave bautista, dcu, disney, disney+, dnd, elden ring, final fantasy vii, from software, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gpu, henry cavill, imax, james may, jeremy clarkson, kratos, midnight club, moana, movies, nerd, nvidia, oded fehr, paramount+, pif, pokemon, ps5, ram, richard hammond, rockstar games, samsung, sony columbia pictures, sony interactive entertainment, sony pictures, spider-man brand new day, squareenix, steam, steam machine, the grand tour, the mandalorian, the mummy, the odyssey, tiktok, valve, video games, walt disney pictures, warhammer, warhammer40k, warnerbros, wonder man, world of warcraft, x-men
Spider-Man swung back into theaters, and it did exactly what we knew it would. The question is though, was it good? The RAMageddon becomes the RAMpocalypse, as it comes for every component, and will continue forever. Black Ops 1 & 2 jump the sales charts, and EA goes private. Meanwhile we should have listened to Wesley when he said he was the only Blade.
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Episode 427: Zeus's Law
July 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
70mm, AI, Bethesda, DC, Doctor Doom, Donkey Kong, Fallout, God of War, Hulu, MCU, Matt Damon, Playstation, Ryan Reynolds, Sony, Star Wars, TV, Tom Cruise, Warhammer 40k, Xbox, a24, activision, amazon prime video, aston martin, avengers, avengers doomsday, backrooms, bungie, call of duty, chrisotpher nolan, clayface, coleman domingo, days of thunder, dcu, deadpool, disney, eBay, fallout 5, gamestop, gaming, geek, grand theft auto 6, gta 6, harada, hoppers, imax, infinity ward, jason bourne, knights of the old republic, kotor, kratos, lego, marathon, marvel comics, marvel studios, modern warfare 4, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, paramount pictures, physical media, pixar, playstation 5, pokemon, pokemon go, roblox, robocop, saber interactive, space marine 2, starfield, tekken, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls 6, the odyssey, the princess and the frog, the x-files, toy story 5, video games, walt disney pictures, warhammer, warner bros
If you are looking for a review of the odyssey, you wont find it here, but we have other exciting news. Like Disney cuts Pixar staff, even after making a billion dollars. Or Is Nintendo justified in telling consumers to stuff it after tariff refunds? PlayStation ain't budging on ditching discs, and some sales numbers back them up. But hey, at least we got a trailer for Avengers Doomsday!
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Episode 426: Life Found A Way...
July 15th, 2026 | 1 hr 8 mins
Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, Christopher Nolan, EA, FX, God of War, MCU, Matt Reeves, Microsoft, PS4, Playstation, TV, Tom Cruise, Xbox, a nightmare on elm street, activision, amazon prime video, assassin's creed black flag resyched, black ops 1, black ops 2, blue beetle, call of duty, compulsion games, danny mcbride, dc studios, dcu, digger, disney, doom, ea sports, ea sports college football '27, elder scrolls online, far cry, gaming, geek, george lucas, gi joe, glenn schofield, god of war laufey, id software, imax, imax 70mm, james gunn, john carmack, laufey, lord of the rings, marvel, marvel studios, moana, movies, nerd, nova, obsidian entertainment, paramount, ps5, sam niel, santa monica studio, sony santa monica, steam, steve buschemi, superman, the batman, the batman part ii, the grand tour, the hunt for golum, the odyssey, treyarch, ubisoft, valve inc, video games, walt disney pictures, zenimax online
From The Batman part II being delayed, to Steam making $11b in 6 months. From the rising tide in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynched, to the lack of IMAX 70mm. Yet that all couldn't save Moana from Te Fiti, you're welcome?
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Episode 425: The Console Wars?
July 8th, 2026 | 1 hr 11 mins
007, AI, Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, Christopher Nolan, Fallout, Gene Wilder, Hollywood, Microsoft, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Playstation, Sony, TV, Xbox, activision, arkane, asha sharma, avatar, black flag resynched, bungie, compulsion games, danny mcbride, dcu, dennis villenueve, destiny 2, double fine, dune, dune part 3, fast & furious, gaming, geek, gi joe, id software, jackass, jackass: best and last, james bond, john romero, johnny knoxville, marvel toko: fighting souls, mecha chamleon, mister terrific, moana, movies, nerd, ninja theory, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian, paramount+, playstation 5, pokemon, senua, steve-o, supergirl, the avatar: the last airbender, the emmys, the rock, ubisoft, undead labs, universal pictures, video games, xbox game pass
XBOX finally reveals its reset, as the Sony fallout continues. Are the console wars back on, or are we marching to a collapse. Jackass: Best and Last is definitely the last, but is it the best? The Emmy nominees are out, Hollywood shifts to gaming, and what's is going on with Fast & Furious?
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Episode 420: To be Phranque...
June 3rd, 2026 | 57 mins 56 secs
007 first light, God of War, Lex Luthor, MCU, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, Taylor Swift, Tom holland, Xbox, a minecraft movie, a24, activision, amazon prime video, backrooms, call of duty, call of duty modern warfare, call of duty warzone, dcu, escape from new york, fable, gaming, geek, god of war laufey, insomniac games, io interactive, man of tomorrow, marcia lucas, marvel's wolverine, minecraft, modern warfare 4, movies, nerd, nvida, obesession, onimusha, playground games, rambo, rtx spark, sony playstation, sony santa monica, spider-noir, stargate, state of play, steam, steam deck, superman, tekken, toy story, toy story 5, valve corp, video games, warzone, xbox game studios, zack snyder
God of War Returns, and Wolverine is set for September. But so is every other game apparently. So while we all wait for GTA VI, we can now also wait even longer for Fable. Steam may have been hiding in plain sight as a villain all along, we now look to Lord Gaben for guidance. Spider-Noir is more Groucho than Cagney, but it might work in its favor. And Call of Duty is bringing us to East Asia.
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Episode 409: What have we here? Matching uniforms?
March 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
AI, Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, Bradley Cooper, Fortnite, Green Lantern, Hulu, MCU, Matt Reeves, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Pokémon GO, Resident Evil, Scooby Doo, Sony, Spider-Man, Studio Ghibli, TV, Xbox, a quiet place, a24, aaron pierre, activision, amazon prime video, blizzard, bloodsport, bluepoint, buffy the vampire slayer, capcom, dc studios, dcu, disney, dlss 5, dune pt. 3, epic games, fallout 4, family guy, firefly, fox, gaming, geek, jack ryan, james gunn, jcvd, jeff kaplan, kpop demon hunters, krafton, lilo & stich, movies, nathan fillion, nerd, niantic, nvidia, oceans 11, one battle after another, overwatch, paul thomas anderson, payday, pegi, pixar, resident evil requiem, robert pattinson, ryan coogler, seth mcfarlane, sinners, spider-man: brand new day, starbreeze, starfield, steam, steam machine, stewie, subnautica 2, superman, take two interactive, the 98th academy awards, the batman, the incredibles, the last of us, the oscars, tom clancy, ubisoft, vbucks, video games
The Oscars were this weekend, and surprise surprise, PTA won big, while Chalamet went home with nothing. We also got two big trailers this week, Dune Pt. 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Pokémon Go was used to farm us for AR images and map data, and Nvidia says we're wrong about DLSS5. Plus we have the Scooby gang all casted for Netflix's upcoming adaptation.
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Episode 407: they always come back
March 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 15 mins
Bloodborne, Bruce Lee, Cartoon Network, Fallout, God of War, Hal Jordan, Hulu, Mario, Netflix, Playstation, Resident Evil, Scrubs, Sony, Spider-Man, TV, abc, activision, amazon prime video, amc theaters, assassins' creed, batman, bluepoint, brendan frasier, call of duty, capcom, dcu, fallout new vegas, fromsoftware, game of thrones, gaming, geek, ghostface, green lanterns, hbo max, highguard, jim carrey, lanterns, lego batman, lego games, lord & miller, mar10 day, movies, nerd, nintendo, one piece, paramount, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon day, ps5, re 9, resident evil 9 requiem, scary movie 6, scream 5, scream 6, scream 7, sony santa monica, spider-verse, super mario, tencent, the mummy, tubi, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, wayans brothers, wes craven
What's your favorite scary movie? Mine isn't scream 7, and take a listen to hear why. Speaking of scary movies, the Wayans's dropped a trailer for their big return to Scary Movie, and HBO graced us with a trailer for its upcoming Green Lantern Show Lanterns. Also we finally got a reveal of Pokémon Generation 10 and its starters, meanwhile Highguard which exploded onto the gaming stage is shutting down after only a few weeks. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 406: Phil NOT of the future
February 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
AI, Assassin's Creed, Breaking Bad, Discord, EVO, God of War, Lucasfilm, Microsoft, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, Venom, X-Files, Xbox, a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, adam driver, amazon games, amazon prime video, asha sharma, bioshock, bluepoint games, call of duty, christian bale, christopher judge, cod zombies, dave bautista, dunk & egg, ed skrein, far cry, game of thrones, gaming, geek, hawaii, hbo, heat, heat 2, house of the dragon, insomniac games, jackass, jason momoa, johnny cage, johnny knoxville, kraven, madam web, marvel's wolverine, michael mann, microsoft gaming, morbius, mortal kombat ii, movies, mtv, nacon, nerd, pokémon firered, pokémon leafgreen, ps5, radical entertainment, razer, robert carradine, sarah bond, splinter cell, steven soderbergh, take two interactive, the wrecking crew, ubisoft, valve, video games, warner bros, xbox series, yves guillemot
In massive gaming news, and I MEAN MASSIVE! Phil Spencer has retired from Xbox and Microsoft and his #2 Sarah Bond resigned as well, as a questionable new CEO takes the reigns. Plus Sony plans to reboot their wider Spider-manless Spider-verse after its utter collapse, no more morbin time? Mortal Kombat 2 got a Johnny Cage filled trailer and Valve is getting sued by the state of New York and as Jackie Chiles would say: "It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous!"