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Displaying items 11-20 of 70 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "activision".
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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!"
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Episode 398: Nick's Nerd New Year: Lucky Number Se7en
December 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 20 mins
2k games, Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, Black Panther, F1, FX, Hulu, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, TV, Top 10, Xbox, activision, alien: earth, apple tv+, assassin's creed shadows, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers doomsday, avowed, black bag, black ops 7, bong joon ho, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, caught stealing, cd projekt red, chadwick boseman, clair obscur: expedition 33, compulsion games, console sales, daredevil: born again, dcu, death by lightning, deli boys, disney+, doom, doom the dark ages, double fine, fx on hulu, gaming, geek, gog, good ole games, grosse pointe garden society, id software, ironheart, isiah whitlock jr, james gunn, jurassic world, jurassic world evolution 3, keeper, knives out, mafia the old country, malcolm in the middle, mickey 17, mobland, movies, naked gun, nerd, nintendo, obsidian, one battle after another, paramount+, peacock, pillars of eternity, pokémon, pokémon legends: z-a, predator: badlands, ryan coogler, seth rogan, snl50, south of midnight, stick, stranger things, superman, the four seasons, the residence, the studio, thor, thunderbolts*, top ten, ubisoft, video games, wake up dead man, x-men, your friends & neighbors
No 7 Wonders of the nerd world here, just Top 10s for 2025. With some news sprinkled in. Nick once again brings his Top 10 Movies, Games and TV shows to round out the year. No more perfect a day than New Years Eve! See you in 2026!
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Episode 394: Happy Little Trees
November 26th, 2025 | 57 mins 32 secs
Assassin's Creed, EA, FX, Farcry, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Netflix, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, activisionblizzard, assassin's creed shadows, attack on titan, battlefield 6, black ops 7, bob ross, brett ratner, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, charlie cox, clair obscur: expedition 33, disney, donald trump, duffer bros, friends, frozen, frozen 2, fx on hulu, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gta 6, hbo, hbo max, hoppers, house of the dragon, james cameron, joey, john oliver, mike flannagan, movies, naruto, nerd, noah hawley, paramount, pbs, pixar, rob mac, rush hour 4, scarjo, star wars visions, steam, steam machine, stranger things, sunrise on the reaping, the academy awards, the exorcist, the game awards, the hunger games, toy story, toy story 5, treyarch, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wicked, wicked for good, wonder man, xbox game pass, xbox partner preview
Happy Thanksgiving week! Just a few major stories to break down this week. FarCry is headed to television on FX with Rob Mac staring, which is the right type of chaos that show needs. Wicked went off to see the wizard with a big box office take, and it might not be, for good. Plus Rush Hour 4 is happening, and the reason why is pretty unusual. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 393: Richards Lives!
November 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
AI, Apple TV, EDGAR WRIGHT, Fallout, Hulu, Lex Luthor, MCU, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Red Dead Redemption, Star Trek, TV, The Legend of Zelda, Xbox, activision, amazon prime video, arc raiders, asus, asus rog ally, bioshock, black ops 7, braniac, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, clair obscur: expedition 33, crystal dynamics, dcu, death by lightning, death stranding, disney+, dragon ball z, family guy, fx on hulu, gaming, geek, glen powell, godzilla, hbo max, josh gad, mad men, marvel studios, mega pokémon, moana, monarch legacy of monsters, monsterverse, movies, nerd, nintendo, one piece, paramount, peacock, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, rockstar games, sharknado, shogun, shroud, splinter cell, squid game, stargate, stargate sg-1, steam, steam machine, stephen king, superman, syfy, the game awards, the running man, toho, treyarch, twisted metal, ubisoft, video games, wonder man, xdefiant
You should run to see The Running Man, because after you hear Nick's review you wont be walking. Plus the Game Award Nominees have been revealed, and no Arc Raiders wasn't nominated by GOTY. Also Nick gives his purely honest thoughts about Black Ops 7. Nintendo pulls back the curtain on it's live action The Legend of Zelda, Squid Game US is happening sooner than expected, and Disney+ is bringing generative AI to the platform. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 385: Hey Bub....This is the way
September 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 19 mins
007, 2 bears 1 cave, Comedy Central, Discord, Fortnite, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Playstation, Ryan Gosling, South Park, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, Xenomorph, activision, alien, alien: earth, amazon prime video, amazonmgm, avatar, avengers doomsday, batman, black ops 7, borderlands, borderlands 4, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, dardevil born again, dcu, deus ex remastered, disney+, gabe newell, gaming, geek, gen v, guerilla games, hideo kojima, horizon zero dawn, insomniac, james bond, james gunn, jimmy kimmel, kimmel, kojima productions, marvel, marvel zombies, mgm, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, noah hawley, palworld, paramount+, perfect dark, playstation stars, pocketpair, reddit, roblox, sony interactive entertainment, sony state of play, stan lee, star wars starfighter, steam, tencent, the boys, the mandalorian, the mandalorian and grogu, tokyo game show, tom segura, twitch, video games, wolverine, x-men, xbox series s, xbox series x
New Trailers for Insomniacs Wolverine and The Mandalorian and Grogu have blown me away. Black Ops 7 gives a full multiplayer reveal, Xbox jacks up prices in an unprecedented move, and Nintendo is trying to rewrite the rules. Plus Daredevil is getting more screen time, Disney+ is hiking up prices, Alien: Earth needs more time, and James Gunn says Batman has to be done right. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 383: To Boldly Go...Where The Office has gone before
September 11th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
Bethesda, COD, DC, Hollow Knight, Jumanji, Life is Strange, MCU, Netflix, Scrubs, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Tom holland, Tomb Raider, activision, alien romulus, amazon prime video, andor, black ops 6, black ops 7, call of duty, civ 7, civilization 7, creative arts emmys, dan houser, darth vader, dcu, dead island, dead island 3, deadpool, disney+, fede alvarez, firaxes, gaming, geek, ghosts of yotei, gta vi, harry potter, hollow knight: silksong, john c mcginley, john candy, k-pop demon hunters, machine games, man of tomorrow, michael caine, movies, nbc, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, paramount+, peacemaker, peacock, pete hines, rockstar games, ryan reynold, silksong, star trek day, street fighter, sucker punch, superman, the conjuring, the office, the paper, tony gilroy, treyarch, video games, wolfenstein, xbox game pass
The Paper is out, the hotly anticipated sequel to the office, does it live up? Full review at the end of the episode. Silksong is out and it has dominate the charts, Nomura gives an update on Kingdom Hearts 4 and Final Fantasy, and Treyarch walks things back a bit. Plus Michael Caine is coming out of retirement, Ryan Reynolds admits to what we all know and Star Trek day comes and goes with little fanfare. Come take a listen.
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Episode 382: He makes websites...
September 4th, 2025 | 1 hr 20 mins
007, 007 first light, Hollow Knight, Konami, Lex Luthor, Lucasfilm, MCU, Monster Hunter, Netflix, Playstation, Resident Evil, Ridley Scott, Ryan Gosling, Scrubs, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Tomb Raider, activision, alan ritchson, alien, amazon prime video, amazonmgm, apple tv+, back to the future, batman, battlefield 6, bella ramsey, call of duty, capcom, chris pratt, clayface, crystal dynamics, d23, david corenswet, dcu, dice, disney, disney+, dwayne "the rock" johnson, gaming, geek, gladiator, harry potter, haven studios, hbo, hbo max, helldivers 2, hitman, hollow knight silksong, indiana jones, io interactive, ioi, james bond, james gunn, knives out, laura croft, lego, machinegames, man of tomorrow, marvel zombies, metal gear solid, metal gear solid 3, michelle yeoh, mortal kombat, movies, nerd, nicolas hoult, paramount, paramount+, peacock, perfect dark, phoebe wallers bridge, pixar, playstation studios, pokémon, ps5, ps6, rayman, sie, sony pictures, sophie turner, star trek section 31, star trek: strange new worlds, star wars starfighter, superman, taketwo interactive, the initiative, the last of us, the office, the paper, the studio, the thursday murder club, tlou, toy story, ubisoft, video games, walt disney, walt disney animation, walt disney world, war of the worlds, warner bros, warwick davis
Two wildly different movie reviews this week with Caught Stealing, and The Thursday Murder Club and boy are they wildly different movies as well. Plus James Gunn announces a Superman sequel, Amazon gives us our new Laura Croft, and Call of Duty is headed to the big screen. Also, Prefect Dark wasn't as dead as we thought, well, it is now, Konami made an interesting choice for Metal Gears return. That and more.
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Episode 381: No Difficulty Options
August 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 32 mins
Bethesda, Comedy Central, EA, EVO, Fallout, Hollow Knight, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Netflix, Nightcrawler, Pokémon GO, South Park, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, activision, alan cumming, alex garland, amazon prime video, assassin's creed mirage, atari, avengers, avengers doomsday, bbc, bioware, black ops 7, bungie, call of duty, call of duty black ops, chucky, clair obscur, crystal dynamics, dceu, dcu, death stranding, devil may cry, disney+, doctor who, double fine, elden ring, ewan mcgregor, fanta, forza horizon, forza motorsport, gamescom, gaming, geek, harry potter, hbo max, hideo kojima, high on life, james gunn, john cena, k-pop demon hunters, katee sackhoff, king of the hill, kumail nanjiani, lego, mass effect, mortal kombat, movies, nerd, nicolas cage, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, obi-wan kenobi, paramount, peacemaker, peacock, peter parsons, pirates of the caribbean, playground games, pokémon, pyschonaughts, roblox, sisu, skate, sony interactive, splinter cell, squanch games, star citizen, starfield, superman, the eternals, the justice gang, the mandalorian, the office, the paper, tim schafer, tom clancy, treyarch, true detective, turn 10, ubisoft, video games, wb games, wednesday, wizards of the coast, x-men, x2, xbox game pass
What is a call of Duty campaign without veteran difficulty? We are going to find out this year, plus Mass Effect has a filming date, Nintendo Switch 2 beats the price allegations, Nic Cage is headed to HBO and Superman breaks the $600 million barrier. Plus a lookback at gamescom, horror icons hit the soda aisle and South Park is moving slow.
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Episode 378: A Podcast? What is it?
August 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 26 mins
2k games, 8bitdo, A New Hope, Assassin's Creed, Black Panther, Cartoon Network, EA, EA Games, EVO, F1, Fantastic Four, Fortnite, Hamilton, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, a quiet place, activision, amazonmgm, annabelle, audible, avengers, batman 89, batman returns, battlefield, battlefield 2042, battlefield 6, bioshock, bioshock 4, bloober team, call of duty, chris hemsworth, darksiders, darksiders 4, dice, disney, disney+, dune, dynasty warriors, ea sports, epic games, evo los angeles, eyes of wakanda, fc 26, gaming, geek, guitar hero, harrison ford, harry potter, hawkeye, hbo max, hideo kojima, ice cube, it, jason momoa, jeremy renner, john krasinski, jurassic world rebirth, kpop demon hunters, liam neeson, lin manuel miranda, margot robbie, marvel studios, mastercard, metal gear solid, movies, mr. beast, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, pamela anderson, paramount, pokémon, pokémon tcg, power rangers, prime video, rare ltd, raven software, spider-man brand new day, star wars 50, star wars starfighter, steam, superman, the hulk, the naked gun, the puinisher, the sims, thor, thq nordic, tim burton, ubisoft, video games, war of the worlds
Well its a radio show, but its not live, and its prerecorded.... The Naked Gun is out, and its the comedy that Hollywood needed. Plus Nintendo, pulls its normal shenanigans, while we all continue to ignore the issues. Somehow EA is now the good guy as well? Also, Spider-Man begins filming, and the scenes from set look amazing, Matt Smith is joining a Galaxy Far Far Away, and Chris Hemsworth clarifies his comments on Thor.
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Episode 377: Eating Hay, laying by the bay, making things out of clay...
July 30th, 2025 | 1 hr 25 mins
Bethesda, Black Panther, EA Games, Fantastic Four, Friday the 13th, God of War, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Robin Williams, San Diego Comic Con, South Park, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, activision, adam sandler, air bud, amazon prime video, ariana grande, avatar: fire and ash, avatar: the last airbender, batman, battlefield, battlefield 6, buffy the vampire slayer, call of duty, clair obscur, comic con, coyote vs acme, critical role, darth maul, dice, disney, dreamworks, ea sports, eddy murphy, eyes of wakanda, family guy, fantastic four first steps, gaming, geek, gen v, guerilla games, happy gilmore, happy gilmore 2, horizon zero dawn, invincible, james bond, james cameron, john cena, league of legends, legend of vox machina, looney tunes, lucasfilm animation, machinegames, meet the parents, movies, nerd, nintendo, oo7, palworld, paramount, peacemaker, playstation 5, pokémon, ps5, rick & morty, riot games, robert kirkman, ronald d moore, sdcc, spinal tap, star trek starfleet academy, star trek strange new worlds, steven yeun, superman, taron egerton, tencent, the bad guys 2, the boys, the las of us, the pink panther, this is spinal tap, video games, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wolfenstein, x-men, xbox game pass, zootopia 2
I just may, whaddya say? Comic-Con came and went this year, and maybe because the MCU and DCU were so muted, but there were still some good announcements. Xbox says game pass revenue is up, so is it profitable? Wolfenstein is heading to TV, and EA says no to $80. Air Bud is returning and I have serious questions, South Park takes time in its return, Star Trek goes all in on Comic Con, plus reviews of Happy Gilmore 2 and Fantastic Four!