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Displaying items 1-10 of 62 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "activisionblizzard".
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Episode 403: What kind of idiots do you have working here?
February 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
a24, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, amd, anime, appletv, assassin's creed, assassin's creed black flag, batman, beetlejuice, bethesda game studios, beyond good and evil 2, blizzard entertainment, bob iger, catherine o'hara, crunchyroll, dcu, disney+, f1, fallout, fast and furious, fast forever, fast x, game of thrones, gaming, geek, generative ai, genndy tartakovsky, god of war, google, grand theft auto, gta 6, gta vi, hagrid, harry potter, hbo, home alone, james gunn, josh d'amaro, k-pop demon hunters, kratos, lego, mcu, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nick frost, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, odin, overwatch, overwatch 2, playstation, project genie, roblox, rockstar games, santa monica studio, schitts creek, sony, sony playstation, spider-man, steam, steam machine, stranger things, stranger things tales from '85, super mario, super mario bros, take-two interactive, texas chainsaw massacre, the fast and the furious, the grammy's, the last of us, the outer worlds, the walt disney company, thor, tom holland, tv, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, vin diesel, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wonder man, xbox, xbox series x
From Disney's new CEO to Googles game "maker". GTA 6 is locked in, and so is the final Fast and Furious. But what does it mean for you? Meanwhile Overwatch is shedding its 2, and going old school.
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Episode 394: Happy Little Trees
November 26th, 2025 | 57 mins 32 secs
a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, activisionblizzard, assassin's creed, 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, ea, farcry, friends, frozen, frozen 2, fx, fx on hulu, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gta 6, hbo, hbo max, hoppers, house of the dragon, hulu, james cameron, joey, john oliver, lucasfilm, mcu, mike flannagan, movies, naruto, nerd, netflix, noah hawley, paramount, pbs, pixar, rob mac, rush hour 4, scarjo, star wars, 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, tv, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wicked, wicked for good, wonder man, xbox, 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 392: I ain't got time to bleed
November 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
007, activisionblizzard, alien, alien: earth, amazon, amazonmgm studios, arc raiders, bethesda, bioware, blizzard, blizzcon, bungie, clair obscur, dc universe, dcu, destiny 2, devil wears prada, disney, fx, fxonhulu, game of the year, gaming, geek, gorilla grodd, grand theft auto 6, gremlins, gta 6, gtavi, horizon zero dawn, hulu, james bond, jimmy olsen, jumanji 3, lego, link, marvel 1943, mass effect, movies, n7, ncsoft, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, predator, predator badlands, predators, ps5, ratchet and clank, rockstar games, sabrina carpenter, shigeru miyamoto, shroud, skydance, sony, square enix, star trek, star trek the next generation, steam, steam machine, super mario, super mario bros movie, super mario galaxy movie, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls 6, the legend of zelda, the pokémon company, the predator, todd howard, toy story 5, tv, uss enterprise, v for vendetta, valve, video games, weylandyutani, yuatja
Get to the choppa, cause its time for a review of the newest Predator movie, Predator Badlands. It does not disappoint. Plus Valve doubles down on hardware, while the Super Mario Galaxy movie shows off its stars. Also, Sony has buyers remorse about Bungie, and somehow Amazon has forgotten that James Bond has had a history of reboots. and someone call MU/TH/UR because Alien Earth is coming back!
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Episode 357: Mickey357
March 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
007, activisionblizzard, amazonmgm, apex legends, batman, batman 89, battlefield, battlefield 6, blizzard, blizzcon, bong joon ho, burtonverse, call of duty, call of duty black ops 6, call of duty warzone, cw, dc, death stranding, devil may cry, dice, discord, disney, disney+, ea, forza horizon, forza motorsport, gaming, geek, hideo kojima, james bond, jeff bezos, jon favreau, kevin conroy, lilo and stich, mar10, mcu, mickey17, minecraft, minecraft movie, mojang, monopoly go, movies, nerd, netflix, niantic, nintendo, oswald the lucky rabbit, playstation, pokémon go, powerpuff girls, ps5, respawn, robert pattison, sadie sink, sag-aftra, sam raimi, scar jo, scopely, skate, spider-man, spider-man 4, super mario, tim burton, titanfall, tv, ubisoft, verdansk, video games
We've got a movie review! Mickey17 is out and I highly recommend it! Plus its a great placeholder before Verdansk returns to Warzone in a few weeks! Also in the news Pokémon GO is now somehow owned by the Saudis, Jeff Bezos really said FAFO, and even Minecraft is getting a popcorn bucket. Plus and Xbox handheld may be closer than you think, Kevin Conroy has another posthumous role, and major casting news for Spider-Man 4.
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Episode 353: Read Beyond the Headlines
February 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
activision, activisionblizzard, back to the future, baldur's gate 3, batman, blizzard, bobby kotick, call of duty, capcom, connecticut, crysis 4, crytek, days gone, diablo 4, disney+, dragon age, ea, elden ring, friendly neighborhood spider-man, gaming, geek, grand theft auto, gta, gta 6, harrison ford, harry potter, hbo, hogwarts legacy, indiana jones, john lithgow, johnny cage, karl urban, kendrick lamar, larian, lucasfilm, magic the gathering, mcu, metal gear solid, mortal kombat, movie theaters, movies, nerd, netherealm, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, onimusha, overwatch 2, playstation, playstation state of play, ps5, psn, resident evil, roblox, rocksteady, sonic racers, super bowl lix, thunderbolts*, tv, video games, warcraft, wb games, wonder woman, world of warcraft
Was it just me or were the commercials at the Super Bowl just not as good as they used to be? Even movie trailers were lacking. Anyway, PlayStation had a state of play and announced another remaster of a game that's less than 10 years old (-_-). An American in a major Harry potter role? A law about movie roles? How bout no, and A new Rocksteady Batman???
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Episode 313: Make it Make Sense!
May 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
7eleven, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, angry birds, apple vision pro, arkane austin, baby reindeer, bernard hill, bethesda softworks, bioware, bungie, cable tv, call of duty, cbs, chris pine, cobra kai, colombia pictures, darth jar jar, dceu, deadpool, deadpool and wolverine, destiny 2, dishonored, disney+, dragon age, dreamworks, ea games, elden ring, escape from tarkov, fallout, frey allen, fromsoftware, furiosa, fury road, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george miller, giancarlo esposito, gundam, hades ii, hbo, helldivers 2, hi-fi rush, high jackman, homelander, hulu, keanu reeves, kevin feige, lego star wars, logan, lord of the rings, lotr, lucasfilm, mad max, max, may the 4th be with you, mcu, microsoft, modern warfare 3, mortal kombat 1, movies, mtv, nerd, netflix, nintendo direct, nintendo switch, paramount global, peacock, phil spencer, playstation 5, ps5, psn, redfall, remedy, riddick, rohan, ryan reynolds, sandra bullock, shadow of the erdtree, shinji mikami, sonic rumble, sonic the hedgehog, sony, sony entertainment, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, star trek, star wars, star wars tales of the empire, steam, streaming, streaming wars, super nintendo world, supermassive games, tango gameworks, tetris, the bad batch, the boys, the crow, the evil within, the office, the witcher, theodan, thrawn, tv, universal studios, viacom, video games, vin diesl, westeros, what if..., william shatner, wolverine, wonder woman, x-men, xbox, xbox gamepass, xbox one, xbox series x|s, zenimax studios
Two of our biggest stories this week are making the internet collectively ask...Make it make sense. And guess what, I'm joining them. What is Xbox's strategy, and why is it so ever changing lately. Also how did we kill cable, only for it to come back. Plus Nintendo still doesn't want to talk about the Switch 2. Also the Office is coming back, so of course that's what we get in the hellscape of 2024. But I swear its a fun episode...come and take a listen.
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Episode 299: Rocksteady has lost the plot
January 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
2000 ad, 28 days later, 28 weeks later, 28 years later, 343 industries, 343i, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, amazon studios, arkham asylum, arkham batman, arkham city, arkham knight, arkhamverse, ayo edibiri, bandainamco, barbie movie, batman, ben affleck, billy dee williams, bioshock, bioware, bob the builder, btas, bungie, cliff bleszinski, colman domingo, cronus zen, dave the diver, dc comics, dcu, deadpool 3, death stranding, death stranding 2, denis villeneuve, destiny 2, deus ex, doug liman, dragons dogma 2, duncan jones, dune, dune messiah, dune part 2, ea, ea sports, eidos montreal, epic games, evan rachel wood, family guy, final fantasy 6, final fantasy 7 remake, final fantasy vi, foamstars, fortnite, gaming, gears of war, geek, geraldine viswanatha, ghostbusters, greta gerwig, halo, halo infnite, halo wars, hbo, helldivers 2, henry cavill, hideo kojima, highlander, ios, james gunn, jlo, judas, ken levine, kevin conroy, kevin conroy batman, knives out, knives out 3, kurt russel, lando calrissian, layoffs, legendary tales 2, lewis pullman, margot robbie, marvel studios, mass effect, matt damon, max, mcu, metal gear solid, metaverse, metro awakening vr, mgm, michael jackson, microsoft, milly alcock, movies, nerd, norman reedus, palworld, people can fly, playstation, pokimane, ps5, rise of the ronin, roadhouse, rocksteady studios, sega of america, seth mcfarlane, shadow the hedgehog, silent hill 2 remake, silent hill: the short message, snil movie, sonic the hedgehog, sonic x shadow generations, sony playstation, sony state of play, spec ops: the line, square enix, star wars, stellar blade, suicide squad kill the justice league, supergirl, superman, team ninja, tekken, tekken 8, tenet, the coalition, the embracer group, the empire strikes back, the last of us show, the rogue trooper, the thunderbolts, tiffa, tiffa lockhart, tv, twitch, universal studios orlando, until dawn, v rising, video games, warnerbros, westworld, xbox, xbox series x, zenless zone zero
Hello All! Another week, another rant, but not as heated. As you can tell by the title its about Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, and boy am I not happy. We also had a state of play from Sony, Microsoft gutted Blizzard, and Mass Effect is headed to Destiny. Meanwhile The Thunderbolts loses several stars, Supergirl is found, Denis Villeneuve has plans for Dune 3. Also, there was an issue with my microphone this week, so that will explain the poor audio quality.
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Episode 293: ParamountBros:ShowMAX
December 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
3d realms, a knightmare before christmas, a24, activisionblizzard, amazon studios, andor, avatar the last airbender, axel foley, baldur's gate 3, barbie, bethesda, beverly hills cop iv, bobby kotick, christmas, christmas movies, curb your enthusiasm, dark knight trilogy, dcu, death stranding, die hard, disney, disney+, dota 2, echo, eddie murphy, embracer group, fallout76, festivus, final fantasy vii, five nights at freddy's, fortnite, fx, games workshop, gaming, gary oldman, geek, godzilla minus one, good omens, harry potter, hbo, henry cavil, hideo kojima, home alone, how the grinch stole christmas, insomniac games, jack black, james gunn, james mccaffrey, jet set radio, jingle all the way, john krasinski, jonathan majors, kang the conqueror, kojima productions, larian, larry david, lord of the rings, luigi, marvels spider-man 2, marvels wolverine, matt reeves, matthew lillard, max, max payne, mcu, microsoft, movies, national lampoons christmas vacation, naughty dog, nerd, netflix, office christmas party, one piece, paramount pictures, peaky blinders, percy jackson, playstation 5, playstation studios, pokémon, ps5, rankin/bass, ratchet and clank, rings of power, ryan reynolds, scrooged, sega, sony, star wars, steamboat willie, the addams family, the batman, the crew, the game awards, the last of us, the lost boys, the santa clause, the x-files, the year without a santa clause, toho, tolkein estate, tv, ubisoft, uncle fester, valve, video games, warhammer 40k, warnerbros discovery, wednesday, what we do in the shadows, wonka, xbox, xbox series x|s, zack snyder
Are two of Hollywood's oldest studios about to merge? It might be a more plausible outcome then you think as Warner and Paramount have talks. A24 and Kojima make a match made in heaven, Insomniac is hacked, and we learn their future. PS5 continues Sony's dominance in the gaming space, and Bobby Kotick is finally leaving Activision. Several streaming shows are getting renewed for their final seasons, and Curb is ending. Pretty, Pretty, Pretty, not good. The MCU's second greatest villain may not actual be a thing anymore, and I watched Barbie. Plus my top 10 Christmas movies.
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Episode 285: Your Friendly Neighborhood Podcast
October 25th, 2023 | 1 hr 16 mins
007, 90s, 90s horror, 90s movies, activisionblizzard, adult swim, alan wake 2, amazon prime video, amptp, anime, apple tv+, aqua teen hunger force, aquaman 2, arachnaphobia, ark survival evolved, baldurs gate 3, bioshock, bioware, blizzard, burt young, crunchyroll, david tenant, dceu, deep blue sea, diablo iv, disney+, doctor who, doug bowser, dualsense, dune, ea games, event horizon, fallout, from dusk till dawn, halo forge, halo infinite, halo multiplayer, hunger games, insomniac games, iron man, james bond, james wan, john carpenter, lake placid, larian, las vegas, lego, like a dragon, loki, lord of the rings, magic the gathering, marvel games, marvel's spider-man 2, mass effect, mass effect 5, mcu, metal gear solid 3: snake eater, metal gear solid delta, mission impossible, mission impossible dead reckoning, movies, mtg secret lair, netflix, nintendo, nintendo of america, nintendo switch, paddington, paddington in peru, pillars of eternity, ps5, remedy entertainment, richard roundtree, robocop, rocky, sag-aftra, scream, shaft, snyderverse, sony, sony playstation, species, sphere, star citizen, star wars dark forces, taylor swift, the boys, the boys: gen v, the eras tour, the haunting, the sphere, tremors, tv shows, twitchcon, unreal engine, unreal engine 5, video games
If you cant tell by the title, we have a review of Marvel's Spider-Man 2! Which is probably one of the best games of the year, and that's a fact. We also have news from Xbox's Partner Showcase, Twitchcon, and Magic the Gathering. Star Citizen assures us its not vaporware, and Doug Bowser plays coy about Nintendo's next. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, the SAG-AFTRA strikes passes 100 days, but progress may be back on the horizon. Two Hollywood legends say goodbye, and Taylor Swift takes over Hollywood again. Also in our continuing series, we have Nick's Top 10 90s Horror Movies!
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Episode 284: I'm Just Pete
October 19th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
90s, 90s comedy, 90s movies, 90s teen, activisionblizzard, adult swim, akira toriyama, alan wake, alan wake: flashback, amazon prime video, american pie, amptp, analogue, avatar the last airbender, best buy, bethesda, bethesda softworks, bill & ted's bogus journey, bobby kotick, can't hardley wait, clueless, cwa, dbz, dc vs mortal kombat, deadpool 3, diablo 4, disney+, dragon ball, dragon ball z, encino man, epic games, fire lord ozai, five nights at freddy's, fortnite, frontier developments, game pass, gargoyles, geeked week, gta, halle berry, halloween, heavyweights, hideki kamiya, invincible, mallrats, markiplier, matthew vaughn, michael cain, microsoft, minecraft live, mortal kombat, movies, netflix, netflix games, nvidia, overwatch 2, pete hines, platinum games, pleasantville, pokémon, remedy entertainment, rick & morty, roblox, sag-aftra, scott pilgrim, shawn levy, silent hill, starfield, studio ghibli, superstar, taylor swift, the boy and the heron, the endless summer ii, the eras tour, the eras tour movie, the kings man, todd howard, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, warwick davis, willow, x-men 3, x3, xbox
NYCC 2023 came and went with a whimper, im not kidding. But hey the Xbox finally completed their purchase of ActivisionBlizzard ending the 2 year nightmare. also unfortunately the SAG-AFTRA strike will continue, it seems they wont get the same concessions that the WGA got in their strike. Starfield was the best selling game in the US in September beating expectations, Matthew Vaughn opens up about leaving X3, and we go over the best 90s Teen Movies! Come Take A listen!