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Displaying items 1-10 of 27 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "assassin's creed".
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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 418: エンジンを始動してください
May 20th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
AI, Adult Swim, Assassin's Creed, Comedy Central, Dungeons & Dragons, EA, Green Lantern, Halo, Lucasfilm, Playstation, Plex, South Park, Star Wars, TV, The Godfather, The Legend of Zelda, Xbox, amazon, amazon games, amc+, anapurna games, app store, avatar, bioware, borat, broken sword, d&d, damon lindelof, dcu, doom, dr who, embracer group, epic games, ezio auditore, far cry, fornite, forza horizon 6, forza motorsport, gaming, geek, ghost recon, hasbro, hbo, james cameron, james franco, japan, lanterns, lord of the rings, los angeles chargers, mixtape, movies, national recording registry, nerd, nintendo, peter jackson, playground games, playstation 5, ps+, quantic dream, rambo, rick & morty, sacha baron cohen, san diego chargers, seth rogan, sly stalone, sonic 4, sony interactive entertainment, star wars the old republic, stranger things, supergirl, superman, tariffs, the batman part 2, the expendables, tom kane, ubisoft, video games, xbox elite controller
Its time to start your engines, because a new Forza Horizon is out and ready to be driven, and all in the shadow of Mt. Fuji. Plus XBOX may have to go back to exclusives, while PlayStation is ditching PC. HBO gave us our first real look at Lanterns ahead of its August release, and PlayStation is also hoping on the price increase train, as PS+ gets a hike.
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Episode 415: Like Zoinks Scoob!
April 29th, 2026 | 1 hr 15 mins
Alien: Isolation, Apple TV, Assassin's Creed, Discord, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIV, Lucasfilm, MCU, Michael Jackson, Netflix, Pokémon GO, Resident Evil, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, amazon prime video, assassin's creed iv black flag, call of duty, capcom, casper, clayface, clueless, crimson desert, daredevil born again, david hayter, dcu, disney+, far cry, frosted flakes, game of thrones, gaming, geek, gen v, gina carano, godzilla, gta vi, hbo, house of the dragon, id@xbox, illumination, jackass 5, kamiya, kojima, lego, metal gear solid, mgm+, miami vice, michael, movies, nerd, nintendo, paramount+, peacock, peter berg, pokémon go fest, scooby-doo, seth mcfarlane, shrek, spider-noir, star trek strange new worlds, star wars galactic racer, steam, steam machine, stranger things, take two interactive, tales from '85, ted 3, ted lasso, the authority, the boys, the mandalorian, the mummy, thor, toho, toy story 5, ubisoft, valve, video games, wuchang fallen feathers
Is XBOX back? Its making the right moves, hopefully it sticks to them. PlayStation causes an overhyped uproar, but should we still be worried? Michael dominates the box office, despite not moonwalking the critics, class is out on Gen V at Amazon after 2 seasons. And Sony is exploring a Django & Zorro Team up movie, im all in.
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Episode 414: Gaming's Worst Kept Secret
April 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
Assassin's Creed, Halo, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Ryan Reynolds, Sony, Star Trek, TV, Tom Cruise, Xbox, a24, alex garland, amazon mgm, amazon prime video, assassin's creed iv: black flag, avengers doomsday, avengers endgame, beerus, charlie cox, cinemacon, clair obscur, clayface, counter strike 2, coyote vs acme, cs2, cyberpunk 2077, d&d, dcu, deadpool, disney, disney+, dragon ball super, dragon ball super beerus, dragon ball xenoverse 3, dungeons and dragons, elden ring, freiza, gaming, gears of war, geek, gundam, halo studios, i am legend, james bond, jonathan frakes, kiki wolfkill, looney tunes, lord of the rings, man of tomorrow, marvel studios, mass effect, meta quest 3, metro 2033, metro 2039, miami vice, minds eye, miyamoto, mobile suit gundam, movies, nerd, paramount pictures, pixar, playstation 5, shuhei yoshida, street fighter, super mario galaxy, super mario galaxy movie, the batman, the mandalorian and grogu, the rings of power, top gun, toy story 5, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, will smith, willy wonka, x-men '97, xbox gamepass
In earth shattering news, Xbox announces a price decrease for GamePass, Elsewhere Ubisoft finally admits the Black Flag remake is real, and Shuhei Yoshida says he was fired from Sony. Plus Top Gun 3 was announced at Cinemacon, and Marvel Studios returns to Hall H this summer. That and more on this weeks episode.
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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 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 403: What kind of idiots do you have working here?
February 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
AMD, Assassin's Creed, Blizzard Entertainment, F1, Fallout, Genndy Tartakovsky, God of War, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, TV, Tom holland, Xbox, a24, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, anime, appletv, assassin's creed black flag, batman, beetlejuice, bethesda game studios, beyond good and evil 2, bob iger, catherine o'hara, crunchyroll, dcu, disney+, fast and furious, fast forever, fast x, game of thrones, gaming, geek, generative ai, 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, movies, nerd, nick frost, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, odin, overwatch, overwatch 2, project genie, roblox, rockstar games, santa monica studio, schitts creek, sony playstation, 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, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, vin diesel, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wonder man, 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 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.