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Displaying items 11-20 of 22 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "assassins creed".
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Episode 262: EU x UK: Dawn of Cloud Gaming
May 17th, 2023 | 45 mins 40 secs
abk, activisionblizzard, amazon games, archer, assassins creed, avatar 2, beetlejuice 2, blizzcon, cd projekt red, cma, crash bandicoot, crunchyroll, dbz, dcu, disney+, dragonball z, dungeons and dragons movie, duolingo, ea sports college football, echo, eu, fast x, five nights at freddy's, fortnite, gta6, guardians of the galaxy, hogwarts legacy, indiana jones, jack black, james gunn, john wick 5, johnny bravo, league of legends, loki, lord of the rings, lotr mmo, mcu, microsoft, mission impossible, movies, nintendo, nintendo switch, overwatch 2, paris has fallen, paul walker, playstation, ps5, psvr2, respawn, riot games, rockstar games, sega, sony, sqaureenix, star wars, star wars: jedi survivor, stray, super mario bros movie, superman legacy, take-two interactive, tenacious d, the cw, the mandalorian, tv shows, ubisoft, uk, video games, vin diesel, wga strike, willem dafoe, windows gaming, witcher, xbox
So here we are at a point where the EU has approved the ABK deal for the same reasons that the UK denied the deal, its unreal. We've learned that GTA 6 may be coming sooner then anyone expected. SquareEnix wants to keep growing, and Sony contracts. The WGA strike claims another victim, and who is excited for Fast X?
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Episode 250: 250 in the bag!
February 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
activisionblizzard, anime, ant-man and the wasp, ant-man and the wasp quantumania, appletv+, ashoka, assassins creed, blizzard, bungie, call of duty, captain marvel, civilization 7, cma, creed 3, crystal dynamics, cwa, dardevil, dark horse, david fincher, dbz, diablo iv, disney, disney+, doom, ernie hudson, european union, evo 2023, firaxis, ftc, game of thrones, ghostbusters, got, harry potter, hbo, hogwarts legacy, house of the dragon, i am legend, james bond, jj abrams, jk rowling, jon favreau, liam neeson, lilo and stich, marvels avengers, mcu, michael b jordan, mindhunter, movies, my hero academia, naruto, netflix, nintendo, nvidia, oscars, paramount+, playstation, ps4, rosario dawson, square enix, star trek, star trek picard, star trek the next generation, star trek the wrath of khan, star wars, steam, street fighter 6, tetris, the last of us, the mandalorian, the marvels, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, wb games, will smith, wizarding world, xbox, zach galifinakis
That's right, episode 250 is in the books! This week is a doozy! We've got a review of Ant-Man & The Wasp Quantumania, Star Trek Picard season 3, and Hogwarts Legacy. Also a lot of movement on the Xbox and ActivisionBlizzard Merger went down over the past week. Meanwhile, Ubisoft admits to some failures, a reflection on the Ben Affleck Daredevil, and Marvel VFX artists speak out.
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Episode 230: Its Jorts Season
October 5th, 2022 | 59 mins 25 secs
activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, american pie, andor, armor wars, assassins creed, avengers: secret wars, beverly hills cop, black panther wakanda forever, blade, bloodbourne, call of duty, cd projekt red, christian bale, clerks 3, collin trevorrow, community, cyberpunk 2077, disney+, dune, eddie murphy, fraiser, fromsoftware, game of thrones, games with gold, god of war ragnarok, google stadia, hbo max, horizon zero dawn, house of the dragon, iron heart, iron man, james bond, jurassic park, jurassic world, kevin smith, kingdom of the planet of the apes, lord of the rings, magic the gathering, mahershala ali, mcu, middle earth, movies, netflix, nintendo, overwatch 2, paramount+, peacock, planet of the apes, playstation, playstation stars, playstation studios, pokemon, ps5, psv2, rings of power, ruben fleiscer, saudi arabia, six seasons and a movie, sony, sony playstation, spawn, star wars, super mario, tencent, the daily show, the witcher, todd mcfarlane, trevor noah, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, werewolf by nignt, xbox
Jorts? Who wears Jorts? Kevin Smith wears jorts, and Clerks 3 is out and we have a review. Is Sony making the right moves with PlayStation right now? Who knows. Google kills Stadia, finally, Overwatch 2 has a shakey launch, and who will rule the video game world, Saudi Arabia or Tencent? Meanwhile Community gets its 6 seasons and a movie, Fraiser is coming back to the airwaves, and is Blade dead?
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Episode 196: Good News Everyone!
February 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
21 jump street, ac valhalla, activision blizzard, amazon prime video, andor, assassins creed, battlefield 2042, bruce willis, buzz lightyear, cassian andor, chrono cross, dice, disney+, ea games, fire emblem warriors, fornite, futurama, gamestop, google stadia, goosebumps, gran turismo 7, gta v, gta vi, gumby, hideo kojima, hulu, jack and daxter, kenobi, lightyear, live a live, lord & miller, lord of the rings, lotr, madame webb, mario kart, meg 2, men in black, mib, mib 23, microsoft, mission impossible, movies, nft, nickelodeon, nintendo, nintendo direct, nintendo switch, phil spencer, pixar, playstation, playstation 5, ps5, scream 6, sony pictures, spider-man, spider-man: no way home, star wars, steam deck, the book of boba fett, the matrix, the meg, the oroville, the oscars, the razzies, the rings of power, the wolf among us, tom holland, tv shows, ubisoft, uncharted, video games, warcraft, x-men '97, xbox, xbox game pass, xenoblade chronicles 3
If that headline doesn't give it away, then you are listening to the wrong podcast, hehe. GTA6 is finally announced, but don't expect to hear about it again for quite some time. The Nintendo Switch is getting hit with a lot of yesterdays games, and you know what, that's ok, cause its getting some new ones too. Meanwhile, expect the super bowl to have a ton of teases for future entertainment, including Amazon's Lord of the Rings, and Disney+ says screw it and finally announces the release date of Kenobi. Also Lord & Miller gush about MIB 23 the movie that never was, the Oscars half snub DUNE, and Tom Holland is just trying to play every PlayStation Mascot at this point.
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Episode 188: Games get Awards?
December 16th, 2021 | 47 mins 25 secs
343i, alan wake, among us, analogue pocket, assassins creed, cortana, cowboy bebop, cuphead, deathloop, diablo 2, disney+, dr. dre, elden ring, fantastic beasts and where to find them, fast 10, forspoken, forza horizon 5, golden globes, gotham knights, gta 5, gta online, halo, halo infinite, harry potter, hellblade 2, it takes two, jeopardy, kingsman 3, marvel studios, marvels eternals, master chief, mcu, mega man, movies, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, paramount+, pokemon, sakurai, snoop dogg, sonic the hedgehog, spider-man: across the spider-verse, spider-man: no way home, splinter cell, star wars, star wars acolyte, star wars eclipse, super smash, super smash bros, the banished, the covenant, the cw, the game awards, tunic, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, warnerbros, wonder woman, xbox, xbox game studios, xbox one, xbox series x|s
Halo Infinite is here and its spectacular. The Game Awards lays it all out on the table with its announcements this year. Meanwhile PlayStation makes the strangest moves ever, Assassins Creed opens up the crossover door, Zorro is getting a proper reboot, from Disney no less, and Fantastic Beasts 3 may present a tonal shift. That and more come take a listen.
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Episode 165: Podcasts are nothing without Family
July 8th, 2021 | 53 mins 19 secs
adult swim, america: the motion picture, anime, assassins creed, bungie, codemasters, comic con, comiccon@home, dan house, destiny, disney+, ea, ea sports, f9, facebook gaming, fear street, gears of war, gta, gtr vi, injustice, lego, lethal weapon, loki, mcu, mortal kombat, movies, ncaa football, netflix, netherealm, nintendo, nintendo switch, pokémon, richard donner, rick and morty, robocop, rockstar, rockstar games, seinfeld, star wars, star wars visions, switch lite, switch oled, swtor, the bad batch, the clone wars, the coalition, the fast and the furious, the terminator, tv shows, ubisoft, universal pictures, unreal engine 5, video games, wb games, wb interactive, zack snyder
If the title was any indication, we have a review of Fast 9. Also Nintendo finally announces the not Switch Pro. The future of Assassins' Creed is in flux yet again. Netflix drops a dud with the first Fear Street, while it launches fireworks with America the Motion Picture. Also Loki is nuking the multiverse, and the Bad Batch finally makes a good post war point.
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Episode 162: The Return of the Chief
June 17th, 2021 | 45 mins 45 secs
343i, andor, anime, aquaman, assassins creed, avatar, batman, bethesda, book of boba fett, breath of the wild, dceu, disney+, e3, e32021, elden ring, fallout, farcry 6, final fantasy, flight simulator, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, from software, frontier, geeked week, gta, gta online, guardians of the galaxy, halo infinite, helms deep, jurassic world evolution 2, kenobi, kojima productions, lego batman, link, loki, lord of the rings, mario + rabbids, marvels the avengers, mcu, metroid, metroid dread, microsoft xbox, movies, netflix, ninteno, no way home, paramount+, picard, playground games, rainbow 6, razer, riders republic, rocksmith+, rockstar games, rohan, samus, spider-man, splinter cell, square enix, star trek, star trek prodigy, star wars, starfield, summer of gamming, the bad bath, the flash, the legend of zelda, the mandaloria, turn10, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, xbox, xbox games showcase, xbox series x, zelda
E3 2021 is in the bag, mostly. Disney is making waves at Disney+. And the Future of DC on film is coming into focus
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Episode 138: Nick's Nerd New Year Ver. 3.0
December 30th, 2020 | 54 mins 49 secs
2020, ac valhalla, amazon prime, assassins creed, bad boys for life, bill and ted face the music, birds of prey, call of duty warzone, cbs all access, command and conquer, crash 4, crash bandicoot, curb your enthusiasm, cyberpunk 2077, dc comics, dc universe, dceu, disney+, doom eternal, eurovision, gal gadot, hades, halo, hbo max, hulu, jamie foxx, microsoft, miles morales, movies, netflix, onward, palm springs, patty jenkins, pixar, playstation, playstation 5, ps4, ps5, snyderverse, solar opposites, sony playstation, soul, star trek, star trek lower decks, star trek picard, star wars, the boys, the last dance, the mandalorian, the witcher, tiger king, tina fey, tony hawks pro skater, top 10, tv shows, umbrella academy, video games, warner bros, warzone, watch dogs legion, westworld, what we do in the shadows, wonder woman 1984, xbox, xbox one, xbox one x, xbox series x, year in review
Well! 2020 is finally over! In our annual year in review episode we talk about my personal favorite Top 8 movies, To 10 TV Shows, and Top 10 Video Games! Also we review Wonder Woman 1984 and Pixar's Soul!
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Episode 132: Now thats Next Gen
November 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 8 mins
ac valhalla, activision, assassins creed, assassins creed valhalla, batman, black panter, call of duty, call of duty: black ops, call of duty: black ops: cold war, catwoman, darkwing duck, dceu, disney+, fresh prince of bel air, guardians of the galaxy, halo, hbo max, james gunn, justice league, marvel's spider-man, mcu, microsoft, movies, netflix, next gen gaming, nintendo switch, playstation, playstation 5, ps5, spaceforce, spider-man, spider-man: miles morales, star wars, superman, the justice league, the mandalorian, the rock, the snyder cut, the suicide squad, thor 4, thor love and thunder, tv shows, ubisoft, umbrella academy, video games, wandavision, xbox game pass, xbox one, xbox series s, xbox series x
Nick jumps right in with his first week in Next Gen gaming with the Xbox Series X. Also first looks at AC Valhalla, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War. Plus a review of The Mandalorian. Some Disney+ and HBO Max News. And The movie front is still leaking pretty bleak, but at least we have some MCU news.
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Episode 129: Eighth Gen Retrospective
October 28th, 2020 | 46 mins 42 secs
assassins creed, assassins creed odyssey, console wars, consoles, crash bandicoot, far cry 4, forza horizon, forza motorsport, gaming, god of war, halo, halo 5, horizon zero dawn, metal gear solid, microsoft, mortal kombat, playstation 4, playstation 4 pro, sony, sony playstation, spider-man ps4, ubisoft, video games, xbox, xbox one, xbox one s, xbox one x
Today we are doing something different, and its a look back at everything surrounding the Eight Generation of Video Game Consoles. What worked and what didn't, what I loved and what I thought was a great addition to the gaming community. One last hurrah for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.