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Displaying items 21-30 of 45 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "ea games".
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Episode 256: 1.21 Gigadroids
April 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 8 mins
DC, Dungeons & Dragons, E3, EA Games, Lucasfilm, MCU, Netflix, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, across the spider-verse, activisionblizzard, aegon's conquest, amazon prime video, ark 2, ark: survival evolved, asus, ballerina, barbie movie, blue beetle, captain america, cd projekt red, chris evans, chris pratt, clone high, dcu, disney, disney+, donald glover, dreamworks, dungeons & dragons: honor among thieves, e3 2023, fantastic 4, frank grillo, game of thrones, games with gold, gaming, god of war: ragnarok, harry potter, hbo, illumination, jack black, james gunn, john wick chapter 4, joker: folie a deux, keanu, lando calrissian, lilo & stich, lizzo, lord of the rings, marvel studios, minecraft, moana, movies, netflix gaming, nlrb, paddington bear, payday, pennywise, pokemongo, scott pilgrim, scott pilgrim vs. the world, secret invasion, seth rogan, shrek, shrek 5, sonic the hedgehog, star fleet academy, starbreeze, stephen king, street fighter, the mandalorian, the rings of power, the rock, the super mario bros movie, the thunderbolts, video games, welcome to derry, xbox live
What are you doing in my swamp, because Shrek 5 is closer then you think. E3 is cancelled, and probably forever if we believe the games media. Scott Pilgrim is returning to our screens, and with the same cast as the movie. The Mandalorian brings the cameos and make sure to stick around because we will have a review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
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Episode 252: When Myths Become Reality
March 9th, 2023 | 51 mins 12 secs
Bethesda, Daredevil, Donnie Yen, EA Games, Hellboy, Hulu, Lucasfilm, MCU, Metroid Fusion, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Punisher, Sea of Thieves, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Taika Waititi, Wii U, Xbox, activisionblizzard, barry, call of duty, cities skylines, crusader kings, dead by daylight, dead space, detective pikachu, disney+, dragon ball z budokai, google, google stadia, half-life, haunted mansion, hbo, hogwarts legacy, james bond, jenna ortega, john bernthal, john wick chapter 4, keanu reeves, kevin feigi, mario kart 8, movies, nic cage, paradox interactive, paramount+, patty jenkins, pokémon anime, rogue squadron, seth rogan, splatoon, square-enix, star trek discovery, star trek picard, starfield, steam, stellaris, taron eggerton, ted lasso, the devil in the white city, the dominion, the founders, the mandalorian, the simpsons hit and run, valve, video games, wednesday
Will the ActivisionBlizzard deal ever stop making for great content? Because at this point its the gift that keeps on giving. Paradox interactive announces a slew of new games and DLC including Cities: Skylines II, Starfield finally has a new release date, and Google Admits it can't do cloud games alone. Paramount+ pulls the plug on Star Trek Discovery, maybe? Jon Bernthal joins the MCU, The Mandalorian shows a Star Wars beast of mythical proportions and Star Trek Picard brings back and old enemy. Also what's going on at Lucasfilm in regards to Star Wars film future?
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Episode 251: State of Presents Earnings Call
March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
Bethesda, Chris Pine, E3, EA Games, Guillermo Del Toro, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Resident Evil, Sony, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, The night manager, Tom Cruise, Xbox, amazon studios, andy muschietti, arkhamverse, baldurs gate 3, batman, battlefield 2042, beyond good and evil 2, call of duty, capcom, captain pikachu, cocaine bear, dcu, destiny 2, dice, disney+, dune, dune prequel, elden ring, ffxvi, forspoken, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, fromsoftware, games with gold, glass onion, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, io interactive, it, it prequel, knives out, lord of the rings, meta quest 2, meta quest 3, middle earth, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 12, movies, new line cinema, nintendo, occulus, paramount+, peter jackson, picard, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon concierge, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon sleep, pokémon violet, ps5, psvr2, resident evil 4 remake, ring of power, rockstead studios, rogers: the musical, shazam, shigeru miyamoto, shinji mikami, state of play, steven yeun, stranger things, street fighter 6, succession, suicide squad kill the justice league, super mario bros movie, tango gameworks, the evil within, the mandalorian, the thunderbolts, top gun maverick, ubisoft, vaporware, video games, warnerbros, wb, xbox series x
We had a lot of investor news this week, between WB's earnings call, the Sony State of Play, and a Pokémon Presents. EA wants to beef up production on Battlefield, while Ubisoft seems to be less and less interested in beyond good and evil 2 with each passing day. HBO Max loses one prequel and gains another. The Mando is back, and the Lord of the Rings may be as well. That and more come take a listen.
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Episode 249: The Big Game Spot
February 16th, 2023 | 58 mins 39 secs
Batgirl, EA Games, Fantastic Four, Joker, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV shows, The Legend of Zelda, Xbox, activision, activisionblizzard, amazon, ant man and the wasp, apex legends, appletv+, arrested development, barney, barney the purple dinosaur, batfleck, batman, batman 89, bob iger, bobby kotick, breath of the wild, call of duty, dcu, dead island 2, dead space, deadpool 3, disney+, ea sports, english premier league, ezra miller, fast x, fifa, general zod, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, hbo max, how to train your dragon, james gunn, kevin feige, league of legends, link, lord and miller, magic mike, marvel studios, mattel, michael keaton, modern warfare ii, movies, multiversus, nintendo, nintendo switch, patrick stewart, respawn, riot games, roblox, spider-man noir, squid game, super mario bros movie, supergirl, tears of the kingdom, ted lasso, the bad batch, the division 2, the fast and the furious, the flash, the mandalorian, the super bowl, tom clancy, transformers, ubisoft, velma, video games, warzone, xbox gamepass, zack snyder, zelda
Well the Super Bowl dropped some serious Batman on us, and some guardians too. But mostly here for the I'm Batman in the Flash. Respawn Entertainment thinks they can keep Apex going for 20 years, and EA signs a deal with the English Premier League. Mattel is rebooting Barney for some reason, and Arrested Development is leaving Netflix in a surprise move. Meanwhile Kevin Feige gets real about the MCU and and James Gunn gets praise from Zack Snyder.
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Episode 240: The Game Awards 2: Electric Boogaloo
December 15th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
Ben Affleck, Days Gone, EA Games, Ghostbusters, Hellboy, Jon Snow, MCU, Microsoft, Miyazaki, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, TV shows, The Dark Tower, Universal Studios, Xbox, across the spider-verse, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, aquaman, armored core vi, batman, bayonetta, bend studio, black adam, crime boss, cyberpunk 2077, dceu, dcu, death stranding 2, diablo iv, disney+, dune part 2, elden ring, fantastic 4, fast and furious, final fantasy xvi, from software, ftc, game of thrones, george rr martin, god of war ragnarok, golden globes, hades ii, hbo max, henry cavill, hobbs & shaw, hogwarts legacy, horizon forbidden west; the burning shores, idris elba, into the spider-verse, iron man, jackie chan, james gunn, john krasinski, john wick, joker 2, justice league, kevin conroy, kratos, mega man battle network, megan man, mike flanagan, movies, my hero academia, nintendo, norman reedus, patty jenkins, peter safran, pokémon, pokémon scarlet/violet, reebok, respawn entertainment, riot games, rocksteady, rush hour 4, scream vi, snyderverse, star wars jedi: survivor, stephen king, stray, street fighter 6, suicide squad kill the justice league, super mario bros movie, super nintendo world, superman, tekken 8, the game awards, the rock, true lies, video games, wednesday, westworld, wonder woman
That's right, we got a lot more sequel announcements at The Game Awards then anyone may have expected! And we aren't done with awards, as the Golden Globe Nominees were announced as well, and it looks like were in for an interesting ride. Meanwhile what the hell is going on at DC, James Gunn seems to have a massive amount of possible or not possible leaks on his hands. Meanwhile, the FTC is now the third regulatory body to "look deeper" into the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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Episode 232: N.I.C.K.S. Nerd N.E.W.S
October 20th, 2022 | 1 hr 10 mins
Alan Moore, COD, EA Games, Konami, MCU, Netflix, Silent Hill, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, a christmas story, activisionblizzard, andor, battle.net, bayonetta 3, black adam, black panther wakanda forever, call of duty, command & conquer, damon lindelof, dc films, dceu, disney+, dualsense, dualsense edge, dungeons and dragons, elite series 2, ezra miller, g4, galadriel, game of thrones, gamestonks, gamestop, gandalf, gangs of new york, google, got, gotham knights, hagrid, harrison ford, harry potter, hbo, henry cavill, house of the dragon, james gunn, joe manginello, liam neeson, lonely island, lord of the rings, lotr, man of steel, meme stock, middle earth, mirrors edge, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat, movies, naked gun, nes, nintendo, nvidia, overwatch 2, playstation 5, pokémon, ps5, razer, razer edge, rihanna, rings of power, robbie coltrane, rogue one, rtx4080, sauron, scorsese, she-hulk, spider-man miles morales, stadia, star trek 4, steam, stonks, superman, the batman, the flash, thunderbolt ross, tolkein, twister, valve, video games, walter hamada, warnerbros, watchmen, william hurt, xbox design lab, xbox gamepass
Did you know the MCU is controlled by K.E.V.I.N? Just like how NNN is hosted by N.I.C.K. Anywho, ignore the man behind the curtain, this week we have some big gaming news: Valve updates the steam app, Razer is making a cloud gaming hanheld, the DualSense gets an upgrage, and Silent Hill is officially coming back. Meanwhile Scorsese is making a Gangs of New York show, and Alan Moore hates the Watchmen show too. Harrison Ford joins the MCU, while WarnerBros continues to make the strangest decisions regarding the DCEU, at least Henry is back for Man of Steel 2.
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Episode 231: I got a mushroom over heer!
October 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
2k games, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Crash Bandicoot, DC, DC comics, Daredevil, Dishonored, EA Games, Fantastic Four, Hulu, MCU, Mario, Microsoft, NASA, Need for Speed, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Rick and Morty, Scooby Doo, Silent Hill, Sony, Square Enix, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom Cruise, Xbox, activisionblizzard, adriana chechick, agatha christie, among us vr, andor, angela lansbury, ark suvival evolved, arkane studios, avatar 4, avenue 5, barbarella, blade, blockbuster, call of duty, chris pratt, collin farrell, console wars, crystal dynamics, dceu, deadpool, deathloop, discovery, disney+, doom patrol, ezra miller, fall guys, fifa 23, final fantasy 7 soldier, game of thrones, google chromebooks, hbo, hbo max, hercule poirot, hideo kojima, house of the dragon, iron man vr, james cameron, john candy, keanu reeves, kenneth branagh, legacy of kain, leonardo dicaprio, lotr, meta quest 2, meta quest pro, middle earth, modern warfare 2, movies, overwatch 2, playstation plus, ps5, rings of power, ryan reynold, secret wars, she-hulk, steam deck, street fighter 6, super mario bros movie, sydney sweeney, the daily show, the flash, the last of us, the penguin, titans, tolkien, trevor noah, twitchcon, valve, velma, video games, warnerbros, wb animation, xbox cloud gaming, xbox game pass
Well we finally got to hear Chris Pratt's Mario, and uhhh, he may be from Brooklyn? Need for Speed is making a quick comeback, Doom has been ported to yet another device. Twitchcon leaves attendees with more then swag, Google ditches Stadia for gaming chromebooks, and META shifts the quest from work to play. Meanwhile HBO Max continues its DC output, while Discovery guts WB of everything else, Netflix in an ironic twist has a Blockbuster show coming, and Andor has its best yet. Marvel Delays Blade, and everything along with it.
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Episode 227: State of Forward Direct 23
September 15th, 2022 | 51 mins 31 secs
343 industries, Discord, EA Games, Fire Emblem, Kamala Khan, Lucasfilm, MCU, N64, Netflix, PS4, Resident Evil, Star Wars, TV shows, The Witcher, Xbox, ahsoka, amazon prime video, amy hennig, andor, ant-man and the wasp quantumania, assassins' creed, assassins' creed codename hexe, assassins' creed codename red, assassins' creed mirage, avengers: kang dynasty, battlefield 2042, black adam, bonnie ross, captain america new world order, captain marvel, d23, daredevil born again, dceu, disenchanted, disney+, echo, fatal frame, game of thrones, glass onion, god of war ragnarok, goldeneye 007, halo infinite, haunted mansion, hbo, hocus pocus 2, hogwarts legacy, house of the dragon, inside out, ironheart, king of the hill, koeitecmo, lee jung-jae, legend of zelda breath of the wild, legend of zelda tears of the kingdom, like a dragon, like a dragon gaiden, loki, lotr, mario vs rabbids, midnight suns, movies, mufasa, niantic, nintendo, nintendo switch, octopath traveler 2, omega force, pacific drive, paper girls, paramount+, peter pan & wendy, pikmin 4, pixar, playstation 4, playstation 5, ps5, psvr2, rings of power, rise of the ronin, secret invasion, sega, she hulk, skrulls, snow white, sony entertainment america, sony playstation, squid game, star trek day, star trek discovery, star trek lower decks, star trek picard, stellar blade, syduality, tales of the jedi, team ninja, tekken 8, the bad batch, the emmys, the little mermaid, the marvels, the sims 4, the thunderbolts, tom clancy, tron, ubisoft, ubisoft forward, us agent, video games, walt disney studios, willow, winter soldier, xenoblade chronicles, yakuza 8, yakuza ishin, yelena bolova
Are you a fan of Disney and Video games? Well this was the week for you. We had D23, a Nintendo Direct, a Sony State of Play and a Ubisoft Forward. So buckle in and lets get going. Also Make sure to join our brand new Discord Server!
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Episode 221: WB's Killing Joke
August 3rd, 2022 | 38 mins 7 secs
Batgirl, Ben Affleck, Cars, EA, EA Games, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Rick and Morty, Sega Genesis, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Tomb Raider, activision blizzard, alicia vikander, andor, aquaman 2, arrowverse, batfleck, batman, black adam, bungie, call of duty, cars on the road, creed 3, dc's league of super pets, dceu, disney+, game of thrones, guardians of the galaxy, hbo max, ivan drago, joker 2, justin roiland, kevin feige, lara croft, lightning mcqueen, logitech, mgm, movies, nichele nichols, nintendo, pat carrol, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, prime video, ps5, rocky, sega, sega genesis mini, shazam 2, she-hulk, snyderverse, sony playstation, sylvester stallone, tencent gaming, the CW, the avengers, the boys, the flash, the infinity saga, the multiverse saga, tony hawk, tony hawk's pro skater, video games
Well I'm thoroughly convinced Warner Bro's has no idea how to run film franchises anymore. As Batgirl has been shelved, potentially forever, and I mean forever. PlayStation kills a feature no one ever used, Streaming heats up this August, and the Arrowverse may have a end date.
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Episode 219: Its a PS world, we're just livin in it
July 20th, 2022 | 56 mins 9 secs
Blizzard Entertainment, DC comics, Discord, EA Games, MCU, Mario, Middle-earth, Ms. Marvel, Netflix, Playstation, Resident Evil, Star Wars, TV shows, amazon prime video, atari, baby yoda, bad boys, barbie movie, barney, bioware, bowser, bungie, dceu, disney, disney+, game of thrones, gen v, george r.r. martin, gizmo, god of war ragnarok, gremlins, grogu, groudned, halloween ends, halo 2, halo 2 laso, halo infinite, hbo, hbo max, hercules, house of the dragon, intel, john romero, justice league, lego, lightyear, live action remake, lord of the rings, lotr, madame web, martin lawrence, minecraft, mortal kombat, movies, multiversus, nintendo, no more heroes, pixar, playstation 5, pokemon, powepuff girls, ps5, releasethesnydercut, repeat.gg, restorethesnyderverse, rocky, skate, sony playstation, stranger things, sylvester stallone, tekken: bloodlines, the boys, the mandalorian, the munsters, the office, the rings of power, the russo bros, the snyder cut, thor 4, toy story, tudum, vicarious visions, video games, warnermedia, wb, westeros, world of warcraft, yu yu hakusho, zack snyder, zack snyders justice league
If the title isn't clear, this is a PlayStation news heavy week. Not all news, but a good chunk. EA is making waves with a new Skate Announcement. LEGO has a few big announcements up its sleeve, that's what she said! Amazon and HBO Max aren't pulling any punches with new trailer drops. Netflix is double down on its password enforcement. And was the movement to restore the Snyderverse all a ruse? That and more in this weeks episode.