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Displaying items 21-30 of 40 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "ea sports".
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Episode 278: Only shooting stars break the mold
September 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
80s animated, 80s movies, An American Tail, Beyond Good and Evil, Daredevil, Lenovo, Lucasfilm, MCU, Mario, Miyazaki, Netflix, Skull & Bones, Square Enix, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Taylor Swift, The Walking Dead, Ukraine, aaron paul, adam driver, ahsoka, akira, amc networks, animalympics, barbie, bethesda games, bethesda softworks, boderlands 3, cdprojektred, charles martinet, chicken run, cyberpunk, dcu, disney+, doug bowser, ea sports, embracer group, final fantasy xvi, gen v, godzilla, handheld pc, late night hosts, max, mortal kombat, movies, nintendo, one piece, pete hines, red faction, redfall, rotten tomatoes, sag-aftra, saints row, stalker 2, stardew valley, starfield, stgray, super mario bros, the boys, the eras tour, the exorcist, the flash, the land before time, the little mermaid, todd howard, toho, ubisoft, video games, volition, warner bros, what if...?, wrc, x-men 97
Another summer ends, that means its new game season, and to start it off we have my early thoughts on Starfield, which is definitely going to be one of my favorite games. We also have a potential third strike coming as SAG-AFTRA looks to strike against the video game publishers. Doug Bowser opens up about Nintendo's future, and Skull & Bones hits another hurdle. Adam Drive, Aaron Paul and others speak out against the AMPTP, Toho drops a big new Godzilla trailer, and Ahsoka was amazing. Also my top 10 80s animated movies gets a shoutout.
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Episode 271: Your Mission If you choose to accept it....
July 19th, 2023 | 58 mins 23 secs
MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom Cruise, Xbox, activisionblizzard, assassins creed mirage, baldurs gate 3, bob iger, bungie, call of duty, casablanca, citizen kane, classic cinema, classic movies, cnbc, disney+, dumbo, ea sports, ea sports fc24, equity, ftc, grand theft auto, gta 6, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, guerilla games, hitchcock, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, house of the dragon, larry hryb, major nelson, max, mission impossible, mission impossible dead reckoning part i, movies, nick fury, overwatch 2, paramount+, peacock, pinocchio, ps5, rockstar games, sag-aftra, sag-aftra strike, secret invasion, sega, sega saturn, skrulls, snow white, sony playstation, spock, star wars outlaws, strange new worlds, team fortress 2, the walt disney company, ubisoft, video games, vulcan, wga, wga strike, wizard of oz, xbl, xbox live gold, xbox series x
In solidarity with the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike this will be our last week reporting on new and newly released TV and Movie content, so we will go out with a bang a review of Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I. Also the Xbox-Activision acquisition is one step closer to completion, finally. Also we will start talking about old movies, and going over things that are already out to you san enjoy content without being a scab! Lets all take a listen!
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Episode 270: Comic-Accurate Suit
July 12th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
Black Panther, MCU, Mega Man, Microsoft, Ridley Scott, Ryan Reynolds, San Diego Comic Con, Sony, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, abk, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, ashoka, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, barbie, black noir, blade, blue beetle, bob iger, call of duty, capcom, classic gaming, coen brothers, dcu, deadpool 3, disney+, doom patrol, ea sports, elektra, emilia clark, exoprimal, ftc, gex the gecko, godzilla, green lanter, guy gardener, homelander, hugh jackman, insidious 3, james gunn, jurassic park, kit harrington, kobe bryant, limited run games, marvel games, max, mcui, metal gear solid, mister terrific, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 1, movies, napoleon, nathan fillion, naughty dog, nba 2k24, neil druckman, nick fury, peacock, rebel moon, sdcc, secret invasion, sega, sega of america, shang-chi, simu liu, skrulls, stephen spielberg, street fighter 6, super mario bros movie, the boys, the emmy awards, the fast and the furious, toho, twisted metal, ufc 5, universal studios hollywood, video games, walt disney company, walt disney studios, warner bros, warzone 2.0, wga strike, wheel of time, wolverine, x-men, zack snyder
If the title doesn't give it away, Wolverine is finally wearing his comics accurate suit. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 24 years later and its finally happening. Anyway, Microsoft seems to have won its case against the FTC, and its acquisition of ActivisionBlizzard should be able to go through. The Emmys have announced their nominees, Ashoka released a trailer, and Bog Iger isn't going anywhere anytime soon. That and a whole lot more.
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Episode 269: I drank a Grimace shake and recorded this episode
July 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
Assassin's Creed, Christopher Nolan, EA Games, Gal Gadot, Hulu, Insecure, Lucasfilm, MCU, Netflix, Psychonauts, Russel Crowe, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, activisionblizzard, alan arkin, alan wake remastered, amazon prime video, anime, annapurna interactive, apple vision pro, ark: survival evolved, assassin's creed black flag, baldur's gate 3, barbenheimer, barbie movie, barney, bloober team, boba fett, cleopatra, cma, crunchyroll, daedalic, disney+, double fine, ea sports, ea sports fc, elgato stream deck, fifa, football manager, friday the 13th the game, ftc, ftc v xbox, fx on hulu, games with gold, gattaca, gladiator, gollum, greta gerwig, hbo on netflix, hot wheels, indiana jones, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, issa rae, james mangold, jon favreau, kevin bacon, larian, max, movies, one piece, oppenheimer, playstation 5, ps+, sag-aftra, secret invasion, sega, sex education netflix, shaun of the dead, simon pegg, speed, stray, suicide squad isekai, the bear, the chronicles of narnia, the mandalorian, the sims, the sims 5, tim schafer, ubisoft, video games, warrior nun, wild card football, wo long: fallen dynasty
Happy Fourth of July! Well the FTC v Xbox case ended, and yeah, the FTC doesn't know what they are doing. The Sims could be the next game to go F2P, and Stray is finally coming to Xbox, and Ubisoft is remaking Black Flag just in time for Skull n Bones. Jon Favreau opens up about Din Djarin, Kevin Bacon heads back to TV and Netflix seems to be getting HBOs best hits? All hail the rise of Barbenheimer, Indy makes a small whip in the box office, and stop asking Russel Crowe about Gladiator 2. Plus we have a spoiler filled review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
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Episode 267: I would like the Podcast to start now
June 22nd, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
343i, Comic-Con, Crash Bandicoot, Halloween Horror Nights, Halo, Hulu, MCU, Nintendo Direct, Ryan Reynolds, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, The Witcher, Tom Cruise, Xbox, across the spider-verse, activisionblizzard, andor, andy muschietti, aquaman, arkham trilogy, avatar the last airbender, batman, batman the brave and the bold, bbc, bridgerton, cd projekt red, chad stahleski, cyberpunk 2077, david fincher, dcu, deadspace, death stranding, detective pikachu, disney+, dota 2, dragon quest, ea entertainment, ea game, ea sports, extraction, fubar, geralt, ghosts of tsushima, halo infinite, hideo kojima, hotwheels, incredible hulk, james gunn, john wick, jonathan majors, justice league, kick, kraven the hunter, luigi's mansion, mario + rabbids, marvel studios, metal gear solid, mission impossible, movies, naughty dog, netflix tudum, netlfix, nick fury, nintendo, nintendo switch, obi-wan kenobi, one piece, paramount+, pikmin, playstation plus, playstation studios, pokémon, ps5, rebel moon, red dwarf wga strike, reverse flash, se7en, secret invasion, solar opposites, sony playstation, star trek strange new worlds, stranger things, super mario bros, super mario rpg, supergirl, the flash, the last of us, toys for bob, twitch, ubisoft, universal stuiods, valve, video games, viewsonic, wonder woman, xbox series, xbox series x|s, xqc, yves guillemot
This week we have a review of DC's The Flash, and after a long wait, it did not disappoint. Nintendo held a long and fruitful direct. Netflix held their annual Tudum event, and the FTC is smoking the same stuff as the UK's CMA. We also got news on two PlayStation movie ventures, Star Trek Strange New Worlds returns to screens, and Sony dropped a bloody and brutal Kraven the Hunter Trailer.
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Episode 265: Across the Pod-Verse
June 7th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
AR, Bethesda, Black Mirror, Christopher Nolan, MCU, Meta, Miles Morales, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, TV shows, Taika Waititi, Verizon, Xbox, activisionblizzard, ahsoka, alan wake, angry birds, apple vision pro, aquaman, arkane studios, barbie, barbie movie, bioware, capcom, captain america, chris hemsworth, community, dcu, diablo iv. microsoft, disney+, ea sports, fast and furious, fast saga, ffvii, final fantasy 7 remake, gamestop, hobbs and shaw, insomniac games, jurassic park, knights of the old republic, kotor, madden nfl 24, marvel's spider-man 2, meta quest, movies, nintendo, oppenheimer, paramount+, peacock, pixar, playstation 5, prime video, ps5, redfall, remedy entertainment, sag-aftra, seagate, six seasons and a movie, spider-man 4, spider-man: across the spider-verse, squareenix, steam, street fighter 6, the mandalorian, the old republic, the rock, toy story, twitch, valve, video games, vr, western digital, wga strike, zenimax
This week we have a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, which you wont want to miss. We also have all the news out of both Meta and Apples new conferences, where a lot of new head based hardware was announced. We learned some major shakeups are coming at GameStop, and the WGA strike continues. No movement on the ABK Xbox merger, and The Rock is getting another standalone movie in the Fast Saga.
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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 242: Nick's Nerd New Year, 5th Edition
December 28th, 2022 | 59 mins 19 secs
2k games, 343 industries, DC comics, Halo, Kevin Smith, MCU, Matt Reeves, Netflix, Playstation, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Top 10, Xbox, amazon prime video, andor, avatar the way of water, black panther wakanda forever, bullet train, call of duty modern warfare ii, cinema, clerks iii, death on the nile, disney+, doctor strange in the multiverse of madness, ea sports, film, game of thrones, glass onion, god of war ragnarok, gotham knights, hbo max, horizon forbidden west, house of the dragon, jackass forever, john cena, jurassic world dominion, knives out, lego star wars, lord of the rings, madden nfl 23, marvel, moon knight, movies, nba 2k23, nintendo, nintendo switch, obi-wan kenobi, paramount+, peacemaker, peacock, pokémon, pokémon legends arceus, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, ps5, rian johnson, she-hulk, star trek strange new worlds, the batman, the book of boba fett, the rings of power, the suicide squad, top gun maverick, video games, xbox series x
Nick spend the episode reflecting on 2022. That's it, no news, no updates. Just his top 10s in video games, movies and tv shows. Enjoy and be ready for a strong 2023.
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Episode 222: Crisis of Infinite Brothers Warner
August 11th, 2022 | 40 mins 41 secs
Batgirl, Beyond Good & Evil 2, DC comics, Hulu, MCU, Netflix, Prey, Star Wars, Super Nintendo, TMNT, TV shows, arcsystems, black adam, bullet train, call of duty, captain phasma, charles xavier, dc films, dceu, discovery+, disney+, dragonball fighterz, ea sports, evo 2022, ezra miller, fatal fury, giancarlo esposito, gwendolyn christie, hbo max, infinity ward, john wick, joker 2, keanu reeves, lady gaga, madden nfl, marvel studios, modern warfare 2, movies, multiversus, nbc, netflix gaming, nintendo, nintendo switch, pac-man, seth rogan, snk, snyderverse, sonic 3, splatoon 3, squareenix, super punch out, tekken, the eternals, the flash, the golden globes, the office, the punisher, the sandman, titanic, top gun maverick, ubisoft, video games, warner brothers, warzone, x-men
More woes for the WB as they continue to seem clueless in regards to HBO Max and DC Films. Is the Snyderverse back? Is it the multiverse now? Will the flash bring flashpoint? Honestly it seems like no one knows. Meanwhile the streaming wars are heating up, and the video game industry is prepping for Gamescom.
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Episode 209: Getting back on the Lunchbox
May 11th, 2022 | 49 mins 5 secs
343i, Doctor Strange, EA Games, Final Fantasy, Halo, MCU, Mr. Fantastic, Netflix, Square Enix, Star Wars, TV shows, activisionblizzard, ahsoka, amazon prime video, avatar: the way of water, batman, bbc, benedict cumberbatch, bioware, black bolt, blizzard, bungie, ccp games, charlize theron, david fincher, destiny 2, disney+, doctor strange in the multiverse of madness, doctor who, ea sports, ea sports fc, ea sports fifa, elden ring, elizabeth olsen, eve online, ffxvi, fifa 23, game of thrones, gotham knights, guardians of the galaxy, halo infinite, halo series, hbo max, house of the dragon, intel, ipod, jack ryan, james cameron, james gunn, knightwing, marvel studios, mass effect, microsoft flight simulator, movies, nbc, nintendo, nintendo switch, nvidia, paramount+, playstation 5, playstation studios, professor x, ps5, quantum leap, red hood, sam raimi, sony entertainment america, sony online entertainment, star trek picard, the santa clause, thor love and thunder, tim allen, toxic avenger, video games, wanda maximoff, westeros, westworld, wwe
Are you looking for a review of Doctor Strange? Well we've got one, you'll just have to listen till the end of the episode, and beware spoilers within. We've also got news on the EA and FIFA split, as well as a review for Picard and Halo!