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Displaying items 1-10 of 79 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "halo".
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Episode 436: Hey, Bub!
September 23rd, 2026 | 1 hr 26 mins
Bethesda, Blizzard Entertainment, EA Games, GTA, GTA V, Halo, Jon Snow, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Resident Evil, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, activision, agents of shield, alan ritchson, bbc, blade, brad bird, brad pitt, bungie, capcom, chloe bennet, daredevil born again, darkwing duck, destiny 2, disney+, doctor who, double fine, dragon ball z, dragonball, elijah wood, escape from new york, fable, far cry, frodo, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george lucas, grand theft auto, gremlins, gta 6, gta vi, halo studios, hbo, helldivers, insomniac games, john leguizamo, kit harrington, lego, lollipop chainsaw, lord of the rings, mahershala ali, marathon, marvel fighting tokon souls, marvel's wolverine, miami vice, movies, nerd, ninja theory, nvidia, obsidian entertainment, paramount, playground games, pokemon, ps5, rare ltd, ray gunn, rocket raccoon, rockstar games, sean gunn, starcraft, street fighter, the hunt for gollum, tim schaefer, turn10, ubisoft, undead labs, video games, vin diesel, warner bros, world war z, xbox game studios, zach cregger, zack snyder, zero company
The XBOX Reset continues, and what it means for Halo's future. Destiny is saved from its dark fate, as Marathon may not run its course. An Wolverine is not what the internet wants you to think. The Paramount/WB merger jumps another hurdle, while Resident Evil breaks out. Plus Daredevil Born Again gets unconverted.
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Episode 428: Purge the Algorithm
July 29th, 2026 | 1 hr 8 mins
Adult Swim, Comic-Con, Dragon Age, Dungeons & Dragons, EA, EA Games, God of War, Halo, MCU, Playstation, Resident Evil, Ryan Gosling, TV, The Legend of Zelda, Tomb Raider, Xbox, amazon luna, amazon prime video, avatar the last airbender, avengers doomsday, battlefield, bioware, black panther 3, comics, crunchyroll, d&d, dan hauser, dc studios, doublefine, family guy, game of thrones, gaming, geek, george lucas, george rr martin, ghost rider, god of war laufey, grand theft auto 6, gta vi, hall h, halo campaign evolved, halo studios, kratos, lanterns, lord of the rings, lucas museum, marvel studios, miyamoto, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, ocarina of time, paramount, peacock, playstation 5, playstation network, president curtis, ragebait, resident evil 2 remake, resident evil 5, rick & morty, rings of power, san diego comic-con, sdcc, seth green, seth macfarlane, simon pegg, sony interactive entertainment, spaceballs, star fox, star wars detours, steam, steam deck, stewie, ubisoft, valve corp, video games, warner bros, xbox cloud gaming, youtube premium, yves guillmot
We've got Comic-Con Updates! Marvel did not disappoint, as it lit up the airwaves, DC brought the Lanterns, and Spaceballs went to ludicrous speed! PlayStation got a big reality check as to why going digital is bad. Rick and Morty gave President Curtis his own show. And I went back to Installation 04 on legendary!
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Episode 421: By the Power of Grayskull
June 10th, 2026 | 1 hr 13 mins
007 first light, 21 jump street, God of War, Halo, House, Lucasfilm, Netflix, Nintendo Direct, Resident Evil, Star Wars, TV, The Legend of Zelda, Xbox, amazon games, asha, crazy taxi, desitny 2, devil may cry, disney+, gaming, gears of war, gears of war e-day, geek, god of war laufey, he-man, hugh laurie, ign live, io interactive, jason momoa, kojima, marjane satrapi, masters of the universe, moon studios, movies, nerd, nina theory, ocarina of time, sccoby-doo, skeletor, steam machine, summer games fest, super mario galaxy movie, the acolyte, the legend of zelda ocarina of time, the odyssey, ubisoft, video games, xbox game pass, xbox games showcase
Did He-Man come out a few decades too late? I liked the movie, but does it have the power? Summer Games Fest hit Friday afternoon with a bang, Xbox brought the lancer, and immediately stepped on a rake. Meanwhile Nintendo finally revealed the game everyone knew about, as the Ocarina of time returns. Plus a new 21 Jump street is coming, but why the skip to 24?
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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 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 408: Get to da Choppa...again?
March 11th, 2026 | 57 mins 37 secs
Bon Jovi, EA, Halo, Konami, Lucasfilm, Mega Man, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Tangled, Xbox, Yoshi, ai actress, amazon prime video, arnold schwarzenegger, battlefield, battlefield 6, capcom, commodore, dave filoni, disney+, donald glover, elijah wood, epic games, frodo, gaming, geek, ghostface, hbo, jonathan frakes, k-pop demon hunters, kate winslet, knights of the old republic, kotor, lord of the rings, major nelson, marvel, master chief, movies, nerd, nintendo, palworld, pokémon, project helix, resident evil 9, rooster, saber interactive, samurai champloo, steam machine, super mario galaxy movie, tariffs, the boys, the hulk, the oscars, tinker bell, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, yu-gi-oh, zootopia 2
Xbox's future is secure for now, but can Project Helix help? PlayStation decides to say screw everyone and adopts dynamic pricing. Meanwhile, lawsuits are brimming all over the gaming landscape. Plus, Star Wars has entered a new "Era", and Arnold is teasing legacy sequels???
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Episode 399: You Can't Sit With Us!
January 7th, 2026 | 54 mins 41 secs
Bethesda, Fortnite, GTA V, Halo, Lenovo, Netflix, PS2, PS4, Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, Tangled, Tomb Raider, X-Files, amazon prime video, arc raiders, asus, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers: doomsday, ces, critics choice awards, disney, dune pt. 3, dunesday, forza horizon, gaming, geek, gta 6, hbo, hyperx, intel, machine games, movie theaters, movies, nerd, nintendo, nvdia, paramount, playstation 5, plutotv, podracing, pokémon, ps5, razer, roblox, rockstar games, sebastian stan, star wars racer revenge, stranger things, stranger things 5, the batman part ii, the housemaid, the last of us, the mandalorian and grogu, the pokémon company, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, wolfenstein
Paramount needs to give up on Warner Bros, they ain't letting you buy them. CES 2026 is in full swing and with it both vaporware and the future of tech. Ubisoft pulls a bad move and closes a studio that just unionized. Stranger Things ended on a high note, despite what the internet thinks. Plus everything Nick's is looking forward to in 2026.
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Episode 390: Peace in our time
October 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 10 mins
AI, Aziz Ansari, Crash Bandicoot, Fallout, Fantastic Four, Halo, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, PC, Playstation, Star Wars, TV, Xbox, a christmas carol, adam driver, amazon, amazon games, austin butler, battlefield 6, battlefield redsec, bbc, bob iger, console, console wars, disney+, dr who, ebenezer, fallout 4, fallout day, fallout new vegas, galaxies showcase, gamestop, gaming, gaming on windows, geek, ghost of yotei, ghosts of tsushima, good fortune, halo campaign evolved, halo ce, halo studios, id@xbox, john williams, johnny depp, jurassic world evolution, jurassic world evolution 3, kathleen kennedy, keanu reeves, knights of ren, lego, master chief, miami vice, michael b jordan, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, paramount global, pokémon legends z-a, qimir, satya nadella, scrooge, seth rogen, steam, stephen spielberg, stranger things, sucker punch, the acolyte, the console wars, the goonies, the hunt for ben solo, the pokémon company, the white house, tiktok, twitch, twitchcon, video games, warner brosdiscovery
it looks like the console wars really are officially over, as Halo will be launching on PlayStation in 2026. But, this news is somewhat tainted when you take into account all the confusing moves Xbox has been making recently. Plus John Williams comes out of retirement, the cast of the new Miami Vice is stacking up nicely, and reviews of Pokémon Legend's Z-A, Jurassic World Evolution 3 and Good Fortune.
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Episode 387: Family....on a budget
October 8th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
Assassin's Creed, DC comics, Dungeons & Dragons, Halo, MCU, Netflix, Spider-Man, TV, Taylor Swift, Xbox, a24, amasonmgm, battlefield 6, blops 7, bungie, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, constantine, daredevil born again, disney+, dwayne "the rock" johnson, elijah wood, elon, everybody loves raymond, fast and furious, fast x, gaming, geek, george clooney, grok, halo show, heat, heat 2, impossible creatures, keanu reeves, kingmakers, marvel comics, minecraft, mortal kombat, movies, nerd, nintendo, oceans 11, oceans 14, paramount+, payday, peaky blinders, phil rosenthal, predator, predator: badlands, ray romano, starbreeze, steam, superman, the fast and the furious, the lord of the rings, the smashing machine, toasty, tron, ubisoft, universal pictures, video games, vin diesel, walt disney pictures, xai, xbox gamepass, xbox series s, xbox series x, xbox series x|s
TOASTY! Guess the Fast Franchise is not as dialed in as we thought. Plus all the fallout from the Xbox Gamepass price increase, Call of Duty and Battlefield are duking it out even more so, and Nintendo does what Nintendo does. Plus Clooney is heading back to the Oceans, Taylor Swift knocks out the Rock, and Disney bets big on the next magical British kid. That and more, come take a listen.
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Episode 380: Kneel before Zod, right meow!
August 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 20 mins
Halo, Harley Quinn, Hollow Knight, Hulu, MCU, McDonalds, Nintendo Direct, Ryan Reynolds, TV, Xbox, anime, anna farris, archie comics, asus, avengers, avengers doomsday, best buy, bioshock, black ops 7, blizzard, broken lizard, call of duty, david hayter, dcu, deadpool, diablo iv, disney+, doctor who, espn, gamescom, gaming, geek, geoff keighley, guile, halo 3 odst, hbo max, helldivers 2, home alone, homelander, hugh jackman, hyperkin, james bond, james gunn, king of the hill, kirby, lord & miller, margot robbie, metal gear solid 5, mission impossible, movies, nerd, nintendo switch 2, opening night live, paramount, paypal, pokémon, ps5, regina hall, rod fergusson, sakurai, scary movie 6, sekrio, spider-man: brand new day, steam, street fighter, super troopers, superman, the boys, video games, wayans brothers, wolverine, wuchang fallen feathers, xbox game pass, xbox rog ally, youtube
Listen here meow, Super Troopers 3 is coming, but not right meow. Gamescom is in full swing, and opening night live did not disappoint. PlayStation is joining its rivals, in raising prices on its 5 year old console, but at least the ODSTs are dropping into Helldivers 2? Plus Casting news for Scary Movie 6, The Hunt for Gollum and Avengers Doomsday. That and more, come take a listen,