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Displaying items 1-10 of 100 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "microsoft".
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Episode 416: The Force Is not Strong
May 6th, 2026 | 1 hr 17 mins
2k sports, amazon, asha sharma, atomfall, battlefield, battlefield 6, bioshock 4, call of duty, daredevil born again, darth maul, dcu, diego luna, disney+, django, ebay, evangeline lilly, fortnite, gamestop, gaming, geek, gta vi, harry potter, hbo max, hulu, imax, injustice, king of the hill, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, man of tomorrow, marvel studios, matthew lillard, maul shadow lord, may the 4th, mcu, memestock, meryl streep, microsoft, mortal kombat, movies, narnia, neatherealm, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, ninteno, planet of the apes, playstation, pokemon, regie fils-amie, roblox, rockstar games, sony, sony interactive entertainment, star fox, star fox 64, star wars, star wars celebration, star wars day, super mario galaxy, superman, switch 2, take two interactive, tangled, the blair witch project, the crown, the devil wears prada 2, the hunt for golum, the mandalorian, the mandalorian and grogu, tv, video games, viggo mortensen, walt disney pictures, xbox, zorro
Should we all for the sequel hate ragebait? Probably not. Xbox continues to make positive changes, will it mean anything? Sony suffers a legal loss, and the speculation about GTA VI's price keeps going. Daredevil gets a new status quo, while Maul cowers away. Star Wars Celebration tickets hit the market today, and boy what a cluster that was.
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Episode 414: Gaming's Worst Kept Secret
April 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
a24, alex garland, amazon mgm, amazon prime video, assassin's creed, 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, halo studios, i am legend, james bond, jonathan frakes, kiki wolfkill, looney tunes, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, man of tomorrow, marvel studios, mass effect, mcu, meta quest 3, metro 2033, metro 2039, miami vice, microsoft, minds eye, miyamoto, mobile suit gundam, movies, nerd, netflix, paramount pictures, pixar, playstation, playstation 5, ryan reynolds, shuhei yoshida, sony, star trek, street fighter, super mario galaxy, super mario galaxy movie, the batman, the mandalorian and grogu, the rings of power, tom cruise, top gun, toy story 5, tv, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, will smith, willy wonka, x-men '97, xbox, 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
a quiet place, a24, aaron pierre, activision, ai, amazon prime video, assassin's creed, bethesda, blizzard, bloodsport, bluepoint, bradley cooper, buffy the vampire slayer, capcom, dc studios, dcu, disney, dlss 5, dune pt. 3, epic games, fallout 4, family guy, firefly, fortnite, fox, gaming, geek, green lantern, hulu, jack ryan, james gunn, jcvd, jeff kaplan, kpop demon hunters, krafton, lilo & stich, matt reeves, mcu, microsoft, movies, nathan fillion, nerd, netflix, niantic, nvidia, oceans 11, one battle after another, overwatch, paul thomas anderson, payday, pegi, pixar, playstation, pokémon go, resident evil, resident evil requiem, robert pattinson, ryan coogler, scooby doo, seth mcfarlane, sinners, sony, spider-man, spider-man: brand new day, starbreeze, starfield, steam, steam machine, stewie, studio ghibli, subnautica 2, superman, take two interactive, the 98th academy awards, the batman, the incredibles, the last of us, the oscars, tom clancy, tv, ubisoft, vbucks, video games, xbox
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 408: Get to da Choppa...again?
March 11th, 2026 | 57 mins 37 secs
ai actress, amazon prime video, arnold schwarzenegger, battlefield, battlefield 6, bon jovi, capcom, commodore, dave filoni, disney+, donald glover, ea, elijah wood, epic games, frodo, gaming, geek, ghostface, halo, hbo, jonathan frakes, k-pop demon hunters, kate winslet, knights of the old republic, konami, kotor, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, major nelson, marvel, master chief, mega man, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, palworld, playstation, pokémon, project helix, resident evil 9, rooster, saber interactive, samurai champloo, sony, spider-man, star trek, star wars, steam machine, super mario galaxy movie, tangled, tariffs, the boys, the hulk, the oscars, tinker bell, tv, valve, video games, walt disney animation, walt disney pictures, xbox, yoshi, 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 406: Phil NOT of the future
February 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, adam driver, ai, amazon games, amazon prime video, asha sharma, assassin's creed, bioshock, bluepoint games, breaking bad, call of duty, christian bale, christopher judge, cod zombies, dave bautista, discord, dunk & egg, ed skrein, evo, far cry, game of thrones, gaming, geek, god of war, hawaii, hbo, heat, heat 2, house of the dragon, insomniac games, jackass, jason momoa, johnny cage, johnny knoxville, kraven, lucasfilm, madam web, marvel's wolverine, michael mann, microsoft, microsoft gaming, morbius, mortal kombat ii, movies, mtv, nacon, nerd, phil spencer, playstation, pokémon firered, pokémon leafgreen, ps5, radical entertainment, razer, robert carradine, sarah bond, sony, spider-man, splinter cell, star wars, steven soderbergh, take two interactive, the wrecking crew, tv, ubisoft, valve, venom, video games, warner bros, x-files, xbox, 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
a24, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, amd, anime, appletv, assassin's creed, assassin's creed black flag, batman, beetlejuice, bethesda game studios, beyond good and evil 2, blizzard entertainment, bob iger, catherine o'hara, crunchyroll, dcu, disney+, f1, fallout, fast and furious, fast forever, fast x, game of thrones, gaming, geek, generative ai, genndy tartakovsky, god of war, 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, mcu, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nick frost, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, odin, overwatch, overwatch 2, playstation, project genie, roblox, rockstar games, santa monica studio, schitts creek, sony, sony playstation, spider-man, 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, tom holland, tv, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, vin diesel, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wonder man, xbox, 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 401: The Sanic Mysteries: Gotta go fast
January 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 20 mins
a knight of the seven kingdoms, a song of ice and fire, activisonblizzard, amazon mgm, amazon prime video, assassn's creed, avatar, avatar 4, avatar fire & ash, avengers doomsday, batman, bobby kotick, bungie, call of duty, clair obscur, dave filoni, dcu, disney, disneyland, dunk and egg, ecco the dolphin, fallout, far cry, far cry 3, galaxy's edge, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, george rr martin, god of war, hans zimmer, harry potter, hbo, house of the dragon, indiana jones, invincible, james cameron, james gunn, kathleen kennedy, kratos, lara croft, life is strange, looney tunes, lord of the rings, lucasfilm, marathon, marvel studios, mcu, meta, meta quest, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo switch 2, noir, peter jackson, prince of persia, razer, resident evil, riot games, sega, sonic, sonic the hedgehog, sony, sophie turner, speedy gonzalez, squareenix, star wars, steam, switch 2, ted sarandos, the batman pt. 2, the bone temple, the division 3, the hollywood reporter, thr, tom clancy, tomb raider, tv, ubisoft, video games, vr, vr gaming, walt disney pictures, warner bros, westeros, winds of winter, xbox, zootopia, zootopia 2
Well Star Wars fans can continue to argue, because Kathleen Kennedy stepping down certainly wont stop them. But something to stop to listen to, is George RR Martin telling all to the Hollywood Reporter. Plus, Fallout Season 2 is not falling behind season 1, people just don't remember how TV works. Ubisoft decided to lay a big one on the gaming industry by cancelling another Prince of Persia game, and Netflix wants to keep WB movies on the big screen if the merger goes through. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 390: Peace in our time
October 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 10 mins
a christmas carol, adam driver, ai, amazon, amazon games, austin butler, aziz ansari, battlefield 6, battlefield redsec, bbc, bob iger, console, console wars, crash bandicoot, disney+, dr who, ebenezer, fallout, fallout 4, fallout day, fallout new vegas, fantastic four, galaxies showcase, gamestop, gaming, gaming on windows, geek, ghost of yotei, ghosts of tsushima, good fortune, halo, 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, lucasfilm, master chief, mcu, miami vice, michael b jordan, microsoft, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, paramount global, pc, playstation, pokémon legends z-a, qimir, satya nadella, scrooge, seth rogen, star wars, 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, tv, twitch, twitchcon, video games, warner brosdiscovery, xbox
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 386: Let's just not nitpick over the passwords
October 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 40 mins
ai, assassin's creed, asus, avengers, avengers: doomsday, batman, battlefield, bowser, call of duty, clayface, collin farrell, dan house, dcu, dice, disney+, doug bowser, dwight schrute, ea, ea games, elder scrolls, fallout, fallout 76, far cry, final fantasy vii, final fantasy vii remake, fornite, forza horizon, forza horizon 6, furby, gaming, geek, god of war, grand theft auto, hbo max, helldivers, helldivers 2, james gunn, jaws, kratos, leonardo dicaprio, magic the gathering, marvel studios, marvel zombies, mcu, mel brooks, microsoft, movies, nathan drake, nerd, nintendo, nintendo of america, one battle after another, paul thomas anderson, peacemaker, pedro pascal, pete davidson, pif, playground games, playstation, ps4, ps5, ranbow six, rockstar games, rog ally, russo bros, saudi arabia, secret lair, sie, skyrim, skyrim grandma, sony, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, spaceballs, spider-man, star wars, star wars visions, studio trigger, superman, tencent, the batman 2, the ghoul, the last of us, the office, the simpsons, the simpsons movie, tokyo game show, tom clancy, tom holland, tv, ubisoft, uncharted, video games, walton goggins, xbox, xbox gamepass, xbox rog ally
One Battle After Another, is what I should rename this podcast, because the movie was that good, and a full review is inside. Plus Xbox takes another self imposed L, Sony gives itself a gold medal, and EA goes private. The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen, and an AI "actress" has Hollywood in a fervor. Plus Forza Horizon is finally headed to the land of the Rising Sun, and Ubisoft gives Assassin's Creed a new home.
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Episode 378: A Podcast? What is it?
August 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 26 mins
2k games, 8bitdo, a new hope, a quiet place, activision, amazonmgm, annabelle, assassin's creed, audible, avengers, batman 89, batman returns, battlefield, battlefield 2042, battlefield 6, bioshock, bioshock 4, black panther, bloober team, call of duty, cartoon network, chris hemsworth, darksiders, darksiders 4, dice, disney, disney+, dune, dynasty warriors, ea, ea games, ea sports, epic games, evo, evo los angeles, eyes of wakanda, f1, fantastic four, fc 26, fortnite, gaming, geek, guitar hero, hamilton, harrison ford, harry potter, hawkeye, hbo max, hideo kojima, ice cube, it, jason momoa, jeremy renner, john krasinski, jurassic world rebirth, kpop demon hunters, liam neeson, lin manuel miranda, lucasfilm, margot robbie, marvel studios, mastercard, mcu, metal gear solid, microsoft, movies, mr. beast, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, pamela anderson, paramount, pokémon, pokémon tcg, power rangers, prime video, rare ltd, raven software, sony, spider-man, spider-man brand new day, star wars, star wars 50, star wars starfighter, steam, superman, the hulk, the naked gun, the puinisher, the sims, thor, thq nordic, tim burton, tv, ubisoft, video games, war of the worlds, xbox
Well its a radio show, but its not live, and its prerecorded.... The Naked Gun is out, and its the comedy that Hollywood needed. Plus Nintendo, pulls its normal shenanigans, while we all continue to ignore the issues. Somehow EA is now the good guy as well? Also, Spider-Man begins filming, and the scenes from set look amazing, Matt Smith is joining a Galaxy Far Far Away, and Chris Hemsworth clarifies his comments on Thor.