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Displaying items 11-20 of 111 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "microsoft".
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Episode 422: Stepping on rakes again
June 18th, 2026 | 54 mins 16 secs
DC comics, Dr. Who, EA, Fortnite, Mad Max, Microsoft, Playstation, Roku, Sony, Spider-Man, TV, Xbox, anya taylor joy, austin powers, batman, bbc, commodore, compulsion games, dc studios, dcu, dead by daylight, death stranding, dont nod, double fine, dreamworks, epic games, fox, fromsoftware, gaming, geek, george miller, gorilla grodd, harry potter, hbo, housemarque, jimmy olsen, kojima, kpop demon hunters, lego, lobo, lord of the rings, luna abyss, movies, nerd, niantic, ninja scroll, ninja theory, nintendo, obsidian, palworld, paramount games, peter sarsgaard, pokemon, pokemon go, ps5, shang chi, shrek 5, sie, supergirl, superman, taylor sheridan, tencent, the batman part 2, the hunt for golum, the last of us, tulsa king, video games, weird al, yellowstone
Xbox can't help itself; it finds rakes out of nowhere to step on, and its all self-inflicted. There won't be any trips in the Tardis anytime soon, and who is to blame? George Miller wants to sell Mad Max, but why? And Fox buys Roku, which feels oddly familiar.
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Episode 416: The Force Is not Strong
May 6th, 2026 | 1 hr 17 mins
2k sports, Fortnite, Hulu, Injustice, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Planet of the Apes, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, TV, Tangled, Xbox, 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, gamestop, gaming, geek, gta vi, harry potter, hbo max, imax, king of the hill, lord of the rings, man of tomorrow, marvel studios, matthew lillard, maul shadow lord, may the 4th, memestock, meryl streep, mortal kombat, movies, narnia, neatherealm, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, ninteno, pokemon, regie fils-amie, roblox, rockstar games, sony interactive entertainment, star fox, star fox 64, star wars celebration, star wars day, super mario galaxy, superman, switch 2, take two interactive, the blair witch project, the crown, the devil wears prada 2, the hunt for golum, the mandalorian, the mandalorian and grogu, video games, viggo mortensen, walt disney pictures, 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
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 409: What have we here? Matching uniforms?
March 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
AI, Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, Bradley Cooper, Fortnite, Green Lantern, Hulu, MCU, Matt Reeves, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Pokémon GO, Resident Evil, Scooby Doo, Sony, Spider-Man, Studio Ghibli, TV, Xbox, a quiet place, a24, aaron pierre, activision, amazon prime video, blizzard, bloodsport, bluepoint, buffy the vampire slayer, capcom, dc studios, dcu, disney, dlss 5, dune pt. 3, epic games, fallout 4, family guy, firefly, fox, gaming, geek, jack ryan, james gunn, jcvd, jeff kaplan, kpop demon hunters, krafton, lilo & stich, movies, nathan fillion, nerd, niantic, nvidia, oceans 11, one battle after another, overwatch, paul thomas anderson, payday, pegi, pixar, resident evil requiem, robert pattinson, ryan coogler, seth mcfarlane, sinners, spider-man: brand new day, starbreeze, starfield, steam, steam machine, stewie, subnautica 2, superman, take two interactive, the 98th academy awards, the batman, the incredibles, the last of us, the oscars, tom clancy, ubisoft, vbucks, video games
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
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 406: Phil NOT of the future
February 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
AI, Assassin's Creed, Breaking Bad, Discord, EVO, God of War, Lucasfilm, Microsoft, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, Venom, X-Files, Xbox, a knight of the seven kingdoms, activision, adam driver, amazon games, amazon prime video, asha sharma, bioshock, bluepoint games, call of duty, christian bale, christopher judge, cod zombies, dave bautista, dunk & egg, ed skrein, far cry, game of thrones, gaming, geek, hawaii, hbo, heat, heat 2, house of the dragon, insomniac games, jackass, jason momoa, johnny cage, johnny knoxville, kraven, madam web, marvel's wolverine, michael mann, microsoft gaming, morbius, mortal kombat ii, movies, mtv, nacon, nerd, pokémon firered, pokémon leafgreen, ps5, radical entertainment, razer, robert carradine, sarah bond, splinter cell, steven soderbergh, take two interactive, the wrecking crew, ubisoft, valve, video games, warner bros, 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
AMD, Assassin's Creed, Blizzard Entertainment, F1, Fallout, Genndy Tartakovsky, God of War, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Sony, Spider-Man, TV, Tom holland, Xbox, a24, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, anime, appletv, assassin's creed black flag, batman, beetlejuice, bethesda game studios, beyond good and evil 2, bob iger, catherine o'hara, crunchyroll, dcu, disney+, fast and furious, fast forever, fast x, game of thrones, gaming, geek, generative ai, 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, movies, nerd, nick frost, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian entertainment, odin, overwatch, overwatch 2, project genie, roblox, rockstar games, santa monica studio, schitts creek, sony playstation, 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, ubisoft, universal pictures, valve, video games, vin diesel, walt disney pictures, warner bros, wonder man, 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
Fallout, Far Cry 3, God of War, Life is Strange, Lucasfilm, MCU, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Resident Evil, Sony, Star Wars, TV, Tomb Raider, Xbox, 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, far cry, galaxy's edge, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, george rr martin, hans zimmer, harry potter, hbo, house of the dragon, indiana jones, invincible, james cameron, james gunn, kathleen kennedy, kratos, lara croft, looney tunes, lord of the rings, marathon, marvel studios, meta quest, movies, nerd, nintendo switch 2, noir, peter jackson, prince of persia, razer, riot games, sega, sonic, sonic the hedgehog, sophie turner, speedy gonzalez, squareenix, steam, switch 2, ted sarandos, the batman pt. 2, the bone temple, the division 3, the hollywood reporter, thr, tom clancy, ubisoft, video games, vr, vr gaming, walt disney pictures, warner bros, westeros, winds of winter, 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
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 386: Let's just not nitpick over the passwords
October 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 40 mins
AI, Assassin's Creed, EA, EA Games, Fallout, God of War, MCU, Microsoft, PS4, Playstation, Skyrim, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, Tom holland, Xbox, asus, avengers, avengers: doomsday, batman, battlefield, bowser, call of duty, clayface, collin farrell, dan house, dcu, dice, disney+, doug bowser, dwight schrute, elder scrolls, fallout 76, far cry, final fantasy vii, final fantasy vii remake, fornite, forza horizon, forza horizon 6, furby, gaming, geek, grand theft auto, hbo max, helldivers, helldivers 2, james gunn, jaws, kratos, leonardo dicaprio, magic the gathering, marvel studios, marvel zombies, mel brooks, movies, nathan drake, nerd, nintendo, nintendo of america, one battle after another, paul thomas anderson, peacemaker, pedro pascal, pete davidson, pif, playground games, ps5, ranbow six, rockstar games, rog ally, russo bros, saudi arabia, secret lair, sie, skyrim grandma, sony interactive entertainment, sony playstation, spaceballs, 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, ubisoft, uncharted, video games, walton goggins, 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.