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Displaying 9 items of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "modern warfare ii".
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Episode 270: Comic-Accurate Suit
July 12th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
abk, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, ashoka, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, barbie, black noir, black panther, 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, mcu, mcui, mega man, metal gear solid, microsoft, mister terrific, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 1, movies, napoleon, nathan fillion, naughty dog, nba 2k24, neil druckman, nick fury, peacock, rebel moon, ridley scott, ryan reynolds, san diego comic con, sdcc, secret invasion, sega, sega of america, shang-chi, simu liu, skrulls, sony, star wars, stephen spielberg, street fighter 6, super mario bros movie, the boys, the emmy awards, the fast and the furious, toho, tv shows, 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, xbox, 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 251: State of Presents Earnings Call
March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
amazon studios, andy muschietti, arkhamverse, baldurs gate 3, batman, battlefield 2042, bethesda, beyond good and evil 2, call of duty, capcom, captain pikachu, chris pine, cocaine bear, dcu, destiny 2, dice, disney+, dune, dune prequel, e3, ea games, elden ring, ffxvi, forspoken, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, fromsoftware, games with gold, glass onion, guillermo del toro, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, io interactive, it, it prequel, knives out, lord of the rings, mcu, meta quest 2, meta quest 3, middle earth, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 12, movies, netflix, new line cinema, nintendo, occulus, paramount+, peter jackson, picard, playstation, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon concierge, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon sleep, pokémon violet, ps5, psvr2, resident evil, resident evil 4 remake, ring of power, rockstead studios, rogers: the musical, shazam, shigeru miyamoto, shinji mikami, sony, square enix, star trek, star wars, 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 night manager, the thunderbolts, tom cruise, top gun maverick, tv shows, ubisoft, vaporware, video games, warnerbros, wb, xbox, 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
activision, activisionblizzard, amazon, ant man and the wasp, apex legends, appletv+, arrested development, barney, barney the purple dinosaur, batfleck, batgirl, batman, batman 89, bob iger, bobby kotick, breath of the wild, call of duty, dcu, dead island 2, dead space, deadpool 3, disney+, ea games, ea sports, english premier league, ezra miller, fantastic four, fast x, fifa, general zod, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, hbo max, how to train your dragon, james gunn, joker, kevin feige, league of legends, link, lord and miller, magic mike, marvel studios, mattel, mcu, michael keaton, microsoft, modern warfare ii, movies, multiversus, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, patrick stewart, respawn, riot games, roblox, sony, spider-man, spider-man noir, squid game, star wars, 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 legend of zelda, the mandalorian, the super bowl, tom clancy, transformers, tv shows, ubisoft, velma, video games, warzone, xbox, 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 246: The Nerd Before an MMO
January 27th, 2023 | 54 mins 3 secs
343 industries, 343i, academy awards, adult swim, air jordan, alec baldwin, amazon prime video, apple tv+, aqua teen hunger force, aquaman 2, ash ketchum, attack on titan, avatar 2, ben affleck, bethesda, breath of the wild, brendan fraiser, call of duty, call of duty modern warfare ii, cartoon network, cd projekt red, cod, critical roll, crystal dynamics, cyberpunk2077, dcu, disney+, elder scrolls, elder scrolls online, everything everywhere all at once, fallout new vegas, forza motorsport, gollum, halo, harry potter, hi-fi rush, hogwarts legacy, hot wheels, hulu, invincible, james cameron, james gunn, jared leto, jason momoa, jeremy renner, jk rowling, john cena, john williams, justin roiland, kevin feige, koala man, kobra kai, last of us, league of legends, lobo, lord of the rings, lotr: gollum, marvel studios, marvels avengers, master chief, mcu, michael jordan, minecraft legends, modern warfare ii, mojang, morrowind, movies, netflix, nike, nintendo, nintendo switch, obsidian entertainment, peter safran, playstation, pokémon, ps5, psvr, psvr2, redfall, reed hastings, rick & morty, rick and morty, riot games, rust, skeleton crew, solar opposites, sony, squareenix, star wars, steven spielberg, tamriel, tango gameworks, tears of the kingdom, ted lasso, that 90s show, the bad batch, the banshees of inisherin, the fabelmans, the last of us, the legend of vox machina, the legend of zelda, the oscars, the whale, the wizarding world, tron, tron ares, tron legacy, turn 10, tv sows, ubisoft, video games, warnerbros, warzone 2.0, wb, wwe 2k23, xbox, zelda, zenimax
Is the Day before real? does anyone actually believe it to be? Also Xbox and Bethesda had a developer direct, 343 continues to deploy smoke and mirrors, and Marvel's Avengers is finally being put out of its misery. Netflix gets a new CEO, and may actually start its password sharing crackdown,. Meanwhile, Rick and Morty will never be the same. Alec Baldwin faces the most ludicrous charges known to man, James Cameron was not snubbed by the Oscars, now Jared Leto is out to kill Tron.
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Episode 235: The GOAT has Spoken
November 9th, 2022 | 30 mins 26 secs
activisionblizzard, adult swim, andor, animal crossings new horizons, aquaman, bioware, call of duty, cod, dc studios, dcu, death stranding, degrassi, disney+, ea, fifa, gears of war, godzilla, gta v, halo, halo infinite, hbo, hbo max, hideo kojima, ian mcshane, indiana jones, infinity ward, into the spider-verse, james gunn, jason momoa, john wick, keanu reeves, kojima productions, lin manuel miranda, lobo, mass effect, mcu, modern warfare ii, movies, n7 day, netflix, nintendo, overwatch 2, percy jackson, prince of persia, project cars, quentin tarantino, red dead redemption 2, roku, spider-punk, star wars, stephen spielberg, take two interactive, the acolyte, toho, true dectective, tuca & bertie, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, vision quest, wanda maximoff, wandavision, warzone 2.0, weird, weird al yankovich, westworld, xbox, xbox series x
Short episode, heavy on content. More Call of Duty news as the behemoth continues to dominate the industry. Now Europe is looking into Xbox, and Hideo Kojima confirms what is true and what isnt. Meanwhile, WB and HBO lay down the cancel hammer, Disney+ continues to shine, and Andor is top notch. DC films may have a new unified focus, as WB as a whole moves towards a franchise focus.
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Episode 234: Is it time to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge, again, again?
November 2nd, 2022 | 46 mins 55 secs
activisionblizzard, agatha coven of chaos, alan wake, alan wake 2, andor, ant-man and the wasp quantumania, aubrey plaza, avatar, ben stiller, black adam, blockbuster, call of duty, christina milioti, cod, cod:mwii, community, control, dc, dc studios, dcu, disney+, dodgeball, ea, geralt, god of war, god of war ragnarok, hbo, henry cavill, james gunn, jeff goldblum, joel mchale, liam hemsworth, man of steel, manifest, marvel, marvel games, mcu, modern warfare ii, movies, netflix, overwatch 2, oz, phil spencer, playstation, playstation 5, playstation+, ps5, psvr2, remedy, shazam 2, sony, star wars, stargirl, superman, the callisto protocol, the last of us, the penguin, the sandman, the witcher, tv shows, venom 3, video games, vince vaughn, vision quest, way of the water, wicked, wonderman, xbox, xbox gamepass, yahya abdul mateen, zootopia+
Modern Warfare II is out and its fun, but short. Phil Spencer continues his candidness, Sony drops us a doozy with the price of the PSVR2, and Overwatch 2 drops the ball again. Meanwhile the MCU continues to grow on Disney+, DC on tv faces another casualty, and Henry Cavill ditches Geralt. Meanwhile is Dogdeball 2 on the way?
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Episode 233: Gotham Plights
October 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
activisionblizzard, adam sandler, age of empires, ahsoka, amazon prime video, andor, ant-man and the wasp, ant-man and the wasp quantumania, apple tv+, arkham asylum, arkham city, bat family, batman, bayonetta, black adam, black panther wakanda forever, call of duty, capcom, cd prokjekt red, cma, cod, commissioner gordon, creative assembly, damon lindelof, dc, dceu, dcu, death note, digimon, disney+, doctor fate, duffer bros, dumbo, dwayne johnson, fallout, game of thrones, gamepass, gcpd, gotham knights, green lantern, guardians of the galaxy, hawkman, hbo, hbo max, henry cavill, hideo kojima, house of the dragon, james gunn, joker 2, justice society of america, kang the conqueror, kevin feige, mcu, meta, meta quest, metaverse, modern warfare ii, moon knight, movies, naughtdog, netflix, nintendo classic, nioh 2, peacock, peter safran, phil spencer, playstation, playstation 2, playstation studios, pokémon, ps plus, ps2, resident evil 4, rian johnson, rocksteady studios, ryan coogler, sausage party, snyderverse, star wars, steam, succession, superman, tales of the jedi, the batman, the rock, the witcher, tim burton, tv shows, uk, uncut gems, video games, wb montreal, xbox
The hierarchy of the DC Universe did change, just not in the way the Rock would want you to believe. In todays episode we have a review of Black Adam, James Gunn takes over DC Studios. Phil Spencer gets candid, and Sausage Party is coming to a TV near you.
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Episode 232: N.I.C.K.S. Nerd N.E.W.S
October 20th, 2022 | 1 hr 10 mins
a christmas story, activisionblizzard, alan moore, andor, battle.net, bayonetta 3, black adam, black panther wakanda forever, call of duty, cod, command & conquer, damon lindelof, dc films, dceu, disney+, dualsense, dualsense edge, dungeons and dragons, ea games, 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, konami, liam neeson, lonely island, lord of the rings, lotr, man of steel, mcu, meme stock, middle earth, mirrors edge, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat, movies, naked gun, nes, netflix, nintendo, nvidia, overwatch 2, playstation 5, pokémon, ps5, razer, razer edge, rihanna, rings of power, robbie coltrane, rogue one, rtx4080, sauron, scorsese, she-hulk, silent hill, sony, spider-man miles morales, stadia, star trek, star trek 4, star wars, steam, stonks, superman, the batman, the flash, thunderbolt ross, tolkein, tv shows, 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 223: She-Hulk Commeth
August 17th, 2022 | 39 mins 44 secs
academy awards, activision, amazon prime video, batfleck, batgirl, batman, ben affleck, black adam, blizzard, bungie, call of duty, d23, david zaslav, dc universe, death stranding, destiny 2, disney, disney+, duffer bros, ezra miller, ghosts of tsushima, google, google stadia, harry potter, hbo, hbo max, hogwarts, hogwarts legacy, infinity ward, john wick, lego star wars: the skywalker saga, leslie grace, lord of the rings, lotr, love death + robots, lucasfilm games, marvel games, michael keaton, modern warfare ii, movies, neil gaiman, netflix, nintendo, overwatch 2, peacock, playstation, pubg, rogue one, saw, sony, sony playstation, star wars, star wars visions, steve martin, stranger things, the adams family, the batman, the cw, the flash, the joker, the rings of power, the sandman, the simpsons, tv shows, vertigo comics, video games, walter hamada, warnerbros, wednesday adams, westworld, weta workshop, wizarding world, wizardry, xbox game pass, young justice
HULLO! This week is full of misadventures, and also ads another chapter to the ongoing drama at WarnerBros-Discovery. That is just the well that keeps on giving. Disney is set to have its first ever games showcase at D23. Steve Martin may hang up his hat, and we know when the Rings of Power will premier!