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Displaying items 1-10 of 44 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "rockstar games".
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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 400: Staying Four-Humble
January 14th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
anthem, appletv, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers, avengers doomsday, bam margera, bear mccreary, bioware, black mirror, ea, eb games, fable, forza horizon, game freak, games workshop, gamestop, gaming, geek, god of war, godzilla, hamnet, hellblade, jackass, jackass 5, jackass forever, jennifer lawrence, jlaw, johnny knoxville, kathryn hahn, king kong, larry hryb, lego, lego pokémon, lord of the rings, lord of the rings extended edition, lotr, major nelson, marvel studios, massive entertainment, mcu, microsoft xbox, monarch legacy of monsters, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix, ninja theory, one battle after another, palworld, peter jackson, playground games, pokémon, rockstar games, russo bros, shawn levy, sinners, star wars, star wars starfighter, tangled, the division 3, the golden globes, the hunger games, the studio, tom cruise, tv, ubisoft, unity, video games, warhammer, xbox, xbox series x|s, zoe saldana
Its our 400th episode! We might be recording a day early but that doesn't mean the news stops. Apparently the Doomsday trailers are a story, not a cohesive one though. Jackass is returning to theaters, but at what cost? GameStop is closing stores, are you surprised? Plus reactions to the Golden Globes, and more!
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Episode 399: You Can't Sit With Us!
January 7th, 2026 | 54 mins 41 secs
amazon prime video, arc raiders, asus, avatar, avatar fire & ash, avengers: doomsday, bethesda, ces, critics choice awards, disney, dune pt. 3, dunesday, fortnite, forza horizon, gaming, geek, gta 6, gta v, halo, hbo, hyperx, intel, lenovo, machine games, movie theaters, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nvdia, paramount, playstation 5, plutotv, podracing, pokémon, ps2, ps4, ps5, razer, red dead redemption 2, roblox, rockstar games, sebastian stan, spider-man, star wars, star wars racer revenge, stranger things, stranger things 5, tangled, the batman part ii, the housemaid, the last of us, the mandalorian and grogu, the pokémon company, tomb raider, tv, ubisoft, video games, warner bros, wolfenstein, x-files
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 396: These go to eleven
December 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 24 mins
a new hope, abc, amazon prime video, amc, avengers endgame, bad robot, bandai namco, battlefield, bethesda, black ops 7, call of duty, ccxp, christopher nolan, clair obscur expedition 33, daniel craig, dcu, disney, elder scrolls, fallout, five nights at freddy's 2, fnaf 2, game of thrones, gamestop, gaming, geek, gta 6, harada, hideo kojima, imax, jon snow, kit harrington, knives out, kotor, kotor 2, lanterns, lobo, lord of the rings, mcu, movies, nerd, netflix, nex playground, obsidian entertainment, paramount, playstation, point break, rian johnson, rob reiner, rockstar games, skyrim, spider-noir, star wars, star wars a new hope, star wars fate of the old republic, stephen spielberg, street fighter, supergirl, tekken, the boys, the game awards, the golden globes, the odyssey, the oscars, tomb raider, total war, tv, uk government, video games, wake up dead man, warhammer 40k, warner bros, whodunnit, youtube, zootopia 2
The world lost a great director this week, and its not gonna be the same without him. We've got two weeks of stories to cover, The Game Awards got swept, and also gave us to Star Wars game announcements. The Golden Globes are set, and will the Bear be dethroned by The Studio? The Warner Bros and Netflix saga has begun, despite Paramount's eagerness, CCXP brought the trailers, and Wake Up Dead man dropped on Netflix. Come take a listen.
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Episode 393: Richards Lives!
November 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
activision, ai, amazon prime video, apple tv, arc raiders, asus, asus rog ally, bioshock, black ops 7, braniac, call of duty, call of duty black ops 7, clair obscur: expedition 33, crystal dynamics, dcu, death by lightning, death stranding, disney+, dragon ball z, edgar wright, fallout, family guy, fx on hulu, gaming, geek, glen powell, godzilla, hbo max, hulu, josh gad, lex luthor, mad men, marvel studios, mcu, mega pokémon, moana, monarch legacy of monsters, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, one piece, paramount, peacock, phil spencer, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, red dead redemption, rockstar games, sharknado, shogun, shroud, splinter cell, squid game, star trek, stargate, stargate sg-1, steam, steam machine, stephen king, superman, syfy, the game awards, the legend of zelda, the running man, toho, treyarch, tv, twisted metal, ubisoft, video games, wonder man, xbox, xdefiant
You should run to see The Running Man, because after you hear Nick's review you wont be walking. Plus the Game Award Nominees have been revealed, and no Arc Raiders wasn't nominated by GOTY. Also Nick gives his purely honest thoughts about Black Ops 7. Nintendo pulls back the curtain on it's live action The Legend of Zelda, Squid Game US is happening sooner than expected, and Disney+ is bringing generative AI to the platform. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 392: I ain't got time to bleed
November 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
007, activisionblizzard, alien, alien: earth, amazon, amazonmgm studios, arc raiders, bethesda, bioware, blizzard, blizzcon, bungie, clair obscur, dc universe, dcu, destiny 2, devil wears prada, disney, fx, fxonhulu, game of the year, gaming, geek, gorilla grodd, grand theft auto 6, gremlins, gta 6, gtavi, horizon zero dawn, hulu, james bond, jimmy olsen, jumanji 3, lego, link, marvel 1943, mass effect, movies, n7, ncsoft, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, pixar, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon legends z-a, predator, predator badlands, predators, ps5, ratchet and clank, rockstar games, sabrina carpenter, shigeru miyamoto, shroud, skydance, sony, square enix, star trek, star trek the next generation, steam, steam machine, super mario, super mario bros movie, super mario galaxy movie, the elder scrolls, the elder scrolls 6, the legend of zelda, the pokémon company, the predator, todd howard, toy story 5, tv, uss enterprise, v for vendetta, valve, video games, weylandyutani, yuatja
Get to the choppa, cause its time for a review of the newest Predator movie, Predator Badlands. It does not disappoint. Plus Valve doubles down on hardware, while the Super Mario Galaxy movie shows off its stars. Also, Sony has buyers remorse about Bungie, and somehow Amazon has forgotten that James Bond has had a history of reboots. and someone call MU/TH/UR because Alien Earth is coming back!
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Episode 391: IMHOTEP! IMHOTEP!
November 5th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
amazon game studios, arc raiders, brendan fraser, call of duty, cd projekt red, cyberpunk 2077, dan hauser, dragon quest, edgar wright, fallout new vegas, fortnite, gaming, geek, godzilla, godzilla minus one, godzilla minus zero, grand theft auto, highlander, hulu, johnny silverhand, k-pop demon hunters, keanu reeves, king of the hill, lego, lord of the rings, megazord, miss piggy, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, obsidian, open ai, palworld, paramount pictures, playstation, playstation 5, playstation portal, pokémon, power rangers, ps5, rambo, robert pattinson, rockstar games, russel crowe, russo bros, shaun of the dead, star trek, steam, taylor sheridan, the mummy, the muppets, the witcher, tv, universal pictures, v for vendetta, video games, warner bros, x-men
If the title wasn't a dead giveaway, we are getting a fourth Mummy movie! And Brendan is back! Sony may be finally copying Xbox when it comes to cross buying games. The Call of Duty movie gets a director and a writer and the Nintendo Switch 2 continues to do numbers. Plus Godzilla minus 1 is getting a sequel! That and a whole lot more, come take a listen!
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Episode 389: Thank the Maker?
October 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 32 mins
007, ai, amazon mgm, amazon prime video, apple tv, arkham, assassin's creed, asus, atari, batgirl, battlefield 6, ben solo, bethesda, daredevil, darkseid, dcu, dead or alive, dead space, dice, disney, disney+, doublefine, dr who, ea, event horizon, fallout, gamescom, gaming, geek, gen v, george lucas, glen powell, god of war, grand theft auto, gta vi, hbo max, horizon zero dawn, intellivison, james bond, james gunn, keeper, kylo ren, marvel studios, mcu, mortal kombat ii, movies, nerd, netflix, nintendo, palworld, peacemaker, peacock, playstation, pocketpair, pokémon, quantic dream, rockstar games, settlers of catan, sleeping dogs, sony, south park, star wars, stephen king, stranger things, superman, tencent, the boys, the flash, the hulk, tv, twitch, twitchcon, ubisoft, video games, warnerbros, warnerbros discovery, xbox, xbox game studios, xbox rog ally
George has moved on, we need to accept that, elsewhere in a Galaxy Far Far Away Ben Solo is staying dead. Warner Bros has finally accepted its time to sell, after saying no to unwanted solicitors, Amazon paid pennies for James Bond. Xbox is sticking with the high prices, ಠ_ಠ, and more drama out of Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed. That and more on tonight's episode.
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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 383: To Boldly Go...Where The Office has gone before
September 11th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
activision, alien romulus, amazon prime video, andor, bethesda, black ops 6, black ops 7, call of duty, civ 7, civilization 7, cod, creative arts emmys, dan houser, darth vader, dc, dcu, dead island, dead island 3, deadpool, disney+, fede alvarez, firaxes, gaming, geek, ghosts of yotei, gta vi, harry potter, hollow knight, hollow knight: silksong, john c mcginley, john candy, jumanji, k-pop demon hunters, life is strange, machine games, man of tomorrow, mcu, michael caine, movies, nbc, nerd, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, nintendo switch 2, paramount+, peacemaker, peacock, pete hines, rockstar games, ryan reynold, scrubs, silksong, spider-man, star trek, star trek day, star wars, street fighter, sucker punch, superman, the conjuring, the office, the paper, tom holland, tomb raider, tony gilroy, treyarch, tv, video games, wolfenstein, xbox game pass
The Paper is out, the hotly anticipated sequel to the office, does it live up? Full review at the end of the episode. Silksong is out and it has dominate the charts, Nomura gives an update on Kingdom Hearts 4 and Final Fantasy, and Treyarch walks things back a bit. Plus Michael Caine is coming out of retirement, Ryan Reynolds admits to what we all know and Star Trek day comes and goes with little fanfare. Come take a listen.