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Displaying items 101-110 of 173 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "ubisoft".
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Episode 262: EU x UK: Dawn of Cloud Gaming
May 17th, 2023 | 45 mins 40 secs
Crash Bandicoot, Duolingo, Five Nights At Freddy's, Fortnite, MCU, Microsoft, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, TV shows, UK, Witcher, Xbox, abk, activisionblizzard, amazon games, archer, assassins creed, avatar 2, beetlejuice 2, blizzcon, cd projekt red, cma, crunchyroll, dbz, dcu, disney+, dragonball z, dungeons and dragons movie, ea sports college football, echo, eu, fast x, gta6, guardians of the galaxy, hogwarts legacy, indiana jones, jack black, james gunn, john wick 5, johnny bravo, league of legends, loki, lord of the rings, lotr mmo, mission impossible, movies, nintendo, nintendo switch, overwatch 2, paris has fallen, paul walker, ps5, psvr2, respawn, riot games, rockstar games, sega, sqaureenix, star wars: jedi survivor, stray, super mario bros movie, superman legacy, take-two interactive, tenacious d, the CW, the mandalorian, ubisoft, video games, vin diesel, wga strike, willem dafoe, windows gaming
So here we are at a point where the EU has approved the ABK deal for the same reasons that the UK denied the deal, its unreal. We've learned that GTA 6 may be coming sooner then anyone expected. SquareEnix wants to keep growing, and Sony contracts. The WGA strike claims another victim, and who is excited for Fast X?
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Episode 261: I'm not a Racoon!
May 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
AMC, Bethesda, CBS, Carrie Fisher, Doctor Strange, EA, EA Games, Lucasfilm, MCU, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Pokémon GO, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, babylon 5, beetlejuice 2, blade, bravely default, bungie, burger king, capcom, disney, disney+, dungeons and dragons, good omens, gran turismo, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, harry potter, hogwarts legacy, into the spider-verse, jenna ortega, karl urban, kathleen kennedy, lotr, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, may the 4th be with you, metroid prime remastered, middle earth, movies, niantic, nintendo, nintendo switch, one piece, oppenheimer, pokémon, pokémon anime, redfall, rings of power, riot games, rogue one, skeleton crew, star wars visions vol. 2, stranger things, street fighter 6, swat, ubisoft, ultimate team, video games, wandavision, wga strike, yellowstone
This week is dominated by the affects of the WGA strike so lets talk about what is gonna get delayed. Also gaming seems to be beating at a normal pace so nothing major, other then EA posing massive profits, shocker, I know. And of course we have a review of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3.
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Episode 259: An F-Bomb drops on the MCU
April 26th, 2023 | 47 mins 41 secs
Black Mirror, Blizzard Entertainment, Cartoon Network, Chris Pine, EA, Ghostbusters, Lilo & Stitch, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, PS Plus, Ridley Scott, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, The Division, The Witcher, Venom, Xbox, a haunting in venice, abk, activision, activisionblizzard, agatha coven of chaos, amazon prime video, ana de armas, aquaman 2, asus, asus rog, atari, bad boys, batman caped crusader, beetlejuice 2, big mouth, blue beetle, boba fett, call of duty, capcom, cinemacon, dcu, diablo iv, disney, disney+, duffer bros, dune, elemental, gamescom, gaming, gareth edwards, gran turismo, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, guerilla games, harrison ford, hercule poirot, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, indiana jones, james gunn, kraven the hunter, lord of the rings, marvel studios, michael fassbender, movies, national treasure, nick kroll, nintendo, paramount plus, pixar, playstation studios, ps5, rings of power, sega, sony pictures, spider-verse, spongebob, star trek picard, steam, street fighter 6, temeura morrison, the flash, the little mermaid, the mandalorian, the meg 2, the super mario bros movie, tolkien estate, totally spies, twitter, ubisoft, uk cma, video games, walt disney pictures, warner bros, willy wonka, wish, wonder woman
Yes you read that correctly, the MCU is getting its first F-Bomb and its not coming from the merc with a mouth. The CMA blocks the Microsoft ABK deal in a shocking twist, that will surely end the way we all expect it to. SEGA unionizes, Netflix brings back a classic, and Pircard gives the D its hero moment. Cinemacon is underway and the studios brought out all the big guns. Come take a listen.
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Episode 255: I'm Thinking I'm Back
March 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
2k, Donnie Yen, E3, MCU, Microsoft, Playstation, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TMNT, TV shows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Xbox, activisionblizzard, amazonprime video, amy jo johnson, aquaman, batman v superman, brie larson, cap 4, captain america 4, curb your enthusiasm, dardevil born again, dcu, disney+, elden ring, fast x, fromsoftware, geek, guardians of the galaxy vol 3, guerilla games, hbo, henry cavill, hitchcock, horizon forbidden west, horizon zero dawn, jason momoa, john wick, keanu reeves, larry david, lego games, lionsgate, live tyler, lotr, lower decks, man of steel, marvel studios, mmpr, movies, multiversus, muppets mayhem, nerd, paramount+, peta, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon horizons, power rangers, ps5, questlove, rings of power, roberty downey jr, sega, shazam, snyderverse, sonic, sonic origins, star trek picard, star trek prodigy, steam, strange new world, streaming, the aristocats, the bad batch, the lord of the rings, the mandalorian, tommy wiseau, ubisoft, vertigo, video games, vincent d'onofrio, windows 7, zachary levi, zack snyder, zack snyder's justice league
We've got a John Wick Chapter 4 review in todays episode so make sure to stick around till the end. More news on the Microsoft Activision merger, E3 faces another loss, and Guerilla clarifies why the Horizon Forbidden West DLC is on PS5 only. Star Trek announces its 2023 plans, HBO may be toying with our hearts, and Daredevil may be around longer then we expected. The MCU is growing, and shrinking at the same time, while we get more details about the DCU and Fast franchises. Come take a listen!
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Episode 254: Welcome to NNN, Home of the NNN, can I take your order?
March 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
Ben Affleck, Denzel Washington, EA, Farcry 5, Final Fantasy, Fortnite, Lucasfilm, MCU, Middle-earth, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Phil Spencer, Playstation, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Tom Cruise, Xbox, Xbox 360, activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, bandainamco, barry keoghan, battlefield, bella ramsey, blizzard, call of duty, cirian hinds, counter strike 2, cs:go, david ayer, david lindelof, dceu, dcu, destiny 2, diablo iv, disney+, dwayne "the rock" johnson, eldenring, epic games, ffxvi, final fantasy 16, from software, gamestop, gears of war, gladiator 2, good burger, hbo, hyperkin, insomniac games, justin roiland, keenan & kel, lance reddick, lord of the rings, lotr, marvel studios, marvel's spider-man, mephisto, mighty morphin power rangers, movies, nintendo 3ds, nintendo eshop, openai gpt, paramount+, podcast, pong, ps5, rare ltd, rebel moon, sam niel, sea of theives, senuas sacrifice, shazam fury of the gods, squareenix, star trek picard, superman, the bad batch, the completionist, the daniels, the flash, the last of us, the mandalorian, the rings of power, twister, twitch, ubisoft, unreal engine 5, valve, video games, wiiu, willow, zachari levi, zack snyder
If the title wasn't an indication of the news then I don't know how to tell you this. But Good Burger is coming Back! Good Burrger 2 was announced, among other things. But the Second Dominion war seems to be heading our way in the star trek universe, the Unreal Engine is literally forging new paths, the Power Rangers are back, and Shazam 2 was funnier then it had any business being.
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Episode 253: The Ides of March
March 16th, 2023 | 39 mins 5 secs
Bethesda, E3, Guillermo Del Toro, Legend of Zelda, Lucasfilm, MCU, Mega Man, Microsoft, Monster Hunter, NASA, Resident Evil, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Xbox, activisionblizzard, agatha: coven of chaos, amazon prime video, ant-man, arkhamverse, batman: caped crusader, beetlejuice, black adam, bob iger, bob odenkirk, breath of the wild, bruce timm, call of duty, capcom, darkseid, dcu, disney+, elizabeth olsen, everything everywhere all at once, exoprimal, frankenstein, gamestop, gattaca, ghostwire tokyo, hbo, henry cavill, hitman, io interactive, james bond, james gunn, jenna ortega, john wick, keanu reeves, minecraft, movies, nintendo, paramount+, picard, quentin tarantino, raid shadow legends, reddit, rocksteady studios, scarlet witch, stonks, street fighter 6, suicide squad kill the justice league, superman, tango gameworks, tears of the kingdom, the academy awards, the bad batch, the last of us, the mandalorian, the oscars, the rock, the room, tim burton, tommy wiseau, ubisoft, video games, willow, zack snyder
Yes on this Ides of March we have a new episode. We've got Oscars Coverage, and Mando reviews. More news from the Microsoft Activision merger plus DC and Marvel news you wont want to miss. Just make sure to let Caesar know before he sees Brutus.
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Episode 251: State of Presents Earnings Call
March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
Bethesda, Chris Pine, E3, EA Games, Guillermo Del Toro, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Resident Evil, Sony, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, The night manager, Tom Cruise, Xbox, amazon studios, andy muschietti, arkhamverse, baldurs gate 3, batman, battlefield 2042, beyond good and evil 2, call of duty, capcom, captain pikachu, cocaine bear, dcu, destiny 2, dice, disney+, dune, dune prequel, elden ring, ffxvi, forspoken, forza horizon 5, forza motorsport, fromsoftware, games with gold, glass onion, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, io interactive, it, it prequel, knives out, lord of the rings, meta quest 2, meta quest 3, middle earth, modern warfare ii, mortal kombat 12, movies, new line cinema, nintendo, occulus, paramount+, peter jackson, picard, pokémon, pokémon anime, pokémon concierge, pokémon presents, pokémon scarlet, pokémon sleep, pokémon violet, ps5, psvr2, resident evil 4 remake, ring of power, rockstead studios, rogers: the musical, shazam, shigeru miyamoto, shinji mikami, 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 thunderbolts, top gun maverick, ubisoft, vaporware, video games, warnerbros, wb, 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 250: 250 in the bag!
February 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
Dark Horse, Ghostbusters, MCU, Netflix, Oscars, PS4, Playstation, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV shows, Tetris, Xbox, activisionblizzard, anime, ant-man and the wasp, ant-man and the wasp quantumania, appletv+, ashoka, assassins creed, blizzard, bungie, call of duty, captain marvel, civilization 7, cma, creed 3, crystal dynamics, cwa, dardevil, david fincher, dbz, diablo iv, disney, disney+, doom, ernie hudson, european union, evo 2023, firaxis, ftc, game of thrones, got, harry potter, hbo, hogwarts legacy, house of the dragon, i am legend, james bond, jj abrams, jk rowling, jon favreau, liam neeson, lilo and stich, marvels avengers, michael b jordan, mindhunter, movies, my hero academia, naruto, nintendo, nvidia, paramount+, rosario dawson, star trek picard, star trek the next generation, star trek the wrath of khan, steam, street fighter 6, the last of us, the mandalorian, the marvels, ubisoft, video games, wb games, will smith, wizarding world, zach galifinakis
That's right, episode 250 is in the books! This week is a doozy! We've got a review of Ant-Man & The Wasp Quantumania, Star Trek Picard season 3, and Hogwarts Legacy. Also a lot of movement on the Xbox and ActivisionBlizzard Merger went down over the past week. Meanwhile, Ubisoft admits to some failures, a reflection on the Ben Affleck Daredevil, and Marvel VFX artists speak out.
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Episode 249: The Big Game Spot
February 16th, 2023 | 58 mins 39 secs
Batgirl, EA Games, Fantastic Four, Joker, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV shows, The Legend of Zelda, Xbox, activision, activisionblizzard, amazon, ant man and the wasp, apex legends, appletv+, arrested development, barney, barney the purple dinosaur, batfleck, batman, batman 89, bob iger, bobby kotick, breath of the wild, call of duty, dcu, dead island 2, dead space, deadpool 3, disney+, ea sports, english premier league, ezra miller, fast x, fifa, general zod, guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, hbo max, how to train your dragon, james gunn, kevin feige, league of legends, link, lord and miller, magic mike, marvel studios, mattel, michael keaton, modern warfare ii, movies, multiversus, nintendo, nintendo switch, patrick stewart, respawn, riot games, roblox, spider-man noir, squid game, 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 mandalorian, the super bowl, tom clancy, transformers, ubisoft, velma, video games, warzone, 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, Ben Affleck, Bethesda, COD, Cartoon Network, Halo, Hulu, MCU, Netflix, Playstation, Rick and Morty, Sony, Star Wars, The Legend of Zelda, Xbox, air jordan, alec baldwin, amazon prime video, apple tv+, aqua teen hunger force, aquaman 2, ash ketchum, attack on titan, avatar 2, breath of the wild, brendan fraiser, call of duty, call of duty modern warfare ii, cd projekt red, critical roll, crystal dynamics, cyberpunk2077, dcu, disney+, elder scrolls, elder scrolls online, everything everywhere all at once, fallout new vegas, forza motorsport, gollum, harry potter, hi-fi rush, hogwarts legacy, hot wheels, 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, michael jordan, minecraft legends, modern warfare ii, mojang, morrowind, movies, nike, nintendo, nintendo switch, obsidian entertainment, peter safran, pokémon, ps5, psvr, psvr2, redfall, reed hastings, rick & morty, riot games, rust, skeleton crew, solar opposites, squareenix, 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 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, 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.