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Displaying items 101-110 of 167 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "ubisoft".
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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 250: 250 in the bag!
February 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
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, dark horse, david fincher, dbz, diablo iv, disney, disney+, doom, ernie hudson, european union, evo 2023, firaxis, ftc, game of thrones, ghostbusters, 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, mcu, michael b jordan, mindhunter, movies, my hero academia, naruto, netflix, nintendo, nvidia, oscars, paramount+, playstation, ps4, rosario dawson, square enix, star trek, star trek picard, star trek the next generation, star trek the wrath of khan, star wars, steam, street fighter 6, tetris, the last of us, the mandalorian, the marvels, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, wb games, will smith, wizarding world, xbox, 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
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 245: Cubicle of 10k layoffs
January 19th, 2023 | 54 mins 39 secs
343i, activisionblizzard, alien, amazon prime video, animaniacs, antoine fuqua, avatar, batman tas, black myth wukong, bungie, candy crush, chad stahleski, channing tatum, cruncyroll, dcu, dead space, dice awards, disney+, ezra miller, gamefreak, ghost, google, halo, hasbro, hbo max, hulu, james cameron, james gunn, john carpenter, john wick, justin roiland, kevin conroy, king, league of legends, m3gan, mario kart, mark hamill, michael b jordan, michael jackson biopic, microsoft, might morphin power rangers, movies, naughty dog, netease, netflix, nintendo, nintendo switch, nvidia, patrick swayze, pokémon, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, powerwash simulator, rainbow six, rick and morty, ridley scott, rocksteady, saban, star wars, stephen colbert, steven spielberg, suicide squad kill the justice league, the bad batch, the batman, the batverse, the boys, the callisto protocol, the flash, the joker, the last of us, the mandalorian, the pokémon company, tom clancy, tomb raider, trigun, trigun stampede, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, wb, xbox, xbox studios, yves guillmot
Those Microsoft Layoffs may have a greater impact on gaming then we might realize, especially for Master Chief. NVIDIA and Google voice their concerns over the Activision deal, but stop short of jumping in Sony's bandwagon. Pour one out for Stadia, as today was its final day. Mark Hamill gives and update on playing the Joker, Spielberg wants to jump into TV, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are coming back. Meanwhile the BatVerse is more real then you realize, James Cameron hits another Billion, and Rainbow Six is coming to the big screen.
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Episode 244: Everywhere the Banshees of the White Lotus Elementary
January 12th, 2023 | 51 mins 34 secs
activisionblizzard, adam devine, amazon prime video, andy muschietti, ant-man, ant-man & the wasp quantomania, avatar, avatar the way of water, borderlands, call of duty, ces2023, collin farrell, commander cody, community, dave filoni, dcu, deadpool, digital game sales, disney+, dungeons & dragons, francis ford coppola, game of thrones, george rr martin, gladiator 2, got, hbo, hbo max, hogwarts legacy, htc, htc vive, hugh jackman, into the spider-verse, james cameron, jerrod carmichael, joel mchale, jonathan majors, kang the conqueror, kevin fiege, m3gan, marvel studios, mcu, meta, meta quest, microsoft, modok, movies, netflix, nicolas cage, paramount+, paul rudd, peacock, phase 5, playstation, playstation 5, ps5, razer, ridley scott, simon pegg, skull and bones, sony, star wars, steam, the adams family, the bad batch, the batman, the clone wars, the flash, the golden globes, the last of us, the penguin, troy baker, tv shows, ubisoft, uk government, verizon, video games, vr, warnerbros, warnerbrosdiscovery, wednesday adams, wolverine, workaholics, x-men, xbox
Well the Golden Globes huh, how about them apples? Also how are no physical games being sold in the UK, that makes absolutely no sense. Some genre defining directors are making some missteps, WarnerBros is trying out a "were sorry" approach, Paramount+ makes some interesting choices for non Star Trek Properties.
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Episode 237: Immersion Broken
November 24th, 2022 | 56 mins 51 secs
across the spider-verse, activisionblizzard, amazon primer video, amy adams, anaheim, assassin's creed valhalla, atlanta, avatar 2, bayonetta, black panther, black panther wakanda forever, blumhouse, bob chapek, bob iger, bullitt, call of duty, chris hemsworth, david leitch, dc studios, dcu, dead or alive, deadpool, deadpool christmas, disney, disney+, disneyland, embracer group, escape from new york, fast and the furious, fast x, galax's edge, game freak, genie+, god of war ragnarok, green ranger, honda, indian jones, james gunn, james wan, jason blum, jason david frank, kratos, legacy of kain, lightning lane, lois lane, lord & miller, lucasfilm, mario kart 8, marvel studios, mcu, movies, namor, netflix, ninja gaiden, nintendo, nintendo switch, nvidia, overwatch 2, paramount+, pc, phil spencer, picard, pirates of the caribbean, playstation, playstation 5, pokémon, pokémon scarlet, pokémon violet, power rangers, ps5, quentin tarantino, riker, rise of the resistance, rtx 4090, ryan reynold, silk spider, silk: spider society, sonic the hedgehog, sony, space mountain, spider-man, splash mountain, splinter cell, star trek, star trek picard, star wars, steam, steven spielberg, superman, team ninja, the pokémon company, tommy oliver, top gun maverick, tv shows, twisted metal, ubisoft, video games, warzone 2, xbox, xbox gamepass
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are out, and not looking too hot. A major shakeup at Disney, Ubisoft drops some news, A power Ranger leaves us, and Indy goes digital. Meanwhile the future of DC is on the horizon, the MCU has some interesting things in its future, and Fast X is apparently out of control.
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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 230: Its Jorts Season
October 5th, 2022 | 59 mins 25 secs
activisionblizzard, amazon prime video, american pie, andor, armor wars, assassins creed, avengers: secret wars, beverly hills cop, black panther wakanda forever, blade, bloodbourne, call of duty, cd projekt red, christian bale, clerks 3, collin trevorrow, community, cyberpunk 2077, disney+, dune, eddie murphy, fraiser, fromsoftware, game of thrones, games with gold, god of war ragnarok, google stadia, hbo max, horizon zero dawn, house of the dragon, iron heart, iron man, james bond, jurassic park, jurassic world, kevin smith, kingdom of the planet of the apes, lord of the rings, magic the gathering, mahershala ali, mcu, middle earth, movies, netflix, nintendo, overwatch 2, paramount+, peacock, planet of the apes, playstation, playstation stars, playstation studios, pokemon, ps5, psv2, rings of power, ruben fleiscer, saudi arabia, six seasons and a movie, sony, sony playstation, spawn, star wars, super mario, tencent, the daily show, the witcher, todd mcfarlane, trevor noah, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, werewolf by nignt, xbox
Jorts? Who wears Jorts? Kevin Smith wears jorts, and Clerks 3 is out and we have a review. Is Sony making the right moves with PlayStation right now? Who knows. Google kills Stadia, finally, Overwatch 2 has a shakey launch, and who will rule the video game world, Saudi Arabia or Tencent? Meanwhile Community gets its 6 seasons and a movie, Fraiser is coming back to the airwaves, and is Blade dead?
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Episode 229: Alpha Flight Strikes Back!
September 29th, 2022 | 44 mins 31 secs
007, amazon prime video, andor, avatar, avatar the last airbender, black panther, borderlands, bridgerton, call of duty, cod modern warfare ii, cod mwii, cyberpunk 2077, darth vader, deadpool, deadpool 3, dhs, disney+, e3, ea, emily in paris, enola holmes, entergalactic, extraction, game of thrones, gearbox software, glass onion, hbo, hot wheel unleashed, house of the dragon, hugh jackman, injustice 2, jack ryan, james bond, james earl jones, kid cudi, koeitechmo, manifest, mcu, movies, namor, netflix gaming, netflix tudum, nier: automata, omega force, onimusha, overwatch 2, paramount+, project amplify, ps plus, reespeecher, rings of power, ryan reynolds, samsung tvs, scanners, shadow & bone, she hulk, skate, skate 4, skull & bones, splinter cell, star trek 4, star trek lower decks, star trek the next generation, star wars, superhot, the crown, the last of us, the witcher, tiny tina's wonderlands, tom clancy, tv shows, ubisoft, video games, wakanda forever, wild hearts, wolverine, xbox, xbox cloud gaming
Whoa talk about earth shattering news! How many of y'all are excited that Hugh Jackman is back as Wolverine and in Deadpool 3 of all places! Is he the MCUs Wolverine? Who knows. We also talk about Netflix Tudum, Star Wars Andor, Star Trek 4, James Bond, Call of Duty Modern Warfare II, Overwatch 2 and Cyberpunk's rise from the ashes.