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Displaying items 61-70 of 173 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "ubisoft".
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Episode 328: Back to the Motherland!
August 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
Batgirl, COD, DC comics, Dragon Age, EA, Final Fantasy, Hulu, Lucasfilm, Meta, Paul Rudd, Planet of the Apes, Ridley Scott, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, TV, WoW, Xbox, activision, age of mythology, alien franchise, alien: romulus, anaconda, avowed, backyard baseball, backyard sports, batman, batman arkham, batman arkham shadows, bethesda softworks, biopic, bioware, black myth wukong, black ops 6, blizzard, boba fett, boderlands 4, borderlands, bungie, call of duty, call of duty: black ops, chick-fil-a, civ 7, civilization 7, cod: blops, crazy taxi, dceu, dcu, deadpool & wolverine, destiny 2, detroit become human, diablo iv, disney, disney+, dont nod, dragon age: the veilguard, dragon ball, dune, dying light, epic games, eternal champions, fatal fury, fede alvarez, francis ford coppola, gamescom, gaming, geek, genshin impact, geoff keighly, goat simulator, gta: san andreas, hbo, hbo max, hifi rush, ian mckellan, indiana jones, indiana jones and the great circle, infinity nikki, italy, jack black, james gunn, john madden, king kong, king of meat, kingdom come deliverance, kingdom of the planet of the apes, krafton, legacy of kain, lionsgate, logan, lucasfilm games, machine games, mafia, mafia the oid country, mars attacks, marvel rivals, marvel studios, marvel television, masters of the universe, matthew perry, megalopolis, michael keaton, monster hunter wilds, monsterverse, movies, nerd, netflix games, nicolas cage, no more room in hell, opening night live, pacific rim, path of exile 2, quantic dream, sega, sega dreamcast, sicily, squid game, starfield, streaming, superman, tango gameworks, the acolyte, the last of us, the mandalorian, tim walz, ubisoft, uwe boll, vfx, video games, warcraft, warhammer, warhammer 40k space marine, world of warcraft, x-men '97, xbox gamepass, xbox series x
Well folks its finally happening, a Mafia game set in Sicily at the turn of the 20th Century! I am very excited! But that wasn't the only news out of Gamescom this week, another Bethesda title is going multiplatform, old franchises are returning, and new adaptations are unexpectedly coming! Also, don't go after actors for roles they play, they aren't really those characters! Meanwhile, Deadpool & Wolverine continues to break records, Indiana Jones's hat sells for over $600k, and The Acolyte is sent packing. Nic Cage, now here's a guy, will be playing John Madden, and forget the chicken sandwich war, Chick-fil-a is jumping into the streaming wars.
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Episode 326: Winter is coming...again
August 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
Bethesda, Fallout, Lucasfilm, MCU, Microsoft, Multiverse, Netflix, Ready at Dawn, Sony, Star Wars, TV, Until Dawn, Xbox, a knight of the seven kingdoms, aegon, alex winter, arkane, avowed, balatro, black ops 6, blade, blops 6, bungie, call of duty, call of duty: black ops, darksiders, david lynch, deadpool, destiny 2, disney+, dunk and egg, elden ring, fantasy football, funcoland, gambit, game informer, game of thrones, games journalism, gamescom, gamestop, gaming, gawker, geek, george rr martin, hbo, high on life, house of the dragon, indiana jones, inside out 2, intel, jamie lee curtis, jeremy renner, john wick, john wick 4, john williams, keanu reeves, kingdom hearts, max, mega blocks, mobile game, movies, nerd, nfl, obsidian, pixar, playstation 5, ps5, rocksteady, ser duncan the tale, sony playstation, squanch games, star wars outlaws, stranger things, suicide squad kill the justice league, the avengers, thq, thq nordic, ubisoft, video games, wb discovery, wb gaming, wb interactive, wolverine, x-men, xbox game pass
Did y'all know that winter is coming? Its not just the Starks that say it, now the Targaryen's say it too, and in high Valyrian. Anyway, we must now wait another two years for more House of the Dragon, but we are getting more Westeros next year! GameStop announces the end of GameInformer....is nothing sacred anymore? Meanwhile WB Gaming is imploding, Bungie done messed up, and Intel is whoa. Plus More Deadpool & Wolverine news, Inside Out 2 passes another milestone, and John Wick's world is about to expand.
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Episode 325: I'm smelling what you're stepping in
August 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 33 mins
20th century fox, Assassin's Creed, Bethesda, Dexter, Discord, Doctor Doom, Dragon Age, EA Games, Fallout, Fantastic Four, Fortnite, Joker, MCU, Netflix, PlayStation VR, San Diego Comic Con, Sony, Star Trek, Star Wars, TMNT, TV, Xbox, activision, amazon, amazon prime video, amy hennig, arkhamverse, astro bot, avengers, batman, battlestar galactica, bioshock, bungie, call of duty, captain america, castle crashers, chris hemsworth, comic con, creature commandos, dcu, deadpool, deadpool & wolverine, disney+, dr. doom, dragon age: the veilguard, galactus, galaxy quest, games workshop, gaming, geek, gundam requiem, james gunn, james mangold, jonathan majors, legacy of kain, mario and sonic at the olympics, mark hamill, marvel studios, max, mortal kombat, movies, nerd, palworld, peaky blinders, penguin, psvr 2, quidditch champions, rdj, red hulk, reddit, rings of power, road house, robert downey jr, rocksteady, roll20, russo bros, sag-aftra, sam wilson, sbmm, sdcc, shaun of the dead, showtime, sie, skeleton crew, soldier boy, spongebob, squid game, star trek fleet command, star trek lower decks, star trek strange new worlds, starborn, starfield, superman, tales of the tmnt, the batman, the boys, the oiympics, thunderbolts*, todd phillips, transformers, twitch, ubisoft, video games, voice actors, warhammer, wb interactive, wolverine, x-men, xbox game pass, xbox series x
Comic-Con 2024 has come and gone, and with it some pretty major news. And Marvel did not disappoint during their return to Hall H, and the Russo's brought us a very unexpected gift. SAG-AFTRA is back with a new strike, this time for Video Game Voice actors, Bungie gets hit with a massive lay off. And to top it all off, we have a review of Deadpool and Wolverine! LFG!
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Episode 324: The Great Journey is at an End
July 25th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
24, Bethesda, COD, Comic-Con, Dragon Age, EA Games, EDGAR WRIGHT, Fortnite, Halo, Hulu, Joker, MCU, Netflix, RuneScape, Ryan Reynolds, TV, WoW, Xbox, activision, amazon prime video, animation, apex legends, apple, apple tv+, blizzard, bob newhart, call of duty, cod: modern warfare, college football 25, cwa, cyberpunk edgerunners, dcu, deadpool, deadpool & wolverine, disney, dune, dune prophecy, ea sports, ea sports college football 25, evo 2024, ftc, gaming, geek, glen powell, guilty gear strike, hugh jackman, humble games, inside out 2, jack bauer, jack quaid, james gunn, jamie lee curtis, kiefer sutherland, kingdom of the planet of the apes, lego, mario+rabbids, max, monopoly, monopoly go, monty python, movies, multiversus, nerd, nintendo, one piece, paramount+, peacemaker, pixar, ps5, respawn, splatoon 3, street fighter 6, supergirl, superman, tekken 8, the batman, the boys, the running man, twisters, ubisoft, video games, walt disney pictures, wb games, what we do in the shadows, wolverine, world of warcraft, xbox game pass
We can finally have peace, as the Halo show has been put out of its misery. Fighting games seem to be getting a lot of new content this year, EA Sports hits the jackpot on College Football 25, and Unions make waves. Plus 24 may be coming back to a screen near you, James Gunn clarifies the DCU a little more, and the world preps for Deadpool & Wolverine. Meanwhile Pixar takes over the world inside our heads, Glen Powell seems poised to take over the actual world, and Twisters takes you on a thrilling ride.
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Episode 322: Angōs, Meleys.
July 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 36 mins
Bethesda, Bleach, Denzel Washington, F1, Futurama, GTA V, God of War, MCU, Matt Reeves, Netflix, Playstation, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, The Walking Dead, Xbox, a fistful of dollars, amazon prime video, apex legends, arkham asylum, assassins creed, assassins creed shadows, beverly hills cop, beverly hills cop axel f, boba fett, brad pitt, capcom, cities skylines, crunchyroll, darryl dixon, dcu, disney+, ea sports, ea sports fc, embracer group, emma roberts, epic games, exoprimal, fallout 4, fallout london, fallout mods, fantastic 4, ff14, final fantasy 14, game of thrones, gaming, geek, generative ai, ghosts of tsushima, gladiator ii, guilty gear strive, hbo, hellblade 2, horizon zero dawn, house of the dragon, inside out 2, invisible woman, jessica alba, john cena, madam web, movies, nba 2k25, nerd, nicolas cage, nintendo, nintendo switch, norman reedus, one piece, palworld, paramount pictures, pixar, rockstar, rooster teeth, rwby, secret wars, sega, shrek 5, sie, skydance meida, sonic the hedgehog, spaghetti western, temuera morrison, the acolyte, the batman, the boys, the devil wears prada, the mandalorian, ubisoft, video games, westeros, xbox cloud gaming, xbox gamepass, xbox gamepass ultimate
Well, GamePass is getting a price hike, but are you surprised? Inside Out 2 keeps raking it in, movies are so back! Kevin Feige had to explain a certain act to MCU execs for a Deadpool joke. Meanwhile, the Horizon Zero Dawn show is dead at Netflix. Also Gladiator II and Agatha All Along get trailers that do not dispel any confusion, Palworld wants to expand beyond gaming, and Nintendo goes off brand. Plus, Shrek 5 is official now, Temuera wants to steal an episode of the Mandalorian and Norman Reedus plans for more Darryl Dixon. Then, a Beverly Hills Cop review to wrap it all up. RIP Rhaenys.
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Episode 321: The Patron Saint of Gaming
July 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
Black Panther, COD, Final Fantasy, Fortnite, GTA, Hellboy, Hulu, Konami, MCU, Miyazaki, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Resident Evil, Ridley Scott, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Tomb Raider, Xbox, amazon fire tv, amazon gaming, andy serkis, anime, aspyr, assassins' creed, batfleck, battlfield, call of duty, call of duty warzone, capcom, cd projekt red, chris pratt, crazy taxi, cyberpunk 2077, dcu, dead rising, dead space, deadpool, deadpool and wolverine, demon slayer, denis villeneuve, dino crisis, disney, disney+, dr. disrespect, dune, elden ring, fromsoftware, gaming, geek, george rr martin, gladiator 2, godzilla, inside out 2, james gunn, justice league, kojima, kylo ren, legacy of kain, legendary pictures, let me solo her, letitia wright, lionsgate, lord of the rings, lucasarts, metal gear solid, monsterverse, morgan freeman, movies, nerd, nintendo, nintendo switch, one piece, paramount+, pax, pax west, pixar, rockstar games, sega, shadow of the erd tree, snk, squareenix, star wars bounty hunter, superman, terminator, that 90s show, the acolyte, the bear, the hunt for gollum, the knights of ren, the snyder cut, transformers, ubisoft, video games, warnerbros, watch dogs, wicked, x-men, xbox cloud gaming, youtube gaming, yves guillemot, zack snyder
Well, I did not expect news of a saint who games, but here we are, a kid who loved Halo and Pokémon is going to be a saint. Plus SEGA pulled back the soft top on its Crazy Taxi reboot, Elden Ring continues to rake in the cash, and Capcom sets its sites on the future. Warner sets dates for the next Dune and Godzilla picture, Inside Out 2 hits a billion, and will Barbenheimer get a sequel? PLus reviews of The Bear and That 90s show.
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Episode 320: Thick Gatorade?
June 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
21 jump street, 23 jump street, Fallout, Hulu, MCU, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Star Wars, TV, Tomb Raider, Xbox, Zombies, amazon prime video, andor, arkane austin, batman caped crusader, beef, bethesda games studios, beyond good & evil, black myth wukong, blade, bluepoint games, capcom, channing tatum, comic con, cwa, dcu, dead by daylight, dead rising, deadpool and wolverine, disney+, donald sutherland, dr. disrespect, eddie murphy, embracer group, fallout 3, fornite, full metal jacket, game of thrones, games as a service, gamescom, gaming, geek, green lanterns, hall h, harry potter, hbo, house of the dragon, inside out 2, james gunn, jet set radio, john hamm, jurassic park, jurassic world, kevin costner, kevin feige, kite man, kylo wren, lara croft, lego island, m3gan, max, mk1, mortal komabt, movies, mr. terrific, nerd, nintendo, oculus, oscar isaac, palmer lucky, palworld, paramount+, pixar, ps5, psvr 2, red faction, redfall, rogue one, scarjo, sega, shrek, shrek 5, sony playstation, soul calibur, soulm8te, steam deck, stella blade, streamer, street fighter, superman, t2, tekken, the acolyte, the bear, the biker mice from mars, the boys, the fantastic four, the knights of wren, the penguin, twitch, ubisoft, valve, video games, warnerbros, wb, welcome to derry, westeros, xbox series x, yellowstone
Just sit there and stew a while with that title. Once you get that out of the way, we got a bit to talk about. The Acolyte just dropped a action packed, death filled episode, and hinted at ties to the sequel trilogy. Eddie Murphy dropping extremely unexpected Shrek news, and HBO gets what MAX didnt! Plus, Sony seems to be abandoning the PSVR 2 already, XBOX wants to make a big splash at Gamescom, and Capcom is bringing Frank West back, again. A ton more so stick around and take a listen.
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Episode 318: Xbox has all the games!
June 13th, 2024 | 1 hr 28 mins
343, Academy Awards, Assassin's Creed, Dragon Age, EA, Flight Simulator, Halo, Life is Strange, MCU, Monster Hunter, Netflix, Phil Spencer, Resident Evil, Skull & Bones, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, TV, Xbox, adventure time, age of mythology retold, alamo drafthouse, alan wake 2, angry birds, assassin's creed shadows, avowed, baby reindeer, bad boys, bad boys 4, bad boys ride or die, banana game, black myth wukong, blade, blumhouse, bungie, call of duty, call of duty black ops, civ, civilization vii, counter strike, cs:go, diablo iv, disney, doom, doom: the dark ages, dragon age; the veilguard, fable, fallout 76, foster's home, game of thrones, gaming, gears of war, gears of war e-day, geek, gen v, gog, halo: ce, harry potter, hbo, horizon zero dawn, hunger games, i am legend, ign live, indiana jones, killer bean, lego, lego games, lego horizon adventures, madden 25, max, metal gear solid, moana, monopoly, movies, nerd, ninajs, palworld, perfect dark, phantom blade, plankton, prince of persia, quidditch champions, re: village, rebel moon, regular show, rocksteady games, s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2, sega, skate, sonic, sony pictures, spongebob, star field, star wars outlaws, state of decay, steam, suicide squad isekai, summer games fest, sumo digital, terminator zero, the boys, the lion king, tokyo vice, twilight of the gods, ubisoft, ubisoft forward, valorant, video games, war of the rohhirim, wb interactive, world of warcraft, xbox games showcase, zack snyder
The summer of gaming 2024 is here! We got summer games fest, the Xbox Showcase, Sony State of Play(last week), and the Ubisoft Forward! We have news from all of it! And did you expect a Perfect Dark gameplay reveal? Cause I didn't. So many games are coming to gamepass, and so many games are staying on Xbox, except DOOM but thats ok, its a Mad World. Also more hungers games is coming, both on the page and on the screen, Netflix is expaning its Nickelodeon world, and its Zack Snyder world, meanwhile Max is growing Westeros and Middle Earth. WB also seems to doubling down on Anime. Plus is Marvels Blade in trouble again? Plus Alamo Drafthouse is saved by Sony.
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Episode 317: No longer in 8k
June 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
8k, Bethesda, Dungeons & Dragons, Fallout, Lucasfilm, MCU, Netflix, New York Times, Playstation, Ready Player One, Silent Hill, Star Trek, Star Wars, TV, Tomb Raider, Until Dawn, alien, alien romulus, amazon prime video, aragorn, astro bot, asus, avalanche studios, baldur's gate 3, batman, batman ninja, beyond the spider-verse, bill skarsgard, bungie, chris hemsworth, concord, deadpool, deadpool and wolverine, destiny 2, destiny 2: the final shape, disney+, doom, doom guy, dynasty warriors, ea sports, eli roth, elle fanning, embracer group, fallout 76, finding nemo, gaming, geek, gi joe, giancarlo esposito, god of war ragnarok, godzilla minus one, hostel, hyperkin, id software, ikea, inside out 2, it, john romero, jurassic world, kathleen kennedy, like a dragon: yakuza, lord of the rings, lotr, mahershala ali, marvel rivals, max, minecraft, movie pass, movies, multiversus, naughty dog, ncaa football 25, nerd, nvidia, peaky blinders, pixar, predator, ps5, psvr 2, riot games, roblox, rog ally x, sega, sony state of play, tekken 8, the acolyte, the hunt for gollum, the incredibles, the last of us, the sims, todd howard, transformers, ubisoft, umbrella academy, valorant, venom: the last dance, video game adaptations, video games, viggo mortenson, waffle house, where winds meet, wordle, worldle
Well the summer game showcase season has begun, and the Sony State of Play kicked it all off! More Video game adaptations are also hitting our screens this year, as the industry continues to flip flop between healthy and layoffs. Hollywood seems to finally be bouncing back from the pandemic and the dual strikes as new projects are aplenty. Plus The Acolyte seems to be a shining star in the Star Wars Galaxy!
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Episode 316: Make it Epic
May 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 16 mins
Bethesda, Daniel Craig, Garfield, Just Cause, Konami, Legend of Zelda, MCU, Mad Max, Microsoft, Netflix, Playstation, Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six Siege, Resident Evil, Richard Sherman, Silent Hill, Sony, Spider-Man, TV, Tom King, activision, alex baldwin, amazon games, amazon prime video, arrowhead studios, atari, baldurs gate 3, barbenheimer, black ops 6, blops, brad pitt, call of duty, cannes, capcom, cd projekt red, chris hemsworth, cody rhoades, cyberpunk 2077, damon lindelof, david lynch, dcu, deadpool and wolverine, disney, disney legend, doge, doom, doom dark ages, dragons quest, ea sports, embracer group, faker, furiosa, furiosa a mad max saga, gaming, geek, george clooney, george lucas, george miller, giancarlo esposito, green lanterns, gulf war, he-man, helldivers 2, id software, intellivision, james gunn, jeffery wright, knives out, larian, league of legends, lego, lord of the rings, marvel studios, middle earth, moana, morgan spurlock, movies, multiversus, naked gunn, naughty dog, ncaa football 25, neil druckmann, nerd, nintendo, nintendo of america, playstation 5, ps5, psvr 2, re code veronica, re zero, rian johnson, rings of power, riot games, rob mcelhenney, spielberg, star citizen, state of play, super size me, ted saranados, the exorcist, the last of us, the last of us show, tom bombadil, ubisoft, uncharted, video games, welcome to wrexham, x-men '97
What a deal, what a day! Furiosa review coming in hot! Yes Dementus has struck a chord with me. We also learned about the next Knives Out movie, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are reuniting, and Tom Bombadil is finally getting his shot at live action. Meanwhile Sony announces a State of Play last minute, Neil Druckmann gets taken out of context, and Activision wins its lawsuit against cheaters. Cheaters never prosper. Plus thoughts on two major lawsuits affecting Hollywood and Video Games.