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Displaying items 1-10 of 224 in total of Nick's Nerd News with the tag "xbox".
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Episode 410: Fist my bump
March 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 12 mins
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Amaze! we have the first big movie review of the year, and it gets a perfect score, full review of Project Hail Mary inside. Plus the Harry Potter HBO show dropped its first trailer, The aforementioned Project Hail Mary dominates at the box office, and post game depression is a real thing. Meanwhile Epic is cutting staff at a hefty amount, and Stephen Colbert is making his mark on middle earth.
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Episode 409: What have we here? Matching uniforms?
March 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
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The Oscars were this weekend, and surprise surprise, PTA won big, while Chalamet went home with nothing. We also got two big trailers this week, Dune Pt. 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Pokémon Go was used to farm us for AR images and map data, and Nvidia says we're wrong about DLSS5. Plus we have the Scooby gang all casted for Netflix's upcoming adaptation.
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Episode 408: Get to da Choppa...again?
March 11th, 2026 | 57 mins 37 secs
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Xbox's future is secure for now, but can Project Helix help? PlayStation decides to say screw everyone and adopts dynamic pricing. Meanwhile, lawsuits are brimming all over the gaming landscape. Plus, Star Wars has entered a new "Era", and Arnold is teasing legacy sequels???
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Episode 406: Phil NOT of the future
February 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
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In massive gaming news, and I MEAN MASSIVE! Phil Spencer has retired from Xbox and Microsoft and his #2 Sarah Bond resigned as well, as a questionable new CEO takes the reigns. Plus Sony plans to reboot their wider Spider-manless Spider-verse after its utter collapse, no more morbin time? Mortal Kombat 2 got a Johnny Cage filled trailer and Valve is getting sued by the state of New York and as Jackie Chiles would say: "It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous!"
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Episode 403: What kind of idiots do you have working here?
February 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
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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 402: Its a trailer park Z
January 29th, 2026 | 59 mins 37 secs
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We finally have a release date for Forza Horizon 6, and at the same time saw that Game Freak can do more than Pokémon. Steam is facing a massive lawsuit in the UK, will it hold? Plus Sinners sweeps the Oscar noms, Dragon Ball celebrates its 40th in style, and there were more Trailers then you could shake a stick at this past week.
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Episode 401: The Sanic Mysteries: Gotta go fast
January 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 20 mins
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Well Star Wars fans can continue to argue, because Kathleen Kennedy stepping down certainly wont stop them. But something to stop to listen to, is George RR Martin telling all to the Hollywood Reporter. Plus, Fallout Season 2 is not falling behind season 1, people just don't remember how TV works. Ubisoft decided to lay a big one on the gaming industry by cancelling another Prince of Persia game, and Netflix wants to keep WB movies on the big screen if the merger goes through. That and more on this weeks episode.
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Episode 400: Staying Four-Humble
January 14th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
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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 398: Nick's Nerd New Year: Lucky Number Se7en
December 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 20 mins
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No 7 Wonders of the nerd world here, just Top 10s for 2025. With some news sprinkled in. Nick once again brings his Top 10 Movies, Games and TV shows to round out the year. No more perfect a day than New Years Eve! See you in 2026!
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Episode 394: Happy Little Trees
November 26th, 2025 | 57 mins 32 secs
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Happy Thanksgiving week! Just a few major stories to break down this week. FarCry is headed to television on FX with Rob Mac staring, which is the right type of chaos that show needs. Wicked went off to see the wizard with a big box office take, and it might not be, for good. Plus Rush Hour 4 is happening, and the reason why is pretty unusual. That and more on this weeks episode.