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Soulslike games have never been my thing. The lack of difficulty options and pausing has turned me off to all soulslike games. Lies of P is going to change that. Once the expansion is released, there will be two new difficulty options: Butterfly’s Guidance and Awakened Puppet. The current game’s level will be called Legendary Stalker. The options will be available for the expansion and the base game.

“We wanted to make sure a wider audience of players could play the game” said game director Jiwon Choi. A wider audience for the game will be sure to draw more in more people for the sequel that FromSoftware is developing.

The expansion, Lies of P: Overture that includes these options releases this summer. Up until this point I have seen gameplay, but never had any desire to play Lies of P due to its difficulty, but these new options have me questioning if I should play my first Soulslike game.

Are Soulslike games your kind of game? If not will these options entice you into checking them out? Let us know in the comments below.

It should be a good summer for gaming. Not only do we have upcoming games showcases, Gamescom, and game releases, but we have a console release as well. June 5th will see the release of the Nintendo Switch 2. That is one day before Summer Game Fest kick off. We could be seeing the Switch 2 logo show up alongside Playstation and Xbox more than we’ve ever had before.

Dying Light: The Beast, Monster Hunter Wilds, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and more are scheduled to be released over the summer. Some may even be shadowdropped during the showcases. Not to mention in game events and DLCs. Summer 2025 will definitely be big for gaming.

For the showcases, while we said goodbye to E3 a few years ago, Summer Game Fest stepped up and has managed to keep the showcases together. Below are a list of the summer showcases. This list is subject to change and might be updated when more information releases.

Summer Showcases

Access-Ability Summer Showcase – Friday, June 6 – 11:00 AM (EDT)

Summer Game Fest 2025 – Friday, June 6 – 4:45 PM (EDT)

Day of the Devs – Friday, June 6 – 7:00 PM (EDT)

Wholesome Direct – Saturday, June 7 – 12:00 PM (EDT)

Women-led Games Showcase – June 7, 1:00 PM (EDT)

Latin American Games Showcase – June 7, 2:00 PM (EDT)

Future Games Show – Saturday June 7 – 4:00 PM (EDT)

Xbox Games Showcase – Sunday, June 8 – 1:00 PM (EDT)

PC Games Showcase – Sunday, June 8 – 3:00 PM (EDT)

Gamescom Opening Night Live Tuesday, August 19 ? 2:00 PM (EDT)

Ubisoft Forward (rumored, TBA)

Sony State of Play (rumored, TBA)

For years now, Sony has held the console exclusivity for Final Fantasy VII. It’s been rumored to be in the works for Xbox for a while and it seemed like a pipe dream, that is it was, until last month. When Nintendo showed off the Switch 2, they announced that the Final Fantasy VII Remake and its sequel would be coming to their new console. While this doesn’t prove anything about it coming to Xbox, it would be less of a surprise if it was announced during their June press conference.

Xbox has a press conference scheduled on June 8th with an Outer Worlds 2 Direct right after it. 2 days before hand on the 6th, Summer Game Fest kicks off with a 2 hour presentation. The games could be announced at either one of these, possibly even with a release date for both the Xbox and Switch 2 versions of the game.

On the May 9th, Behaviour had it’s anniversary stream where they finally showed off the next year of Dead by Daylight. They showed off their Five Nights at Freddy’s chapter, along with new announcements, including Witcher cosmetics coming. At the end, they said there were clues in the broadcast. If you look at the roadmap they showed, certain letters are dimmed out (pictured above). If you look at the letters, they spell out The Ones Who Live.

The Ones Who Live was a miniseries set in the world of the Walking Dead. It was the continuation of Rick and Michonne’s story. Since we are getting a 2 survivor chapter in July, with no killer, it looks like Rick and Michonne could be coming to Dead by Daylight. If this is the case, then it could be possible that these 2 are just the start. With Legendary cosmetics, it could mean that Darryl, Glenn, Maggie, Carol and anyone else from the universe could show up. Maybe they only have the rights to the one show, but the number of survivors that could show up from the universe is ever expanding as they have numerous shows in production.

Of course, this is only speculation and it could be a reference to something else or just a weird coincidence. We won’t know for sure until it’s officially announced, but it would be pretty cool to play as Rick Grimes and do stuff… and things. Are you excited about the future of Dead by Daylight?

More than a year after its announcement trailer, we finally have a release date for GTA 6. Unfortunately that release date is May 26, 2026. It was originally scheduled to be released in 2025, so this release date is a bit disappointing for those of us who have been itching to get our hands on it. A few days after Rockstar announced the release date, they released the second trailer for the game.

On top of the release date and trailer, Rockstar released an official synopsis for the game as well:

Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them but when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.

May 2026 will be a busy month

GTA 6 may be the only game that has been announced for May 2026 so far, there will be other forms of entertainment holding your interest until then. Avengers Doomsday will be released on May 1. If Star Wars is more your thing, The Mandalorian and Grogu released on the 22nd. There’s an untitled DC Studios film scheduled for the 29th as well.

GTA 6 will be released for Playstation 5 and Xbox Series S/X with a PC release likely sometime in 2027. Where will you be playing GTA 6? I know I will be on Xbox enjoying this game on day 1 most likely.

Last month when Nintendo announced it’s Switch 2 games would be increasing to $80, it seemed like they were going to be an outlier. At least for a few years until the next iterations of Xbox and Playstation came out. Today, however, Microsoft announced that Xbox hardware and games would be increasing. Their games will match Nintendo’s pricing at $80. They cited rising game costs and market conditions as the reason for the increase. They also announced a price increase for their consoles effective immediately.

Speculation seems to be that tariffs are at least part of the market conditions that they are referring to. Considering the uncertainty of the tariffs and how every few days things change, that doesn’t seem to be out of the realm of possibility. It’s pretty uncommon that game prices and especially console prices increase in the middle of their lifecycle.

Game Pass Gains More Value

With the price increase, it makes Xbox Game Pass even more valuable. $80 for one first party game or $20 a month for over 300 games, for a lot of people they’d choose the $20 a month. Xbox has put out 3 first party games in the last few weeks and they have more releasing later this year, with Doom the Dark Ages coming out in a few weeks. All these releases would cost a few hundred dollars more than a year of Game Pass would cost.

Will GTA Cost $100?

There’s been rumors that Grand Theft Auto 6 would cost $100 at launch. Last year this rumor seemed ridiculous, but with games now costing $80, that doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility. With a title as big as GTA, they could easily charge $100 and still break records.

Will $80 make you subscribe to more subscription services or cut back on gaming? Let us know.

When I got my Xbox 360 in 2006, I picked up Oblivion with it. I had never played an Elder Scrolls game before, so I wasn’t even sure what I was getting myself into. What I got was an RPG with an in depth story and memorable characters. It also got me a magical stick that shot lightening. I needed the stick to open a door I believe, but I used up all the lightening fighting guards and I couldn’t progress. I did try and find a way to open the door or charge the stick back up, but I was not able to and eventually gave up.

Today, after months of rumors, an Oblivion remaster was not only announced, but released as well. Now I will be able to play it with updated visuals on Xbox Series X or PC, included with Game Pass. I have been thinking about going back and starting over, but this just gives me more motivation to do just that.

2006 me couldn’t beat it, but could 2025 me do it? Quite possibly. Part of me wants to try and break it again though. I would love to see if they fixed it and made it so the door could open without it, but it’s been so long, I have no idea how I would even get to that same part of the game. I am not sure if it was a main storyline point or a side quest. Either way, this time when I play it, it will be on stream and the videos will be put on LepsLair as is standard now.

Oblivion Remaster is out now for PC, Xbox Series S/X and Playstation 5. There are rumors of the game coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 at some point in the future as well.

A lot has happened in the last few months. Has it really been months since I last posted? It’s not for a lack of trying, it was for a lack of time. Work has been eating up a lot of my time, but also I have been addicted to Balatro and this one mobile game called Zombie Waves. I’ve spent so much time distracted by them that I have not written any new game writeups, blogs, tutorials, or anything. Now that I am getting the urge to play them out of my system though, I am going to come back and write more and post more content in general. I am currently moving all my local videos of streams to an external drive so I can upload them to Youtube when I am upstairs in my den and I will probably start to add new games over the weekend. This way I can add more content to the individual video game pages. I also would like to add more character pages too.

My ultimate goal is to have an (as close as possible) unbiased site, maybe have guest writers come on and write about things I don’t know much about, like anime, manga, etc. Essentially kind of like IGN, but without a corporation behind it. I would also love to add things that I’ve watched into the fold too, but besides reviewing television shows and movies, I’m not sure how I could do that in the same way I have done with video games.

I will get back to writing about video game news soon, perhaps even bringing back a preview section for upcoming games, maybe even movies and stuff as well. Either way I am excited for this to grow and get back to writing as I have missed it.

Almost a year after officially closing the doors, it appears that Rooster Teeth is coming back. Burnie Burns announced that he had completed the acquisition of the brand and it’s remaining properties via their website and a YouTube video. For the first time in more than a decade, Rooster Teeth is independent again.

Rooster Teeth was co-founded by Burns in 2003 and their flagship show Red Vs Blue ran from 2003 to 2024 when the company shut down. Throughout the company’s history they had many shows, both live action and animated. It’s currently not yet known what for sure will be coming back, though the website lists Red Vs Blue, Burns’ podcast Morning Somewhere, the RT Podcast, and Camp Camp. Through a press release, Burns said “I am excited at the challenge of bringing Rooster Teeth back to its roots”. What that looks like exactly is unknown. We do know that it includes a reimagining of Burns’ first movie, The Schedule.

While Rooster Teeth had a lot of shows and spinoffs, it is known that the acquisition does not include Achievement Hunter, RWBY, or Funhaus. Whatever the future of Rooster Teeth holds, with one of the original creators back steering the ship, it could bring the brand back to where it once was. This should be interesting to watch.

The third annual Developer Direct has come and gone. While we were anticipating seeing four titles today, DOOM: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and a mysterious fourth one, we actually got five. One even was put onto Game Pass today. They are the previously unannounced Ninja Gaiden 4 and a remastered Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. Ninja Gaiden 2 Black was released on Xbox Series X/S today.

Ninja Gaiden was a part of my childhood. I played it on NES and even back then it was harder than most other games. It was so hard in fact that I never wanted to play any of the newer ones. Ninja Gaiden is up there with Souls Games, where if I played them I know I would rage and be miserable. I am happy for everyone who does like these kind of games though.

For the other three games, they all look great. I can’t wait to play the new DOOM game. I just revisted the original DOOM and DOOM 2, though I never got through the DOOM expansion. For some reason that just seems impossible for me to get through. Even on the easiest setting, I just seem to always die and rage quit. Maybe I will revisit it at some point, but the rest of the game, the game that I remember and love, was still great. I will definitely be checking out DOOM: The Dark Ages.

South of Midnight and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 both look really interesting as well. They are both new properties I believe and both look like they have a really interesting story to tell. One thing I do like about South of Midnight is the stop motion animation feel to it, I think that’s pretty unique for a video game. I am going to check those out when they release later this year.

Are any of these games ones that you’re interested in? Have you already been playing Ninja Gaiden 2 Black? Let us know!

DOOM: The Dark Ages releases May 15, 2025

South of Midnight releases April 8, 2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 releases April 24, 2025

Ninja Gaiden 4 releases Fall 2025

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black released January 23, 2025

Wave 2 of January’s Game Pass titles have been announced and there are a lot more of them than there was in wave 1. Coming to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass are Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders, Gigantic: Rampage Edition, Eternal Strands, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, Shady Part of Me, Sniper Elite: Resistance, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, and Far Cry New Dawn.

That’s not all, Starbound will be coming to Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass Standard as well. Game Pass Standard will also be getting Flock, Gigantic: Rampage Edition, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Magical Delicacy, Tchia, The Case of the Golden Idol, Shady Part of Me and Far Cry New Dawn.

It’s worth mentioning that five of the games mentioned for Game Pass Ultimate are not out yet and will be released on Game Pass day 1, so while Wave 1 might have been underwhelming, five day one releases helps make up for it.

On top of the games coming to Game Pass, Diablo IV and Valorant have new content available to subscribers. A new season of Diablo IB means that you can complete the journey to earn a new Raven Pet. Valorant players have a new Agent available. Tejo who comes from Colombia is an Initiator class and is available now.

Along with everything mentioned above, Game Pass Ultimate has the following perks available to subscribers as well. An Xbox exclusive colored Lotti Outfit and Fuzzy Percy Amitoi tag are available in Throne and Liberty. Bruce Lee Bundle is included with EA Sports UFC 5 and who wouldn’t want to play as the father of mixed martial arts? In celebration of the Lunar New Year, a new tank and fighter plane is available in War Thunder. Finally Enlisted players will have access to the US Starter Pack which includes US Assaulters with M3A1 Grease Guns.

I know I said that it was a dry beginning to the year, but since we are still in the first month, I will take it back. I would say this more than makes up for it. Which of these will you be playing?

Earlier this week Nintendo officially revealed the Nintendo Switch successor, which is officially called the Nintendo Switch 2. The new console was revealed in a video after months of leaks. The new console looks similar to the old one, but rounder and more sleek. It features magnetic Joy-Con controllers, a new button on the right Joy-Con, and more. It’s confirmed that the Switch 2 will be backward compatible with most Switch games, though there doesn’t appear to be an IR sensor or an Amiibo interface, so games may be playable, but missing some features of the original hardware.

The video also showed off the first look at Mario Kart 9. The game’s design has drawn some criticism over a redesign of Donkey Kong. The Nintendo Switch 2 is set to be released this year with a Nintendo Direct showcasing the console on April 2.

I have had a Nintendo Switch for a while now, since before the pandemic, but it’s mainly sat there not being played much. I use it for Nintendo exclusives, but admittedly I prefer PC and Xbox over Nintendo and Playstation. I always say I will play it more and then never do, though we have played a decent amount of Mario Kart 8 when we did use it. Who knows, maybe I will pick it up and play Mario Kart 9, especially if it has some decent third party exclusives.

What about you? Will you be trying to pick up the Switch 2 this year or waiting  for a bit?