Red Bull Kumite 2025: Street Fighter 6 Legends vs Underdogs

Street Fighter 6 News Real titans of SF6 esports participate in this event. They are divided into two teams, but the battle for victory and prize money is individual and knows no teammates. Even the between-season period for Street Fighter 6 is filled with top-level competition. This time, the community can enjoy a special show: an invitational tournament in Paris, France. SF6 Red Bull Kumite 2025 features two days of intense battles....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 824 words · Emma Kline

Respawn’s John Larson shares rare insights on balancing legends and community feedback in 2 hour Apex Uncut

Apex Legends News Apex’s Live Balance Team’s Jaybiebs joined the Apex Uncut Podcast. We broke down the 2 hour podcast and give you the dev’s main points surrounding apex balance. Apex Uncut published an 2 hour podcast with one of Apex’s live balance team members John “Jaybiebs” Larson. They covered a variety of topics from the state of the game to balancing. The podcast was super informative and content heavy, so we are here to break the podcast down....

July 8, 2025 · 6 min · 1119 words · William Hill

RpK Retires from CS:GO; launches merchandise line

CS:GO News The 32 year old French CS:GO legend is going to hang up the mouse and keyboard to enter a new chapter of his life. Here is what he plans on doing in his new life away from competitive gaming. Former Vitality CS:GO player Cédric “⁠RpK⁠” Guipouy has announced his retirement from Counter-Strike at the age of 32. The announcement comes five months after Le Tank was benched on Vitality for Jayson “Kyojin” Nguyen....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Mary Fleming

Schadenfreude alert: EVE Online pilot loses $1,500 after attack on unarmored ship

PerPLEXing strategy You know what seems like a sound strategy for getting robbed? Try taking $1,500 cash out of the bank and transporting it elsewhere by walking down the street at night and waving that money in everyone’s faces. Oh yeah, do all that while completely unprotected. It may not be perfectly analogous, but that’s essentially what happened to anEVE Onlineplayer recently. Pilot Ozuwara Ozuwara outfitted his Ibis (a ship given to new players) with $1,500 worth of PLEX and set off on an ill-fated voyage....

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Daniel Kim

Sentinels vs Gen.G – VCT Masters Madrid Upper Final: Gen.G secures grand final spot

Valorant News Sentinels and Gen.G are fighting for a spot in the Masters Madrid grand-final. We are reaching the final stretch of Masters Madrid and now for a place in the grand final, Sentinels and Gen.G are in the fight. Both teams come from victories in regional duels. Interestingly, in both matches, the region’s Kickoff winning team beat the finalist. Sentinels defeated LOUD and Gen.G defeated Paper Rex. The losers face each other today for survival in the competition....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 799 words · Dr. Fernando Bowman

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is getting a demo next week on consoles

In case you haven’t pulled the trigger Bandai Namco has announced that their cyberpunky action RPGSword Art Online: Fatal Bulletwill be receiving a demo, worldwide, on PS4 and Xbox One next week. So if you’ve been intrigued by the anime adventure’s bullet-pumping gameplay, this would be an optimum opportunity to check it out. Sword Art Online: Fatal Bulletallows players to create their own anime avatar, who joins voices with protagonist Kureha in the digital world of “GGO”, an in-universe MMO where players hone their skills against each other in battle....

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Kristina Burton

Take a look at Obsidian’s Project Eternity in motion

It’s the little details that matter I hope you like waterfalls. After sharing an image ofProject Eternity, Obsidian Entertainment isback with the first footageof the title in motion. It’s not gameplay — there’s no combat featured — but we are shown some characters and, yes, that wonderful waterfall again. The team had three goals in mind when working on the game’s environments: providing quality art, memorable levels, and dynamism. The latter is demonstrated through a day/night cycle, flowing water, and swaying trees....

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · 93 words · Jennifer Romero

Team GO Rocket Grunts: Full lineups and counters (May 2025)

Guides Take on the Team GO Rocket Grunts with our guide. Team GO Rocket grunts are everywhere in Pokémon GO. Any time you see a Black coloured Pokéstop or a ominous Hot Air Balloon flying above chances are there is a Team GO Rocket Grunt, or a Team GO Leader, contained within. Each of the Team GO Rocket Grunts has a different lineup. you’re able to work out which sort of Pokémon you are about to face based on the taunt each Grunt uses....

July 8, 2025 · 5 min · 970 words · Luke Johnson

The most disrespectful push-ups in videogames

Hope, love and fitness Like I was saying tothe creators ofPocket Rumble, the minutia is what will make or break a fighting game. All the little moment-to-moment experiences in a given round of combat have to come together to create a vast psychological landscape. That big picture is easy to take for granted unless you take the time to pick it apart now and again. For instance, winning or losing a fight doesn’t have to be about how the game defines victory....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Lawrence Johnson

U Craft seeks to fill the Minecraft void on Wii U

Someone’s parents won’t know the difference There might not beMinecraftfor Wii U, but there isU Craft. Close enough? This is in the works at Nexis Games, the studio behind some games I’m also not familiar with — doBrickBlast U!orThe Dance of the Damnedring any bells? Probably not. At any rate,U Craftwill be an eShop-only release this holiday season. It’ll use the GamePad for Off-TV play and inventory management / creation tools, which is what you’d expect....

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Cody Gomez

Ubisoft’s Eagle Flight is coming to PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive

Feel the breeze A couple months ago, Vikki wrote aboutthis videowhere Ubisoft put a camera on a bald eagle to promoteAssassin’s Creed Syndicate.Looks like that same footage was used forEagle Flight,Ubisoft’s new VR game (PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive) where you can fly with over cities with your friends. I’m not quite sure how it’ll play, but I’m definitely putting a fan in front of my face to feel the wind in my hair if I try it out....

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Krystal Bowman

What I really think the Dead or Alive series says about violence against women

A last-gen Vin Diesel clone speaks his mind I made a guest appearance on the Polygamer podcast to announce that I’m on not one, not two, butfourpanels at PAX East this year. The podcast, and list of panels I’ll be appearing on,can be found here. I didn’t spend much time talking about the panels though, as there isn’t a whole to say about them until they happen. Instead, hostKen Gagneand I talked about the recent kerfuffle surrounding children’s entertainer Pewdiepie, the difference between being a part of the games media as a hobby and just calling it a hobby in order to try to sound like an “everyman”, the good and bad motivations one might have for using the Gamergate hashtag, being a voice actor on2064: ROM, my time as Destructoid Editor in Chief, and a whole lot more....

July 8, 2025 · 10 min · 1922 words · Christopher Montgomery

Where is Peter Griffin in Fortnite?

Fortnite Guides Here is where you can find Peter Griffin in Fortnite and how to defeat him. Peter Griffin has joined Fortnite, fulfilling a rumor that dates back over two years. The popular Family Guy character’s arrival could not have come at a better time—on the heels ofFortnite Chapter 5’s launch. In addition to hisBattle Pass skin, Epic Games added him into the game as a boss character. This guide explains where you can find Peter Griffin in Fortnite and how to defeat him....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Willie Mcbride