Cale Michael

1 week ago | si.com | Cale Michael

YouTube is the perfect place to create content about whatever you want without needing to share much about yourself in the process, which is how someone like Summoning Salt can amass two million subscribers without showing their face. At least, that was until the speedrunner decided to casually break the veil of anonymity a bit for a new promotion.

1 week ago | si.com | Cale Michael

Stephen "Sajam" Lyon is running a tight ship with his signature Sajam Slam tournament series that has become a staple of the fighting game content circuit, and his fifth iteration of the event is bigger than ever. In another run with Street Fighter 6, in partnership with Capcom and Evo, the next Sajam Slam will feature an expanded roster of eight teams, each featuring a professional Street Fighter player coaching four content creators new or inexperienced with the game.

1 week ago | si.com | Cale Michael

As if Pokémon TCG Pocket wasn’t already gunning for the most popular ways to draw in Pokémon fans, the next booster pack coming to the game is completely focused on Eevee and its evolutions. This will be the fifth themed booster pack released for Pokémon TCG Pocket, making it a smaller set built around a specific set of cards and general support for the game. In this case, Eevee, its evolutions, and other cute Pokémon like Swirlix and Alcremie are getting some love.

1 week ago | si.com | Cale Michael

Mario Kart World is still the biggest title on the Switch 2, which means Nintendo is hard at work keeping the game running at top speed. With that attention comes multiple patches to ensure annoying bugs or issues won’t have players crashing out for longer than necessary. With the game’s latest update on June 17, Mario Kart World has received a number of key fixes that involve gameplay not working as intended, bugs impacting specific maps, and online crashes.

1 week ago | si.com | Cale Michael

Pokémon continues to grow as a competitive game and spectator experience, with the Pokémon North America International Championships setting new records for the event and setting the franchise up for an incredible World Championships in August. From June 13 to 15, Pokémon players from around the world once again traveled to New Orleans to compete across four different games—Pokémon TCG, Pokémon VGC, Pokémon Go, and Pokémon UNITE.