The Fox Stands Alone, and the Rest of the Week in Games

Fighting game fans, you can probably guess what's leading the pack in this week's installment of Replay: one of the most exciting events in esports history. Alongside that, there's some long-overdue gameplay for Red Dead Redemption 2, along with a real tragedy for the game preservation community. It's not all cheerful this week in games, but it's all worth knowing.

This past Sunday, the last day of the EVO fighting game tournament brought some of the most riveting, and surprising, play I've ever seen. To a record-setting audience of more than a quarter of a million viewers, players SonicFox and Go1 squared off in Dragon Ball FighterZ; the contest ended with SonicFox taking the title after a long, intense competition that included a controversial side switch. (Literally: SonicFox asked to switch position so that his character would be on the right side of the screen.)