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The event blends two worlds: a digital shooter game and a real-world physical shooting component, creating a competitive format that tests reflexes, tactical decision-making, precision, and physical movement. For the 2025 edition, the physical segment uses laser-tag-style shooting, while the digital portion is played on a fast-paced shooter video game – Counter‑Strike 2, the tactical first-person shooter – keeping the balance between eSports skill and real-sport dynamics.

Phygital Shooter will be staged during the main Games of the Future 2025 programme, taking place from December 18, 2025, to December 23, 2025, in the city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Its placement within the event lineup highlights its importance: the tournament showcases the growing global interest in hybrid competition, where physical athleticism meets digital precision. The Phygital Shooter discipline carries significant prestige for teams, sponsors, and fans who follow both eSports and emerging sport-tech trends.

Where Will Phygital Shooter at the Games of the Future 2025 Be Held?

The Games of the Future 2025 Phygital Shooter discipline will be held on the venue where the entire event is held – at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).

For the Phygital Shooter discipline, it’s specified as a 5-on-5 format. We couldn’t locate any reliable source that specifies the exact number of clubs/countries participating in the discipline. The general tournament background material states that the overall event welcomed clubs/athletes “from all across the world”.  For national-level tournaments of the discipline, regulatory documents mention formats for eight clubs for the phygital shooter tournament structure.

The total prize pool allocated to the Phygital Shooter discipline is US$150,000. A detailed breakdown of how that amount will be distributed among placing teams doesn’t exist in the publicly available sources.

Which Teams Will Take Part in Phygital Shooter at the Games of the Future 2025?

As we already explained, there’s no publicly available, verified list of specific teams or players who’ll take part in the Games of the Future 2025 (GOTF 2025) Phygital Shooter discipline — nor full details on exactly how each team/player qualified.

Here’s what’s available about the qualification. The pathway for GOTF follows a three-tier structure:

• Phygital Origins — local-level tournaments.
• Phygital Rivals — nationals or regional stage.
• Phygital Contenders — international stage leading into GOTF.

Features of Phygital Shooter at the Games of the Future 2025

According to the official page of the governing body, World Phygital Community (WPC), the Phygital Shooter format is divided into two stages – physical and digital. The event discipline description indicates players face a digital shooter round followed by a round of laser tag in the physical stage.

The precise number of “stages” within the Phygital Shooter discipline (e.g., group stage → quarterfinal → semifinal → final) isn’t publicly detailed in the sources we found. The match format (for example: “best-of-three”, “first to 16 rounds”, etc.) isn’t found in the available public regulation summaries. The elimination system (single-elimination, double-elimination, round-robin into knockout, etc.) for this specific discipline is also not explicitly described in public articles.

The winning team is likely determined by combined points across both stages (“the team with the most points across both stages is the winner”). Likely a knockout format (or at least a final bracket), given the prestige and limited time window, will be applied, though the exact bracket style remains unconfirmed.

Who’ll Win Phygital Shooter at the Games of the Future 2025?

While no official “seed list” of favourites for the Games of the Future 2025 Phygital Shooter event has yet been published by organiser Phygital International or the World Phygital Community (WPC), analysts point to the following factors:

• Clubs/teams that have strong track records in both digital (tactical shooter eSports) and physical arena (laser tag or live-action simulation) formats stand out.
• Regions with established phygital and eSports ecosystems (e.g., Europe, North America, and the Middle East) are likely to field stronger squads.
• The fact that the virtual shooter used is CounterStrike 2 — a deeply competitive, high-skill game — means teams with CS2 pedigree will carry an advantage.

Likely favourites (speculative):

• National or club teams from countries with strong infrastructure in eSports + physical sports training (for instance, the United States, Sweden, UAE, South Korea…)
• Clubs that qualified through early phygital ranking tournaments and have demonstrated both digital and physical prowess (though specific names are not yet publicly listed).

Betting-wise, typically, you’d look to place wagers on match-winner, overall champion, number of rounds/maps won, individual player performance (if the betting operator supports it), etc. Because this is a hybrid phygital event, some betting markets may combine digital and physical performance metrics (for example: virtual game score + laser-tag hits). Where to bet? Check whether the bookmaker with online betting has listed the event under “Phygital / Hybrid Sports” rather than standard eSports only. Ensure the bookmaker publishes the event schedule, odds, and markets well in advance.

The Games of the Future 2025 official website gives a YouTube link, which suggests streaming will be done via their YouTube channel. No single official broadcast partner has been publicly confirmed for the Phygital Shooter discipline at the time of this search, but since it is part of the 11-discipline lineup at Abu Dhabi from 18-23 December, it’s likely to be streamed alongside other disciplines via a central platform (YouTube, Twitch, possibly local TV partner for the UAE region).

Pros and Cons of the Phygital Shooter Discipline at the Games of the Future 2025