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Organizers behind Evo 2024 decided to boast some of their numbers a few weeks ahead of the event, as they revealed this year has the largest player registration in the entire history of the esports event According to them, this year's event has a record number of unique competitors, as it stands at 10,224 players[...]

Organizers behind the Evolution Championship Series have revealed the eight games that will be a part of Evo 2023 when the event happens this August A few interesting notes to take in as Street Fighter 6 will replace Street Fighter V, but will be played on the PS4 instead of the PS5 Mortal Kombat 11[...]

SNK revealed this morning they are going to have a bigger presence during EVO Japan 2023 when the event kicks off in late March The company will have five different games holding official tournaments as part of the event, with the big one on the list being The King Of Fighters XV But they're also[...]

SNK made a surprise announcement during Evo 2022 as they are bringing back the fighting game series Fatal Fury Probably the most shocking announcement you'll see all weekend long, as this series hasn't been touched in two decades Originally started in 1991 as a title for the NeoGeo, it was the company's first fighting game[...]

Arc System Works revealed they will be a part of Evo 2022 this year and will have a few demos and other things happening at the event It really should be no surprise that the company will be involved considering that Guilty Gear ~Strive~ is now so firmly planted as part of the competition But[...]

Bandai Namco revealed today that they will be bringing a demo of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R to Evo 2022 From August 5th-6th in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay, you will be given an opportunity to get hands-on time with the game as they will have a demo to try out and free[...]

Capcom has made it known that they will be bringing Street Fighter 6 to Evo 2022 this year for people to try out for themselves Those who would like to try the game out for themselves will get a chance with the same demo we played during Summer Game Fest Play Days However, it's unclear[...]

Sony announced today they will be utilizing their new gaming gear brand INZONE at Evo 2022, both as a sponsor and as the gear to be used According to today's announcement, the brand has officially been signed on as a premier partner for both the 2022 and 2023 incarnations of the massive esports tournament, the[...]

The organizers behind Evo 2022 have announced this year's event will return to Las Vegas for an in-person competition, along with the full lineup Nine games will headline the event, which will come back to the Mandalay Bay from August 5th-7th, 2022 Those nine titles in no particular order are: Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Guilty[...]

During the EVO 2021 event online this past weekend, organizers announced that EVO 2022 will be back in Las Vegas next year What's more, the event will return to being an in-person event, and it looks to return to the single-weekend format as it will take place August 5th-7th The company released the statement below[...]

EVO 2021 revealed today that they have opened up their registration system for all of their 2021 fighting esports tournaments As it was previously announced after Sony Interactive Entertainment took over, 2021 would remain online as the U.S and other countries continue to move forward with COVID-19 vaccinations That being said, all of the tournaments[...]

Big news from the world of esports today as the Evolution Championship Series (EVO) has been acquired by a major company Sony Interactive Entertainment has jointly acquired the summer event with a new esports venture called RTS (formulated out of Endeavor's esports business-side), as they have taken over the assets and properties According to the[...]

EVO 2020, if it even happens at all this year now, will look a lot different after both NetherRealm Studios and Capcom announced they have pulled out of the event For those of you unaware, new allegations of misconduct were posted on social media about EVO's president and organizer Joey Cuellar The organization responded to[...]

Yesterday evening, EVO announced a brand new event to replace their canceled 2020 event in Las Vegas as they will be holding EVO Online As you may be aware, because its the same song and dance for almost every convention in 2020, organizers had to scrap their plans for a 2020 event after COVID-19 raised[...]

Those who were hoping EVO 2020 would continue in August will be disappointed to hear that the event has been canceled The company made the announcement on Twitter yesterday afternoon, in a series of tweets releasing the info in a few languages Here's a small compilation of the major details they released to the public. Due[...]

Tonight, the Evolution Championship Series announced all of the official games that will be a part of EVO 2020 during its reveal show on Twitch The nine games that will be at the event and the consoles they will be on are: Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4), Granblue Fantasy Versus (PS4), Samurai Shodown (PS4), Soulcalibur VI (PS4), Street Fighter[...]

XSEED Games will be hosting the first playable demo of Granblue Fantasy: Versus outside of Japan at EVO 2019 this year The game will also get a live exhibition with eSports team Cygames Beast The team's full roster will be at EVO this year, including their leader Diago "The Beast" Umehara, PR Balrog, GamerBee, Fuudo, and[...]

Every year when we approach EVO, it's always interesting to see who is on top when it comes to registered players, and EVO 2019 is no different Whoever you think may be on top when it comes to players usually isn't and sometimes a name or two can surprise you As it has done so[...]

In case you might be wondering when you can check out your favorite matches happening at EVO 2018 this year, the company just released their full schedule Every single game's pools, semi-finals, and finals have been outlines, and as you can see there is a little bit of crossover from some favorites It's also interesting[...]

A bit of cool news for EVO over the weekend as they have officially confirmed their dates for EVO Japan 2019 The event will take place from February 15th-17th in Fukuoka, which has already started to generate buzz in the community and in Japan as the company tweeted about it yesterday evening. EVO Japanについて、皆さんにお知らせがあります。2019年2月15-17日、福岡市内にて #EVOJapan2019 を開催することになりました。詳細については、8月3-5日に開催される #EVO2018 にて発表させて頂く予定ですので、皆さんのサポートをよろしくお願いします。[...]

In a rather strange turn of events, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will be added to the EVO 2018 Championship Series Koei Tecmo made the announcement in a press release this morning, along with a letter from Yosuke Hayashi and Yohei Shimbori about the addition (which we have for you below). It's a rather odd move since[...]

EVO has decided to release the list of games that will be held for official EVO World 2018 tournament competition this year, and while most of the list comes as no surprise, there are some new additions and at least one left out that may surprise a few The games to be played this August[...]

Evo, also known as the Evolution Championship Series just posted an announcement video declaring that the 2018 competition will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 3-5 The series has become one of the biggest fighting game championships in the world, so housing it in one of the biggest convention towns in the country[...]

Evo 2015, the world's biggest fighting game convention, is currently going on over this weekend The event has seen fighters from all over the world meet up to take each other on across all manner of games. The event saw a pretty cool special guest though, even if she was incognito the whole time Halloween actress[...]