Evo 2024 starts Friday July 19th, kicking disconnected a play afloat of 1 of the astir aggravated warring crippled competitions successful the world. This twelvemonth implicit 10,000 players volition enactment successful a big of games, making this the largest Evo ever portion besides mounting the grounds for the largest esports tournament.
Evo has been getting bigger and bigger, with information bolstered by the merchandise of caller versions of the tournament’s astir fashionable games. Street Fighter 6 made its Evo debut past year, and boasted the largest fig of entrants successful the franchise’s history. This twelvemonth some Mortal Kombat 1 and Tekken 8 volition marque their archetypal Evo appearances. In summation to those dense hitters, Evo 2024’s different featured games see Guilty Gear Strive, Gran Blue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, King of Fighters XV, and Under Night In Birth II Sys: Celes. (Listen... I don’t recognize either but it’s an anime warring crippled and those marque for excellent watching.)
Here’s a breakdown of each the featured games and their fig of participants.
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Competition kicks disconnected astatine 10 AM PT/ 1 PM ET crossed Evo’s 7 Twitch channels. Some games similar King of Fighters XV and Mortal Kombat 1 volition person their expansive finals connected Saturday July 20th, portion the bigger tournaments similar Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 volition reason connected Sunday. You tin spot the afloat docket of events here.
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In summation to the featured games, Evo 2024 volition besides big assemblage showcase tournaments featuring games that are overmuch beloved but don’t needfully person the popularity of the large guys similar Street Fighter and Tekken. There are implicit 17 tournaments featuring games similar Skull Girls, Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Soul Caliber VI, and Killer Instinct. While these games won’t beryllium broadcast connected the main Evo channels, you tin cheque retired the assemblage showcase ticker usher here to spot erstwhile and wherever to ticker these tournaments.
It’s ne'er been a amended clip to beryllium a warring crippled fan. The crowds astatine events similar Evo are ample and large and the enactment is casual to recognize — thing different esports similar League of Legends and Overwatch 2 cannot claim. Even if you’re not large into warring games oregon esports successful general, Evo is inactive 1 of the astir entertaining events to watch.