The annual Evolution Championship Collection began as a showcase of the perfect combating recreation gamers on the earth, however in recent times the occasion has grown to turn into a celebration of combating video games as an entire. Evo 2024 appears to proceed that progress, as its organizers have introduced a brand new venue, new dates, and new methods to expertise the present.
Evo 2024 will function eight combating video games because the marquee tournaments–seven present video games and one “throwback.” 4 of the games–Tekken 8, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, Mortal Kombat 1, and Beneath Night time In-Start II Sys:Celes–are making their Evo debut in 2024.
The eight video games that shall be featured at Evo 2024 are as follows:
- Street Fighter 6 (2nd look)
- Tekken 8 (1st look)
- Mortal Kombat 1 (1st look)
- Responsible Gear Try (third look)
- The King Of Fighters XV (third look)
- Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising (1st look)
- Beneath Night time In-Start II Sys:Celes (1st look)
- Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Throwback Recreation, eighth look)
The Evo Showcase has additionally been confirmed to return, which can function “a devoted stage for writer panels, recreation reveals, and exhibitions,” in keeping with the official announcement. Final 12 months’s Evo Showcase featured panels on Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, and extra.
The 2024 occasion will happen July 19-21 on the West Corridor of the Las Vegas Conference Middle, which can substitute the Mandalay Bay Resort and Conference Corridor as host. That is the primary time the occasion has relocated in almost a decade, as Evo has known as the Mandalay Bay residence since 2016.
The brand new venue additionally brings a brand new ticketing construction, the place every ticket will present common admission to each the principle Evo stage and the present ground, which features a huge arcade, artist alley, distributors, and the return of the Past the Arcade Stick Museum.
Tickets to Evo 2024 can be found now on the principle Evo web site.