The preventing sport group will as soon as once more descend on the Las Vegas Conference Heart this summer time, as Evo 2025 will kick off one other worldwide preventing sport event August 1-3. The Evo group has formally revealed the total lineup of video games that will likely be a part of the festivities this yr, with seven present video games and one throwback event making the reduce.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 will likely be this yr’s Throwback Match, following Street Fighter III: Third Strike’s flip final yr. In the meantime, Fatal Fury: Metropolis Of The Wolves will make its Evo debut almost 4 months after its April 24 launch, the place it should be a part of returning video games like Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8.
Together with the eight foremost Area tournaments, Evo has additionally introduced an Prolonged lineup, with Rivals Of Aether II, The King Of Fighters XV, Blazblue: Centralfiction, Responsible Gear Xrd Rev 2, and extra set to be featured. Extra particulars on this prolonged record will likely be revealed through the inaugural Evo Awards in February.
The full Evo 2025 lineup, is beneath:
- Street Fighter 6 (third Evo look)
- Tekken 8 (second Evo look)
- Responsible Gear Attempt (fourth Evo look)
- Fatal Fury: Metropolis Of The Wolves (first Evo look)
- Mortal Kombat 1 (second Evo look)
- Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising (second Evo look)
- Underneath Evening In-Start II Sys:Celes (second Evo look)
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 (throwback event, twelfth Evo look)
The Las Vegas occasion is just one of a full calendar’s value of occasions coming from Evo this yr, with tournaments deliberate in Japan Could Sep 11 and France October 10-12. The group additionally introduced a event to be held in Singapore in 2026, however no particular dates have been revealed.
The aforementioned Evo Awards can even happen in Los Angeles on February 15, which can characteristic awards in a number of fighting-game-themed categories–such as Match of the Yr and Preventing Sport Launch of the Yr. The occasion can even embody “never-before-seen bulletins from a few of Evo’s publishing companions” and a particular four-player Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 exhibition that includes Justin Wong, Michael “IFC Yipes” Mendoza, Sanford Kelly, and Duc Do.