For fighting games, the Evolution Championship Series (Evo for short) is the big event of the year, bringing together top talent from around the world for a series of increasingly intense one-on-one battles. This year's event, originally scheduled for July 31 - Aug. 2 in Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, has been cancelled due to the global outbreak of covid-19. Taking its place is Evo Online. Evo has announced the lineup for the online event, and the shift away from a live, in-person format has had a big impact. Several crowd-favourite games have been either cut or relegated to a "special exhibitions and content" section, while the four games that will run tournaments include a few, ah, dark horses in the fighting game community. First off, the special exhibitions and content heading covers the following games: Dragon Ball FighterZ, Granblue Fantasy Versus, Samurai Shodown, Soulcalibur VI, Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Tekken 7, and the most typographically annoying videogame ever, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r]. Conspicuously missing are Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Marvel vs. Capcom.
Syndicated from here: Evo 2020 has been cancelled and replaced with Evo Online
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