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Evolution Championship Series

January 31, 2023

The Evolution Championship Series, commonly known as Evo, is an annual esports event that focuses exclusively on fighting games. The tournaments are completely open and use the double elimination format.[1] As with Super Battle Opera, contestants travel from all over the world to participate, most notably from Japan. The first Evolution was originally held as a Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 tournament called the Battle by the Bay. It changed its name to Evo in 2002. Every successive tournament has seen an increase of attendees. It has been held at various venues across the Las Vegas Valley since 2005. As of 2021, the event is jointly owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment and the Endeavor esports venture RTS.[2]

Evolution Championship Series
Evolution Championship Series logo
FormerlyBattle by the Bay
SportFighting games
Founded1996
FounderTom "inkblot" Cannon, Tony "Ponder" Cannon, Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, Seth "S-Kill" Killian
Owner(s)Sony Interactive Entertainment
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
  • GGST: "Umisho"
  • SFVAE: Masaki Kawano
  • T7: Jae-min "Knee" Bae
  • KOFXV: Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng
  • DBFZ: Marwan "Wawa" Berthe
  • GBFV:: "Gamera"
  • MBTL:: "Jing"
  • MK11U: Matias "Scorpionprocs" Martinez
  • SG2E: Dominique "SonicFox" McLean
Most titlesJustin Wong (9)
QualificationNone (open)
Official websitewww.evo.gg

History

Evo was founded by Tom Cannon, also known for his work on Shoryuken.com, a fighting game website. The tournament started as "Battle by the Bay", a 40-man Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 tournament in 1996 in Sunnyvale, California. The event eventually moved to its recurring venue in the Las Vegas Valley.[3][4] The event changed its name to Evolution Championship Series, or EVO for short, in 2002. Over time, the tournament grew, recording over one thousand participants in 2009.[5]

Originally the tournament used arcade cabinets, but in 2004 the decision was made to move all games over to their console versions, to a large amount of controversy.[6] During the transition to games on the seventh generation consoles, most games were played on a PlayStation 3,[7] though Evo 2014 ran most games on the Xbox 360.[8] Aside from the official tournaments, there is also a "BYOC" ("bring your own console") area in which many different games are played and side tournaments are held.

1996–2003: Tournament beginnings and re-branding

Further information: Battle by the Bay

B3: Battle by the Bay was organized by Tom "inkblot" Cannon, Tony "Ponder" Cannon, Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, and Seth "S-Kill" Killian,[9] and held in the Golfland arcade hall in Sunnyvale, California. The tournament had 40 contenders mostly from the United States, though B3 also featured players from Canada and Kuwait.[10] B3 featured a Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 tournament.

The B4 Street Fighter Championships were held on July 15–16, 2000, in Folsom, California. B4 introduced several new Capcom fighting games to the roster: Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes.[11] The newly released Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was the first non-Street Fighter game to be included, and a precedent for the tournament to branch out to other games. The Capcom Versus series has since had a large presence in the Battle of the Bay and Evolution Championship Series events.[12][13]

Held in August 2001 in Folsom, California, the B5 Championships was attended by a much larger international crowd, particularly from Japan. Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 made its introduction in the tournament roster at B5,[11] and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was again a headliner of the event, being described by TechTV as "the hottest arcade fighting game of the season."[14]

In 2002, the event became formally known as its current name, "Evo". Evo 2002 took place on August 9, 2002, at the University of California, Los Angeles.

2004–08: Change to consoles, Moment 37 and EVO Circuit

Evo 2004 took place at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in Southern California from July 29 to August 1. The tournament amassed approximately 700 competitors from over 30 countries to compete in over nine different games.[6] The games featured included Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, Guilty Gear XX, Soulcalibur II, Tekken 4, and Tekken Tag Tournament.[15][16]

Evo 2004 used home consoles for most of their tournament games instead of arcade cabinets, with the only exception being 3rd Strike which used the more traditional arcade cabinets.[6] Evo 2004 was the birthplace of "Evo Moment #37". During the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike tournament, Daigo Umehara (playing as Ken), while facing Justin Wong (using Chun-Li), successfully parried one of Chun-Li's "Super Moves" while having very little health left and then countered with his own, winning the match. This highlight became highly influential within the fighting game community.[17]

2005 was the first year Evo was held at the Green Valley Ranch casino and hotel in Las Vegas.

Evo 2006 took place at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas. 2006 was the first year that Capcom gave its official, public support of the Evolution tournaments.[citation needed] Traditionally, Evo has only included fighting games, but in 2006 it included Mario Kart DS in its lineup. The other games featured were Dead or Alive 4, Guilty Gear XX Slash, and Hyper Street Fighter II.[18][19]

Evo 2007, officially called Evo World 2007, took place from August 24 to 26 at the Green Valley Ranch, in Las Vegas. Throughout the year there were several other tournaments held throughout the US bearing the Evo name. The game roster had eight games, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Virtua Fighter 5, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Street Fighter II Turbo, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Guilty Gear XX Λ Core, and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Evo 2008 took place at the Tropicana Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. from August 8 to 10.[20] The tournament would feature six games within its official roster: Capcom vs. SNK 2, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2.[21] The Brawl tournament was widely criticized for its ruleset, which allowed items on and saw a relatively unknown player defeat Ken Hoang.[22]

Evo 2008 also allowed attendees a preview of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.[citation needed]

2009–13: Street Fighter IV, live streams, and record numbers

 
A crowd in the main hall on day 2 of Evo 2009.

Evo 2009 took place on July 17 to 19.[23] Held at the Rio Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the tournament itself would feature six games on its official roster: Soulcalibur IV, Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Street Fighter IV.[24] Notably, the newly released Street Fighter IV increased Evo attendance by a considerable margin, and the tournament for it alone boasted more than 1000 participants, almost three times that of the tournaments for the other games.[25]

Evo 2010, held at Caesars Palace from July 9, 2010 through July 11, 2010 had a massive number of competitors, with Super Street Fighter IV amassing approximately 1,800 players to duel for a $20,000 guaranteed prize pot. Most notable in this EVO was Justin Wong cementing his dominance in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 in its proverbial swan song, defeating the champion of the previous year, Sanford Kelly. Also notable was Wong failing to make the top 8 in Super Street Fighter IV, falling victim first to Vance "Vangief" Wu, and soon after to Taiwanese player Bruce "GamerBee" Hsiang. Melty Blood: Actress Again was included after a poll on Shoryuken.com to decide on the final game of the tournament, beating out Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Soulcalibur IV, and The King of Fighters XII.[26] BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger was to be included, but after a majority of the community moved on to BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, the decision was made to replace it with Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Also notable was G4's limited coverage of the event, even offering X-Play host Adam Sessler for commentary of the Super Street Fighter IV finals.[27]

 
Street Fighter cosplayers at Evo 2011

For Evo 2011, a tournament season was announced in which players could earn ranking points at one of eight tournaments. It took place at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino from July 29 to 31, utilizing a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) ballroom. All 50 states of the U.S. were represented, as well as 44 additional countries.[28][29] Its livestream was watched by over 2 million unique viewers on UStream over the course of the event.[30]

In attendance was Street Fighter series producer Ono Yoshinori, who announced a free balance patch for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition.[31] Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada was also on hand to show new mechanics for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soulcalibur V.[32][33] Other unreleased games shown were Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Skullgirls and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. A Skullgirls side tournament was held in which the winner received a one-of-a-kind Skullgirls-themed arcade stick.[34][35] Media outlets G4, GameSpot and Destructoid were all present to cover the event.[34][36]

Evo 2012 took place July 6 to 8, 2012, at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.[37] On January 3, Joey Cuellar announced that Evo 2012 would have 6 main tournament games, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012), Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat, Soulcalibur V, The King of Fighters XIII and Street Fighter X Tekken. The tournament series from the previous year returned, featuring seeding points for all six games in 17 events all across the world.[38]

Evo 2013 was announced on December 2, 2012. It was held on July 12–14 at Paris Las Vegas.[39] On January 8, Joey Cuellar announced that EVO 2013 would have eight main tournament games, with the first seven revealed being Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012), Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter X Tekken (Version 2013), The King of Fighters XIII, and Persona 4 Arena. The eighth game was voted on by players via online donations, all proceeds of which went to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.[40] The eventual winner of the poll was Super Smash Bros. Melee with $94,683 raised for that game, while the total amount of donations was $225,744.[41] Nintendo of America initially sent a cease and desist letter to cancel the streaming of Melee matches, although after popular backlash a live stream was ultimately allowed to be carried out as planned.[42][43] On May 7, 2013, it was announced that Injustice: Gods Among Us would be a main tournament game, thus expanding the game roster from eight to nine.[44]

2014–19: Smash boom and international growth

Evo 2014 was announced on September 15, 2013. It was held on July 11–13, 2014 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino[8] On February 6, 2014, Cuellar announced that Evo 2014 would include BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Injustice: Gods Among Us, The King of Fighters XIII, Killer Instinct, and Ultra Street Fighter IV while also mentioning that discussions were ongoing with Nintendo on the possible inclusion of Super Smash Bros. Melee.[45] Melee was eventually officially added to the roster with Nintendo's approval.[46][47] Tekken Tag Tournament 2 was also later added to the roster.[48]

Evo 2015 took place on July 17–19, 2015 at the Bally's / Paris Las Vegas Casino.[49] On January 20, 2015, Cuellar announced that Evo 2015 would include Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat X, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Ultra Street Fighter IV, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Tekken 7.[50]

While EVO 2015 initially was supposed to run on the PlayStation 4 version for Ultra Street Fighter IV, the tournament instead used the Xbox 360 version, due to a large number of bugs and glitches found by players in the newly released port.[51] Cuellar also confirmed that EVO 2015 would use the technically outdated build of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax on PlayStation 3.[52] On May 25, Cuellar confirmed that both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U surpassed 1,500 entrants each. Cuellar later confirmed that Ultra Street Fighter IV surpassed 2,000 entrants.[53][54] EVO 2015 also acted as a Capcom Cup qualifier for Ultra Street Fighter IV, as well as a Killer Instinct World Cup qualifier for Killer Instinct, with both games receiving respective bonus pots of $50,000 from Capcom/Sony and Iron Galaxy/Microsoft respectively.[55][56][57] NetherRealm and Warner Bros. have also donated $50K towards the bonus pot for Mortal Kombat X, due to the success of the Blue Steel Sub-Zero skin.[58] In addition, Atlus has donated $10K towards the bonus pot for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, while Arc System Works and Aksys Games donated the same amount to the bonus pot for Guilty Gear Xrd.[59] Bandai Namco has announced that they have provided a $30K bonus pot for Tekken 7 as well as providing all competitors in said game an exclusive T-shirt featuring franchise veteran Lili and Tekken Revolution newcomer Eliza.[60]

 
The Evo 2016 Street Fighter V finals in the Madalay Bay.

Evo 2016 took place from July 15–17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, while Sunday finals took take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. The tournament featured Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mortal Kombat XL, Pokkén Tournament, Killer Instinct, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Tekken 7: Fated Retribution. The tournaments for Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Mortal Kombat XL finished on Sunday.[61] The finals for Street Fighter V was broadcast live on ESPN2 and live coverage of the tournament was available through ESPN's WatchESPN service, in addition to the tournament's regular Twitch streams.[62]

Joey Cuellar has announced record breaking numbers which includes Street Fighter V reaching more than 5,000 entrants, Smash 4 and Melee each reaching more than 2,000; Pokkén reaching more than 1,000 entrants while other games either increased or decreased.[63] Like EVO 2015's Ultra Street Fighter IV finals, Capcom and Sony have provided a $50,000 bonus pot towards Street Fighter V's prize pool and is also a Capcom Pro Tour qualifier.[64] The Pokémon Company has announced a $10,000 bonus pot towards Pokkén Tournament's prize pool and is a Pokkén Tournament Championship Series qualifier, with 1st and 2nd place being able to qualify for the finals.[65] As with EVO 2015, NetherRealm and Warner Bros. have provided a $50,000 bonus pot towards Mortal Kombat XL's prize pool.[66] Killer Instinct will be receiving a $15,000 bonus pot as part of the KI Ultra Tour funding.[67] On July 11, Aksys Games announced a $10,000 bonus pot towards Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-'s prize pool.[68]

Evo 2017 took place on July 14 to 16 with the entire event being held at the Mandalay Bay resort.[69] The tournament featured Guilty Gear Xrd REV2, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Injustice 2, Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, The King of Fighters XIV, and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.[70][71][72] The ninth game was chosen by a donation drive which all of the funds have gone towards Make-A-Wish International. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was the winning game with Pokkén Tournament being the runner-up. Other games in contention were Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, ARMS, Mortal Kombat XL, Nidhogg, Windjammers, Killer Instinct, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The Sunday finals included Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (as the opening game), BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Street Fighter V.[73] Upon the victory of UMvC3, Cuellar announced that Evo 2017 would be running the event with the PlayStation 4 version being used.[74]

Evo 2018 took place on August 3 to 5 with the entire event being held at the Mandalay Bay resort.[75] The tournament featured Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Melee, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Guilty Gear Xrd REV2, Injustice 2, and Dragon Ball FighterZ.[76]

Evo 2019 took place on August 2 to 4 with the entire event being held at the Mandalay Bay resort.[77] The tournament featured Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mortal Kombat 11, Soulcalibur VI, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], Dragon Ball FighterZ, BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, and Samurai Shodown.

2020–present: COVID-19 cancellation and new ownership

Evo 2020 was to have taken place from July 31 to August 2 at the Mandalay Bay resort. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical event had been cancelled, with all event and hotel reservations to be refunded. Online tournament events had been scheduled from July 4 to August 2 as replacement activities.[78] However, at the start of July 2020, charges of sexual misconduct were leveled at EVO CEO Joey Cuellar. The EVO board released Cuellar on July 2 and replaced him with Tony Cannon as interim CEO but by then, several publishers including Capcom, Bandai Namco, NetherRealm, and Mane6 had decided to pull out from the event. The EVO board decided to cancel the event, refund those tickets and donate the remaining funds to Project HOPE.[79]

On March 18, 2021, it was announced that Evo had been acquired by a joint venture between Sony Interactive Entertainment and the talent agency Endeavor (RTS). It was concurrently announced that Evo Online 2021 will be held August 6–8 and August 13–15, 2021, and feature Guilty Gear Strive, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Tekken 7, and Skullgirls: 2nd Encore. Evo stated that the Sony ownership of the competition will not affect its ability to include events for non-PlayStation games, although all games in the 2021 lineup are either available on, or console-exclusive to, PlayStation.[80][81]

Evo 2022 took place from August 5 to 7 at the Mandalay Bay resort. The event is the first since 2019 to take place in-person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament featured Dragon Ball FighterZ, Granblue Fantasy: Versus, Guilty Gear Strive, The King of Fighters XV, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, and Tekken 7.[82]

Evo Japan

Main article: Evo Japan 2018

In 2010, the Evolution Championship organizers announced an official spin-off to the tournament series called "Evo vs Godsgarden", to be held in Japan the following year. However, the tournament was called off following the Tohoku earthquake and postponed indefinitely. During a Nico Nico livestream following Evo 2013, Cuellar stated that he was still interested in holding a Japan-based tournament.[83]

It was announced at Evo 2016 that a separate event simply titled "Evo Japan" is to be held in Japan.[84] Japanese media companies Aetas [ja], Hearts United Group [ja], and Shochiku Broadcasting [ja] together invested a total of US$1 million into the event.[85] During a presentation at the Tokyo Game Show in 2016, the Evolution organizers announced that the tournament is to be held in January 2018, while some form of "pre-tournament" took place in 2017.[86]

At Evo 2017, the Evo Japan 2018 lineup was revealed to consist of Street Fighter V, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, The King of Fighters XIV, and ARMS; the event took place from January 26 to 28.[87] The lineup is known to emphasize titles that are popular in Japan, as titles such as Super Smash Bros. Melee, Injustice 2, and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite are notably absent mostly due to their lack of popularity in the region.[88][89]

Despite the 7,000 entrants, Evo Japan ended up reporting a $1.13m loss according to financial reports by Hearts United Group.[90]

Evo Japan 2019 was held in February 2019.

In October 2019, it was revealed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would be the headlining game for Evo Japan 2020.[91]

Following EVO 2022, the EVO Japan 2023 tournament was unveiled.[92] This will have a lineup of Guilty Gear Strive, Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, The King of Fighters XV, Granblue Fantasy: Versus, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, and Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown. The event will take place in March 2023.[93]

Champions

Main article: List of Evolution Championship Series champions

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The Evolution Championship Series commonly known as Evo is an annual esports event that focuses exclusively on fighting games The tournaments are completely open and use the double elimination format 1 As with Super Battle Opera contestants travel from all over the world to participate most notably from Japan The first Evolution was originally held as a Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 tournament called the Battle by the Bay It changed its name to Evo in 2002 Every successive tournament has seen an increase of attendees It has been held at various venues across the Las Vegas Valley since 2005 As of 2021 the event is jointly owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment and the Endeavor esports venture RTS 2 Evolution Championship SeriesEvolution Championship Series logoFormerlyBattle by the BaySportFighting gamesFounded1996FounderTom inkblot Cannon Tony Ponder Cannon Joey MrWizard Cuellar Seth S Kill KillianOwner s Sony Interactive EntertainmentCountryUnited StatesMost recentchampion s GGST Umisho SFVAE Masaki Kawano T7 Jae min Knee Bae KOFXV Chia Chen ZJZ Tseng DBFZ Marwan Wawa Berthe GBFV Gamera MBTL Jing MK11U Matias Scorpionprocs Martinez SG2E Dominique SonicFox McLeanMost titlesJustin Wong 9 QualificationNone open Official websitewww wbr evo wbr gg Contents 1 History 1 1 1996 2003 Tournament beginnings and re branding 1 2 2004 08 Change to consoles Moment 37 and EVO Circuit 1 3 2009 13 Street Fighter IV live streams and record numbers 1 4 2014 19 Smash boom and international growth 1 5 2020 present COVID 19 cancellation and new ownership 2 Evo Japan 3 Champions 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditEvo was founded by Tom Cannon also known for his work on Shoryuken com a fighting game website The tournament started as Battle by the Bay a 40 man Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 tournament in 1996 in Sunnyvale California The event eventually moved to its recurring venue in the Las Vegas Valley 3 4 The event changed its name to Evolution Championship Series or EVO for short in 2002 Over time the tournament grew recording over one thousand participants in 2009 5 Originally the tournament used arcade cabinets but in 2004 the decision was made to move all games over to their console versions to a large amount of controversy 6 During the transition to games on the seventh generation consoles most games were played on a PlayStation 3 7 though Evo 2014 ran most games on the Xbox 360 8 Aside from the official tournaments there is also a BYOC bring your own console area in which many different games are played and side tournaments are held 1996 2003 Tournament beginnings and re branding Edit Further information Battle by the Bay B3 Battle by the Bay was organized by Tom inkblot Cannon Tony Ponder Cannon Joey MrWizard Cuellar and Seth S Kill Killian 9 and held in the Golfland arcade hall in Sunnyvale California The tournament had 40 contenders mostly from the United States though B3 also featured players from Canada and Kuwait 10 B3 featured a Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 tournament The B4 Street Fighter Championships were held on July 15 16 2000 in Folsom California B4 introduced several new Capcom fighting games to the roster Street Fighter Alpha 3 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike and Marvel vs Capcom 2 New Age of Heroes 11 The newly released Marvel vs Capcom 2 was the first non Street Fighter game to be included and a precedent for the tournament to branch out to other games The Capcom Versus series has since had a large presence in the Battle of the Bay and Evolution Championship Series events 12 13 Held in August 2001 in Folsom California the B5 Championships was attended by a much larger international crowd particularly from Japan Capcom vs SNK Millennium Fight 2000 made its introduction in the tournament roster at B5 11 and Marvel vs Capcom 2 was again a headliner of the event being described by TechTV as the hottest arcade fighting game of the season 14 In 2002 the event became formally known as its current name Evo Evo 2002 took place on August 9 2002 at the University of California Los Angeles 2004 08 Change to consoles Moment 37 and EVO Circuit Edit Evo 2004 took place at California State Polytechnic University Pomona in Southern California from July 29 to August 1 The tournament amassed approximately 700 competitors from over 30 countries to compete in over nine different games 6 The games featured included Super Street Fighter II Turbo Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Marvel vs Capcom 2 Capcom vs SNK 2 Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Guilty Gear XX Soulcalibur II Tekken 4 and Tekken Tag Tournament 15 16 Evo 2004 used home consoles for most of their tournament games instead of arcade cabinets with the only exception being 3rd Strike which used the more traditional arcade cabinets 6 Evo 2004 was the birthplace of Evo Moment 37 During the Street Fighter III 3rd Strike tournament Daigo Umehara playing as Ken while facing Justin Wong using Chun Li successfully parried one of Chun Li s Super Moves while having very little health left and then countered with his own winning the match This highlight became highly influential within the fighting game community 17 2005 was the first year Evo was held at the Green Valley Ranch casino and hotel in Las Vegas Evo 2006 took place at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas 2006 was the first year that Capcom gave its official public support of the Evolution tournaments citation needed Traditionally Evo has only included fighting games but in 2006 it included Mario Kart DS in its lineup The other games featured were Dead or Alive 4 Guilty Gear XX Slash and Hyper Street Fighter II 18 19 Evo 2007 officially called Evo World 2007 took place from August 24 to 26 at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas Throughout the year there were several other tournaments held throughout the US bearing the Evo name The game roster had eight games Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Capcom vs SNK 2 Virtua Fighter 5 Marvel vs Capcom 2 Street Fighter II Turbo Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Guilty Gear XX L Core and Super Smash Bros Melee Evo 2008 took place at the Tropicana Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip from August 8 to 10 20 The tournament would feature six games within its official roster Capcom vs SNK 2 Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Super Smash Bros Brawl Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Marvel vs Capcom 2 21 The Brawl tournament was widely criticized for its ruleset which allowed items on and saw a relatively unknown player defeat Ken Hoang 22 Evo 2008 also allowed attendees a preview of BlazBlue Calamity Trigger Street Fighter IV Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Tatsunoko vs Capcom citation needed 2009 13 Street Fighter IV live streams and record numbers Edit A crowd in the main hall on day 2 of Evo 2009 Evo 2009 took place on July 17 to 19 23 Held at the Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas Nevada the tournament itself would feature six games on its official roster Soulcalibur IV Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Marvel vs Capcom 2 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Street Fighter IV 24 Notably the newly released Street Fighter IV increased Evo attendance by a considerable margin and the tournament for it alone boasted more than 1000 participants almost three times that of the tournaments for the other games 25 Evo 2010 held at Caesars Palace from July 9 2010 through July 11 2010 had a massive number of competitors with Super Street Fighter IV amassing approximately 1 800 players to duel for a 20 000 guaranteed prize pot Most notable in this EVO was Justin Wong cementing his dominance in Marvel vs Capcom 2 in its proverbial swan song defeating the champion of the previous year Sanford Kelly Also notable was Wong failing to make the top 8 in Super Street Fighter IV falling victim first to Vance Vangief Wu and soon after to Taiwanese player Bruce GamerBee Hsiang Melty Blood Actress Again was included after a poll on Shoryuken com to decide on the final game of the tournament beating out Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Capcom vs SNK 2 Marvel vs Capcom 2 Soulcalibur IV and The King of Fighters XII 26 BlazBlue Calamity Trigger was to be included but after a majority of the community moved on to BlazBlue Continuum Shift the decision was made to replace it with Marvel vs Capcom 2 Also notable was G4 s limited coverage of the event even offering X Play host Adam Sessler for commentary of the Super Street Fighter IV finals 27 Street Fighter cosplayers at Evo 2011 For Evo 2011 a tournament season was announced in which players could earn ranking points at one of eight tournaments It took place at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino from July 29 to 31 utilizing a 55 000 square foot 5 100 m2 ballroom All 50 states of the U S were represented as well as 44 additional countries 28 29 Its livestream was watched by over 2 million unique viewers on UStream over the course of the event 30 In attendance was Street Fighter series producer Ono Yoshinori who announced a free balance patch for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 31 Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada was also on hand to show new mechanics for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soulcalibur V 32 33 Other unreleased games shown were Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 King of Fighters XIII Skullgirls and Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition A Skullgirls side tournament was held in which the winner received a one of a kind Skullgirls themed arcade stick 34 35 Media outlets G4 GameSpot and Destructoid were all present to cover the event 34 36 Evo 2012 took place July 6 to 8 2012 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas 37 On January 3 Joey Cuellar announced that Evo 2012 would have 6 main tournament games Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Version 2012 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Mortal Kombat Soulcalibur V The King of Fighters XIII and Street Fighter X Tekken The tournament series from the previous year returned featuring seeding points for all six games in 17 events all across the world 38 Evo 2013 was announced on December 2 2012 It was held on July 12 14 at Paris Las Vegas 39 On January 8 Joey Cuellar announced that EVO 2013 would have eight main tournament games with the first seven revealed being Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Version 2012 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Mortal Kombat Street Fighter X Tekken Version 2013 The King of Fighters XIII and Persona 4 Arena The eighth game was voted on by players via online donations all proceeds of which went to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation 40 The eventual winner of the poll was Super Smash Bros Melee with 94 683 raised for that game while the total amount of donations was 225 744 41 Nintendo of America initially sent a cease and desist letter to cancel the streaming of Melee matches although after popular backlash a live stream was ultimately allowed to be carried out as planned 42 43 On May 7 2013 it was announced that Injustice Gods Among Us would be a main tournament game thus expanding the game roster from eight to nine 44 2014 19 Smash boom and international growth Edit Evo 2014 was announced on September 15 2013 It was held on July 11 13 2014 at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort amp Casino 8 On February 6 2014 Cuellar announced that Evo 2014 would include BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Injustice Gods Among Us The King of Fighters XIII Killer Instinct and Ultra Street Fighter IV while also mentioning that discussions were ongoing with Nintendo on the possible inclusion of Super Smash Bros Melee 45 Melee was eventually officially added to the roster with Nintendo s approval 46 47 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 was also later added to the roster 48 Evo 2015 took place on July 17 19 2015 at the Bally s Paris Las Vegas Casino 49 On January 20 2015 Cuellar announced that Evo 2015 would include Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Super Smash Bros for Wii U Killer Instinct Mortal Kombat X Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Ultra Street Fighter IV Super Smash Bros Melee and Tekken 7 50 While EVO 2015 initially was supposed to run on the PlayStation 4 version for Ultra Street Fighter IV the tournament instead used the Xbox 360 version due to a large number of bugs and glitches found by players in the newly released port 51 Cuellar also confirmed that EVO 2015 would use the technically outdated build of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax on PlayStation 3 52 On May 25 Cuellar confirmed that both Super Smash Bros Melee and Super Smash Bros for Wii U surpassed 1 500 entrants each Cuellar later confirmed that Ultra Street Fighter IV surpassed 2 000 entrants 53 54 EVO 2015 also acted as a Capcom Cup qualifier for Ultra Street Fighter IV as well as a Killer Instinct World Cup qualifier for Killer Instinct with both games receiving respective bonus pots of 50 000 from Capcom Sony and Iron Galaxy Microsoft respectively 55 56 57 NetherRealm and Warner Bros have also donated 50K towards the bonus pot for Mortal Kombat X due to the success of the Blue Steel Sub Zero skin 58 In addition Atlus has donated 10K towards the bonus pot for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax while Arc System Works and Aksys Games donated the same amount to the bonus pot for Guilty Gear Xrd 59 Bandai Namco has announced that they have provided a 30K bonus pot for Tekken 7 as well as providing all competitors in said game an exclusive T shirt featuring franchise veteran Lili and Tekken Revolution newcomer Eliza 60 The Evo 2016 Street Fighter V finals in the Madalay Bay Evo 2016 took place from July 15 17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center while Sunday finals took take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center The tournament featured Guilty Gear Xrd REVELATOR Street Fighter V Super Smash Bros Melee Super Smash Bros for Wii U Mortal Kombat XL Pokken Tournament Killer Instinct Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Tekken 7 Fated Retribution The tournaments for Street Fighter V Super Smash Bros Melee Guilty Gear Xrd REVELATOR Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Mortal Kombat XL finished on Sunday 61 The finals for Street Fighter V was broadcast live on ESPN2 and live coverage of the tournament was available through ESPN s WatchESPN service in addition to the tournament s regular Twitch streams 62 Joey Cuellar has announced record breaking numbers which includes Street Fighter V reaching more than 5 000 entrants Smash 4 and Melee each reaching more than 2 000 Pokken reaching more than 1 000 entrants while other games either increased or decreased 63 Like EVO 2015 s Ultra Street Fighter IV finals Capcom and Sony have provided a 50 000 bonus pot towards Street Fighter V s prize pool and is also a Capcom Pro Tour qualifier 64 The Pokemon Company has announced a 10 000 bonus pot towards Pokken Tournament s prize pool and is a Pokken Tournament Championship Series qualifier with 1st and 2nd place being able to qualify for the finals 65 As with EVO 2015 NetherRealm and Warner Bros have provided a 50 000 bonus pot towards Mortal Kombat XL s prize pool 66 Killer Instinct will be receiving a 15 000 bonus pot as part of the KI Ultra Tour funding 67 On July 11 Aksys Games announced a 10 000 bonus pot towards Guilty Gear Xrd REVELATOR s prize pool 68 Evo 2017 took place on July 14 to 16 with the entire event being held at the Mandalay Bay resort 69 The tournament featured Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 BlazBlue Central Fiction Super Smash Bros for Wii U Super Smash Bros Melee Injustice 2 Street Fighter V Tekken 7 The King of Fighters XIV and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 70 71 72 The ninth game was chosen by a donation drive which all of the funds have gone towards Make A Wish International Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 was the winning game with Pokken Tournament being the runner up Other games in contention were Skullgirls 2nd Encore ARMS Mortal Kombat XL Nidhogg Windjammers Killer Instinct and Super Street Fighter II Turbo The Sunday finals included Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 as the opening game BlazBlue Central Fiction Tekken 7 Super Smash Bros for Wii U and Street Fighter V 73 Upon the victory of UMvC3 Cuellar announced that Evo 2017 would be running the event with the PlayStation 4 version being used 74 Evo 2018 took place on August 3 to 5 with the entire event being held at the Mandalay Bay resort 75 The tournament featured Street Fighter V Arcade Edition Tekken 7 Super Smash Bros for Wii U Super Smash Bros Melee BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 Injustice 2 and Dragon Ball FighterZ 76 Evo 2019 took place on August 2 to 4 with the entire event being held at the Mandalay Bay resort 77 The tournament featured Street Fighter V Arcade Edition Tekken 7 Super Smash Bros Ultimate Mortal Kombat 11 Soulcalibur VI Under Night In Birth Exe Late st Dragon Ball FighterZ BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle and Samurai Shodown 2020 present COVID 19 cancellation and new ownership Edit Evo 2020 was to have taken place from July 31 to August 2 at the Mandalay Bay resort However due to the COVID 19 pandemic the physical event had been cancelled with all event and hotel reservations to be refunded Online tournament events had been scheduled from July 4 to August 2 as replacement activities 78 However at the start of July 2020 charges of sexual misconduct were leveled at EVO CEO Joey Cuellar The EVO board released Cuellar on July 2 and replaced him with Tony Cannon as interim CEO but by then several publishers including Capcom Bandai Namco NetherRealm and Mane6 had decided to pull out from the event The EVO board decided to cancel the event refund those tickets and donate the remaining funds to Project HOPE 79 On March 18 2021 it was announced that Evo had been acquired by a joint venture between Sony Interactive Entertainment and the talent agency Endeavor RTS It was concurrently announced that Evo Online 2021 will be held August 6 8 and August 13 15 2021 and feature Guilty Gear Strive Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Street Fighter V Champion Edition Tekken 7 and Skullgirls 2nd Encore Evo stated that the Sony ownership of the competition will not affect its ability to include events for non PlayStation games although all games in the 2021 lineup are either available on or console exclusive to PlayStation 80 81 Evo 2022 took place from August 5 to 7 at the Mandalay Bay resort The event is the first since 2019 to take place in person due to the COVID 19 pandemic The tournament featured Dragon Ball FighterZ Granblue Fantasy Versus Guilty Gear Strive The King of Fighters XV Melty Blood Type Lumina Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Skullgirls 2nd Encore Street Fighter V Champion Edition and Tekken 7 82 Evo Japan EditMain article Evo Japan 2018 In 2010 the Evolution Championship organizers announced an official spin off to the tournament series called Evo vs Godsgarden to be held in Japan the following year However the tournament was called off following the Tohoku earthquake and postponed indefinitely During a Nico Nico livestream following Evo 2013 Cuellar stated that he was still interested in holding a Japan based tournament 83 It was announced at Evo 2016 that a separate event simply titled Evo Japan is to be held in Japan 84 Japanese media companies Aetas ja Hearts United Group ja and Shochiku Broadcasting ja together invested a total of US 1 million into the event 85 During a presentation at the Tokyo Game Show in 2016 the Evolution organizers announced that the tournament is to be held in January 2018 while some form of pre tournament took place in 2017 86 At Evo 2017 the Evo Japan 2018 lineup was revealed to consist of Street Fighter V Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 Tekken 7 Super Smash Bros for Wii U BlazBlue Central Fiction The King of Fighters XIV and ARMS the event took place from January 26 to 28 87 The lineup is known to emphasize titles that are popular in Japan as titles such as Super Smash Bros Melee Injustice 2 and Marvel vs Capcom Infinite are notably absent mostly due to their lack of popularity in the region 88 89 Despite the 7 000 entrants Evo Japan ended up reporting a 1 13m loss according to financial reports by Hearts United Group 90 Evo Japan 2019 was held in February 2019 In October 2019 it was revealed that Super Smash Bros Ultimate would be the headlining game for Evo Japan 2020 91 Following EVO 2022 the EVO Japan 2023 tournament was unveiled 92 This will have a lineup of Guilty Gear Strive Street Fighter V Tekken 7 The King of Fighters XV Granblue Fantasy Versus Melty Blood Type Lumina and Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown The event will take place in March 2023 93 Champions EditMain article List of Evolution Championship Series championsReferences Edit Evo Championship Series Evo shoryuken com April 18 2013 Archived from the original on October 22 2013 Retrieved October 20 2013 Sony Interactive Entertainment and New Esports Venture RTS Jointly Acquire the Evolution Championship Series Evo March 18 2021 Crecente Brian Fighting to Play The History of the Longest Lived Fighting Game Tournament in the 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Shoryuken Retrieved June 20 2016 Martin Michael Mortal Kombat X gets 50 000 pot bonus for Evo 2016 Yahoo eSports Retrieved June 20 2016 Rukari June 29 2016 LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR EVO 2016 Ultra Combo Retrieved June 29 2016 Mikuthulhu EVO 2016 POT BONUSES DAISUKE AND MORI BBCF OH BOY Aksys Games Archived from the original on July 14 2016 Retrieved July 11 2016 S Good Owen November 16 2016 Evo 2017 is back in Las Vegas this July Polygon Retrieved January 25 2017 Kwilinski Darin January 25 2017 Evo 2017 lineup announced Melee missing from Sunday finals ESPN Retrieved January 25 2017 Arif Shabana January 25 2017 EVO 2017 lineup includes Injustice 2 alongside tournament staples like Super Smash Melee and Wii U VG247 Retrieved January 25 2017 Porter Matt EVO 2017 Game Line up Announced IGN Retrieved January 25 2017 Khan Imad February 8 2017 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 wins Evo vote raises over 71 000 for charity ESPN Retrieved February 8 2017 Joey Cuellar MrWiz February 8 2017 We will be using the PlayStation 4 version of Marvel for the grand finale of UMvC3 at Evo 2017 Evo2017 Tweet via Twitter S Good Owen Prepare for the next fight Evo 2018 s date and location revealed in the official announcement trailer Retrieved April 24 2018 McWhertor Michael February 6 2018 Evo 2018 lineup includes Street Fighter 5 Melee and Dragon Ball Polygon Retrieved July 13 2018 Sildra Zavian February 26 2019 The Evo 2019 main stage game lineup has been revealed Shoryuken Retrieved February 28 2019 Carpenter Nicole May 1 2020 Evo 2020 canceled due to coronavirus pandemic online event coming Polygon Retrieved May 1 2020 O Conner James July 2 2020 EVO 2020 Has Been Cancelled GameSpot Retrieved July 2 2020 Machkovech Sam March 18 2021 Sony acquires world s largest fighting game tourney series Ars Technica Retrieved March 18 2021 Good Owen S March 18 2021 Sony acquires Evo fighting games championship series Polygon Retrieved March 18 2021 Dinsdale Ryan March 9 2022 EVO 2022 Lineup Announced Street Fighter V Tekken 7 Headline This Year s Event IGN Retrieved March 9 2022 Corriea Alexa Ray July 15 2013 EVO Japan can still happen says tournament founder Polygon McWhertor Michael July 17 2016 Evo Japan announced more details at Tokyo Game Show Polygon Martin Michael September 7 2016 Japanese media invests 1 million in Evo Japan Yahoo esports Martin Michael September 15 2016 Evo Japan coming in January 2018 Yahoo Esports Ramos Jeff July 16 2017 Evo Japan will mark Arms fighting game tournament debut Polygon Retrieved July 18 2017 Mejia Ozzie July 16 2017 EVO 2017 Evo Japan 2018 lineup includes Street Fighter 5 ARMS and more Shacknews Retrieved July 18 2017 Leack Jonathan July 17 2017 ARMS Is Joining EVO Japan 2018 s Lineup Game Revolution Retrieved July 18 2017 Mitrevski Lydia May 13 2018 EVO Japan reports 1 13m loss due to lack of sponsorship eSports Insider Retrieved May 13 2018 Purslow Matt Super Smash Bros Ultimate Will Be Evo Japan 2020 s Main Title IGN Retrieved October 14 2019 Ashley Jordan August 8 2022 EVO Japan Returns in 2023 Line Up Dates and Event Info Esports net Retrieved August 12 2022 Hazra Adriana November 7 2022 EVO Japan 2023 Tournament Reveals Full Main Game Lineup Anime News Network Retrieved January 5 2023 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Evolution Championship Series amp oldid 1136052605 2010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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