Over the years, Evo has become more than just the world's biggest fighting game event: it's now a prime venue for publishers and developers to get the word out about their latest projects. It's a bit like E3, but with a specific focus on fighting games.
And with Evo 2023 — which begins on the 4th August — it sounds like we're getting plenty of reveals and updates. The official schedule has been made public, and fans can look forward to a live showcase that covers the entire first day of streaming. Said showcase will be made up of developer panels, with titles like Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Guilty Gear Strive, Street Fighter 6, and Tekken 8 all getting the nod. The schedule also promises surprise announcements, just to keep you on your toes.
You can definitely expect a number of character reveals, and, if we're lucky, one or two release dates (we're looking at you, Tekken 8).
Of course, this showcase is just a single side of Evo. The rest of the three-day event will see many of the world's most skilled fighting game players go head-to-head in huge tournaments. Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Strive, and Street Fighter 6 — in that order — are all wrapping up on the main stage, on the final day.
Are you hyped for Evo 2023? What kind of announcements are you hoping for? Never stop training in the comments section below.
[source evo.gg]
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Fingers crossed for
Playstation Allstars 2
Marvel vs Capcom collection
and Tekken 3 rerelease...a boy has got to dream right?
Looking forward to more updates for Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8. And of course, maybe some surprises.
Going to be a good show. Sadly I'll be out of town but I'll be checking for the updates and catching as many matches of SF6 in particular as I can!
I assume we'll get a character trailer for Aki in Street Fighter 6. Maybe a teaser trailer for Akuma, but he's so far off still. I also imagine Capcom will start showing off the first selection of premium costumes for SF6.
@AdamNovice would be nice if one of the 12 live service titles was a PlayStation all stars 2, with Sony owning Evo and smash bros abandoning it, a sequel would make sense.
Hyped for EVO. Always love watching high-level fighting game play.
The link in the article goes to a news brief, but this link shows the schedule in a much more visual and easy to grok way:
https://www.evo.gg/schedule
What is funny is that EVO will have an invitational Killer Instinct exhibition for the 10 year anniversary in prime time on Friday.
Sony showing more love for KI than MS LOL.
Tekken 8 release date! Let’s gooooooo!
With gorgeous next gen Tekken Bowling as a confirmed mode, please. And let’s get Roger confirmed as a character too, while we’re at it.
I will be watching for sure.
Very much looking forward to this year’s EVO for multiple reasons including personal
Not getting my hopes up, but a Virtua Fighter 6 announcement would be amazing!
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