Evo, or Evolution Championship Series, is a annual fighting video game competition where the best players around the world gather to prove their fighting skills. What started as the small tournament “Battle by the Bay” in California in 1996, eventually moved over to Las Vegas and became Evo in 2002. Originally there were only 3 games: Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and Capcom vs. SNK 2. As the years went on, more and more games were added to the line up, while others were removed.
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VGW's Will Harrison: With the bloodiest day in Evo tournament history in the record books, Sunday night came and brought with it even more shocking endings and tense match ups than the crowd of 8,000 live spectators and 128,000 watching on Twitch.TV could have anticipated. Would America capture its first Street Fighter IV Evo crown via SnakeEyes, the west coast Zangief player? Could Ricky Ortiz bring home the trophy? Would the title of Grand Finals Winner go back to Fuudo and Japan? Top 8 was full of surprises and saw a gripping conclusion that will be talked about in Fight Game Community circles for years to come.
Kevin from Denkiphile: "EVO has arrived, which means that the titans of competitive fighting games are duking it out Greek-style to claim supremacy over their fellow man. Featured at EVO are the best and most popular games the genre has to offer. Street Fighters, BlazBlues, Guilty Gears, and King of Fighters are the bread and butter of any fighting game competition, but like with any other genre, there are games that wouldn’t make the cut for competitive play for various reasons. Here’s a list of fighting games no one will ever play at EVO."
