The Top 5 Evo 2013 Moments

The Top 5 Evo 2013 Moments

2DX|13 years ago|Culture

Every summer, the Evolution fighting game championship brings together thousands of the best gamers from all across the globe to compete in the likes of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and tons of other top brawlers in the heart of Las Vegas.

Evo is the undisputed Super Bowl of the fighting genre, as attendees pack out hotel ballrooms (this year’s was in Paris Hotel) and over 1 million unique viewers watch from home via Twitch to see top players battle it out for the title of world’s best. Every Evo is defined by a few key competitive moments, as exhibited by the now-famous Daigo Umehara Parry video from Evo 2004 that showed hundreds of thousands of people just how exciting fighting games could be. This year’s Evo was no exception; While there are literally hundreds of matches worth talking about, 2D-X decided to break down its five favorite moments of Evolution 2013.