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Andrea Shearon Feb 26, 2022. 2 minute read
Super Smash Bros Will Not Be Part of Evo 2022 Line-Up
Evo, the annual Sony-owned fighting game tournament, will not host Nintendo’s biggest brawler in 2022. In an announcement on Twitter, the esports organization said Super Smash Bros. will not return to the Las Vegas convention this year—a decision it attributes to Nintendo. Perhaps the writing has been on the walls…
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Imran Khan Mar 18, 2021. 2 minute read
PlayStation Acquires EVO Fighting Game Tournament
In an odd bit of news today, PlayStation has announced that the Sony Interactive Entertainment company has acquired the Evolution fighting game tournament, usually abbreviated as EVO. Both PlayStation and esports company RTS have joined together to acquire the tournament, which has been running yearly since 1996 until last year.…
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Jordan Mallory May 1, 2020. 2 minute read
Evo 2020 Cancelled in Favor of Online Event Coming ‘This Summer’
The Evolution Championship Series, an illegal hotel-room gambling event with ancillary fighting game tournaments based out of Las Vegas, has predictably cancelled its planned 2020 festivities, due to the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 1 million Americans and lead to nearly 60,000 deaths in…
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Victoria Rose Feb 5, 2020. 3 minute read
Evo 2020’s Announcement Stream Brings Plenty of Punchy Choices
It’s now 2020, which means tournaments are in full swing. Even the Evolution Championship Series, better known as Evo, had a great start to the year, with the second year of Evo Japan going smoothly (minus one literal slip-up). Now, as everyone scrambles to start summer plans, the main Evo…
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Kenneth Shepard Sep 22, 2019. 1 minute read
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Update Brings Nine New Characters in November
Arc System Works is about to bring a sizable addition to its crossover fighting game BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle with its 2.0 update launching on November 21. The update itself will include balance updates, character interactions, and a new scenario, but headlining the patch are nine new playable characters. Four…
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David O'Keefe Aug 5, 2019. 5 minute read
Under Night’s Community Found Validation and Explosive Growth at Evo
Under cobalt lights arranged into three diamonds, people crowded into the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend. Many more spilled out onto the concrete floor. They were there not for a musical artist or a high-profile comedian, but to watch the top eight competitors of anime…
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Nerium Mar 6, 2019. 1 minute read
Fanwidth Episode 006: Devil May Kick High
You know who loves video games? We love video games! Specifically, we love having conversations about them for all to enjoy. That’s why we’re back yet again with another episode of the Fanwidth video game podcast. Won’t you please come and join us? Speaking of joining us, wouldn’t you know…
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