The Evolution Championship Series ( EVO or Evo ) is an annual esports event that focuses exclusively on combat games. The tournament is completely exposed and uses a dual elimination format. Like the Super Battle Opera, contestants travel from all over the world to participate, especially from Japan. The first evolution was originally held as a Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 tournament called Battle by the Bay . It was renamed Evo in 2002. Each successive tournament has increased the number of participants. It has been held in various places in Las Vegas Valley since 2005.
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History
Evo was founded by Tom Cannon, also known for his work at Shoryuken.com, a fighting game website. The tournament began as a "Battle by the Bay", a 40-man Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 in 1996 in Sunnyvale, California, which eventually moved to the venue repeated in the Las Vegas Valley. The event changed its name to Evolution Championship Series or EVO for the short term in 2002. Over time, the tournament grew, noting more than a thousand participants in 2009.
Initially the tournament used the arcade cabinet, but in 2004 a decision was made to move all games to their console version, there was not a bit of controversy. During the transition to gaming on the seventh generation console, most games are played on the PlayStation 3, although the Evo 2014 runs most games on the Xbox 360. Apart from the official tournaments, there is also a "BYOC" (bring your own console) area where many games different played and side tournaments are held.
1996 (B3: Battle by the Bay)
2000 (Championship B4)
2001 (Championship B5)
2002
2003
2004
Evo 2004 took place at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in Southern California from July 29 to August 1. The tournament garnered around 700 competitors from over 30 countries to compete in over nine different matches. The games featured include Super Street Fighter II Turbo , Street Fighter III: Attack 3 , Marvel vs. Capcom 2 , Capcom vs. SNK 2 , Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution , Guilty Gear XX , Soulcalibur II , Tekken 4 , and Tekken Tag Tournament .
Evo 2004 uses home consoles for most of their tournament matches rather than arcade cabinets, with the only exception being the 3rd Strike that uses more traditional arcade cabinets. Evo 2004 is the birthplace of "Evo Moment # 37". During the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike tournament, Daigo Umehara (playing Ken), in the face of Justin Wong (using Chun-Li), manages to deflect one of Superstar Movesâ € "Chun-Li while very little health remaining and then fight with himself, winning the match. This spotlight became very influential in the combat gaming community.
2005
2005 is the first year of Evo held at the Green Valley Ranch casino and hotel in Las Vegas.
2006
Evo 2006 takes place at Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas. 2006 was Capcom's first year, his public support of the Evolution tournament. Traditionally, Evo has only included fighting games, but in 2006 it included Mario Kart DS in its ranks.
2007
Evo 2007, officially called Evo World 2007, takes place from 24-26 August at Green Valley Ranch, in Las Vegas. Throughout the year there are several other tournaments held throughout the US under the name Evo. The game list has eight matches, Street Fighter III: Attack 3 , Capcom vs. SNK 2 , Virtua Fighter 5 , Marvel vs.Capcom 2 , Street Fighter II Turbo , Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection , Guilty Gear XX? Core , and Super Smash Bros. Melee .
2008
Evo 2008 takes place at the Tropicana Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. from August 8 to 10. The tournament will feature six games on the official list: Capcom vs. SNK 2 , Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection , Street Fighter III: 3 Strike , Super Smash Bros. Brawl , Super Street Fighter II Turbo , and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 . The
Tournament is widely criticized for its rules, allowing items and seeing relatively unknown players beat Ken.
Evo 2008 also lets participants see previews of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, and Tatsunoko's vs. Capcom.
2009
Evo 2009 takes place on 17-19 July. Held at the Rio Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the tournament itself will feature six games on the official list: 2010
Evo 2010, held at Caesars Palace has a large number of competitors, with Super Street Fighter IV collecting about 1,800 players to duel for a guaranteed $ 20,000 gift pot. The most prominent in EVO is Justin Wong who unites his dominance in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 in the proverbial proverbial song, defeating the previous year's champion, Sanford Kelly. Also notable is Wong failed to make the top 8 on Super Street Fighter IV, falling first victim 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 the final tournament match, beating Capcom vs. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike . SNK 2 , Marvel vs. Capcom 2 , Soulcalibur IV , and The King of Fighters XII . BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger will be included, but after most communities moved to BlazBlue: Continuum Shift , a decision was made to replace it with Marvel vs. Capcom 2 . Also notable is G4's limited coverage of the event, even offering Adam Sessler host's X-Play for comments from the final Super Street Fighter IV .
2011
For Evo 2011, the tournament season is announced where players can earn ratings points in one of eight tournaments. This took place in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino from July 29-31, using a 55,000 square foot (5,100 m) ballroom. To 50 US states are represented, as well as 44 additional countries. Live streaming was watched by over 2 million unique viewers in UStream during the event.
The attendees were Street Fighter series producer Ono Yoshinori, who announced a free balance patch for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition . Tekken Katsuhiro Harada's series producer is also ready to show new mechanics for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soulcalibur V . Another unreleased game featured is Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Skullgirls and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. A Skullgirls side tournament is held where the winner receives a one-of-a-kind themed Skullgirls theme. Media outlets G4, GameSpot and Destructoid are all present to cover the event. 2012
Evo 2012 takes place 6 to 8 July 2012, at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. On January 3rd, Joey Cuellar announced that Evo 2012 will have 6 major tournament games, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012) , Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 , Mortal Kombat , Soulcalibur V , King of Fighters XIII and Street Fighter X Tekken . Series of tournaments from the previous year back, featuring seeding points for all six games in 17 events worldwide.
2013
Evo 2013 was announced on December 2, 2012. The event was held on July 12-14 at Paris Las Vegas. On January 8th, Joey Cuellar announced that EVO 2013 will have eight major tournament matches, with the first seven revealed being Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 , Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (2012 Version)) , Tekken Tag Tournament 2 , Mortal Kombat , < i> Street Fighter X Tekken (Version 2013) , King of Fighters XIII , and Persona 4 Arena . The eighth game is selected by players through online donations, all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The last winner of the poll is the Super Smash Bros. Melee with $ 94,683 raised for the game, while the total amount of the donation is $ 225,744. Nintendo of America initially sent a stop letter and stopped to cancel streaming Melee matches, though after a popular reaction, live streaming was finally allowed to go as planned. On May 7, 2013 it was announced that Injustice: Gods Among Us will be the main tournament match, thus extending the list of games from eight to nine. 2014
Evo 2014 was announced on 15 September 2013. The event was held on 11-13 July 2014 at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & amp; Casino On February 6, 2014, Cuellar announced that Evo 2014 will include BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma , Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 , Injustice: God Among Us i>, The King of Fighters XIII , Killer Instinct , and Ultra Street Fighter IV while also mentioning that discussions are taking place with Nintendo on the possibility of Super Smash Bros. entry. Melee . Melee finally officially added to the list with Nintendo's approval. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is also then added to the list.
2015
Evo 2015 takes place on 17-19 July 2015 at Bally's/Paris Las Vegas Casino. On January 20, 2015, Cuellar announced that Evo 2015 will 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 .
While the 2015 EVO was originally supposed to run on the PlayStation 4 version for Ultra Street Fighter IV, the tournament instead used the Xbox 360 version, due to the large number of bugs and distractions found by players on the released port. Cuellar also confirmed that EVO 2015 will use a technically expired build of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax on the PlayStation 3. On May 25, Cuellar confirmed that both are Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has surpassed 1,500 entrants each. Cuellar later confirmed that Ultra Street Fighter IV exceeded 2,000 entrants. The 2015 EVO also acts as a Capcom Cup qualifier for Ultra Street Fighter IV, as well as the Killer Instinct World Cup qualifiers for Killer Instinct, with both games receiving a bonus pot each of $ 50,000 from Capcom/Sony and Iron Galaxy/Microsoft respectively. NetherRealm and Warner Bros. has also donated $ 50K to the bonus pot for Mortal Kombat X , due to the success of the Blue Steel Sub-Zero skin. In addition, Atlus has donated $ 10K for a pot bonus for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, while Arc System Works and Aksys Games donate the same amount to the bonus pot for Guilty Gear Xrd . Bandai Namco has announced that it has provided a $ 30K bonus pot for Tekken 7 and provides all competitors in exclusive T-shirt word games featuring Lili franchise veterans and newcomers Revola Tekken Eliza.
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Evo 2016 runs from July 15-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, while Sunday's final takes place at Mandalay Bay Events Center. This tournament features Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR - , Street Fighter V , Super Smash Bros. Melee , Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , Mortal Kombat XL , PokkÃÆ' Â © n Tournament , Killer Instinct , Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 , and Tekken 7: Fated Retribution . 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. The final for Street Fighter V is broadcast live on ESPN2 and live coverage of the tournament is available through the WatchesPN ESPN service, in addition to the regular stream of Twitch.tv tournaments.
Joey Cuellar has announced a record breaking number that includes Street Fighter V reaching more than 5,000 entrants, Smash 4 and Melee each reaching over 2,000; PokkÃÆ' Â © n reaches over 1,000 entrants while other games increase or decrease. Like the 2015 EVO in Ultra Street Fighter IV final, Capcom and Sony have provided a $ 50,000 bonus pot for Street Fighter V pool prizes as well as Capcom Pro Tour qualifiers. The Poké Mon Page has announced a $ 10,000 bonus pot to the PokkÃÆ' Â © n Tournament prize and is a qualifying PokkÃÆ' Â © n Tournament Championship Series, with the first and second places to qualify for the finals. As with EVO 2015, NetherRealm and Warner Bros. has provided a $ 50,000 bonus pot for the Mortal Kombat XL pool prize. Killer Instinct will receive a $ 15,000 pot bonus as part of the KI Ultra Tour funding. On July 11th, Aksys Games announced a $ 10,000 pot bonus for Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-'s pool prizes.
2017
Evo 2017 takes place on 14-16 July with all events held at the Mandalay Bay resort. This tournament features Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 , BlazBlue: Middle Fiction , Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , Super Smash Bros. Melee , Injustice 2 , Street Fighter V , Tekken 7 , King of Fighters XIV , and < i> Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 . The ninth game was chosen by a donation in which all funds have been spent on Make-A-Wish International. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is a winner game with PokkÃÆ' Â © n Tournament being runner-up. Other debatable games are Skullgirls: 2nd Encore , ARMS , Mortal Kombat XL , Nidhogg , Windjammers , Killer Instinct , and Super Street Fighter II Turbo . Sunday's finals include Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (as the opening game), BlazBlue: Central Fiction , Tekken 7 , Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , and Street Fighter V . After the triumph of UMvC3, Cuellar announced that Evo 2017 will run an event with the PlayStation 4 version being used.
2018
Evo 2018 takes place from 3 to 5 August with all events held at the Mandalay Bay resort.
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Japanese Evo
In 2010, organizers of the Evolution Championship announced an official spin-off for the tournament series called "Evo vs Godsgarden", to be held in Japan the following year. However, the tournament was canceled after the Tohoku earthquake and was delayed indefinitely. During the livestream of Nico Nico after the 2013 Evo, Cuellar stated that he is still interested in holding a Japan-based tournament.
Announced in Evo 2016 that a separate event entitled "Evo Japan" will be held in Japan. Japanese media company Aetas, Hearts United Group, and Shochiku Broadcasting jointly invested a total of $ 1 million USD into the event. During a presentation at the Tokyo Game Show in 2016, Evolution organizers announced that the tournament will be held in January 2018, while some form of "pre-tournament" will take place in 2017.
At Evo 2017, the Evo Japan 2018 lineup is revealed consisting of Street Fighter V , Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 , Tekken 7 , Super Smash Brooch. for Wii U , BlazBlue: Middle Fiction , King of Fighters XIV , and ARMS ; The event will run from January 26-28. This line is known to emphasize popular titles in Japan, as popular titles like Super Smash Bros. Melee , Injustice 2 , and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite mainly does not exist mainly due to their lack of popularity in the region.
Players with many championships
References
External links
- Official website
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