For followers of the Street Fighters, Tekkens and Dragon Ball FighterZs of this world, The Evo Championship Series is probably the most magical time of the yr. Held on the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, 1000’s commerce blows throughout eight main video games (plus a good few minor ones) looking for fame, glory, and large money prizes. Evo’s doorways are open, and the primary matches are streaming live on Twitch right now.
For those that’d relatively simply battle for themselves, Steam is running a big promo weekend, with reductions lots of the video games being performed and free weekends for Street Fighter 5, Tekken 7 and new 2D crossover fighter BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. How else are you going to get warmed up for Evo 2019?
Right now, the primary spherical ‘pools’ part of the event is in full swing. Hundreds of rapid-fire elimination matches throughout all eight video games to resolve who will get a reputation on the event board correct, though there’s at all times the possibility to catch up after a foul begin via the “losers” aspect. There’s been no scarcity of upsets in years prior, the place a fan-favourite has been eradicated early, solely to claw their method again as much as problem the champion. The swimming pools matches will probably be wrapping up early tomorrow, with the big-ticket fights occurring over Saturday and Sunday.
Studios will probably be showcasing some upcoming video games at Evo, comparable to Smash Bros. Ultimate, Soul Calibur 6 (now that includes Geralt from The Witcher collection) and Dead Or Alive 6, the latter two confirmed PC-bound. Evo additionally tends to be the place massive combating recreation studios make shock reveals, though the when and what are unpredictable – you’ll simply must hold watching the event to seek out out. Personally, I’m anticipating a peek at Street Fighter 5’s subsequent DLC character, G, sooner or later in the course of the larger SF5 matches.
As for the tournaments themselves, all eyes are on Dominique “SonicFox” McClean, who’s an knowledgeable at a number of video games however has just lately been dominating the Dragon Ball FighterZ scene. A bigger-than-life determine in probably the most literal sense, he’s an outspoken and proud furry who has just lately taken to carrying his cumbersome blue, white and orange fox fursuit throughout matches. This absolutely places him at a drawback, however makes for a fantastic present and also you know issues simply bought critical when he takes his ‘head’ off to vent some steam and get a greater take a look at the battle.
Evo 2018 is reside now, and you may watch it here on Twitch from now till the final punch lands on Monday morning. You can see the full tournament format and rules here, the match schedule here (Listed in PDT/GMT-07), plus the Steam fighting game sale/free weekend here.
