Combo Breakers and Comebacks: What To Expect at Evo 2025

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Table of Contents

• EVO 2025 Returns to Las Vegas

  • Main Tourney Lineup for EVO 2025:

  • EVO Events, Features, & Attractions

  • International Expansion of EVO

  • Additional Highlights

• 🚨 ICYMI: Top Headlines & Highlights

  • Gaming News

  • Funding & Opportunities

  • Web3 & Blockchain

EVO 2025 Returns to Las Vegas

If you’re reading this from home instead of the Evo Arena, believe me… I FEEL YOUR PAIN. The FGC’s wildest moments, exclusives, and history making matches are happening in Vegas this year. I’ll be watching from my phone screen living with mind-crippling FOMO.

Main Tourney Lineup for EVO 2025:

• Street Fighter 6

• Tekken 8

• Guilty Gear: Strive

• Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising

• Undernight In-Birth II Sys:Celes

• MK1

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

• Marvel vs Capcom 2

EVO Events, Features, & Attractions

• Expanded tournament lineup with new titles such as Rivals of Aether II and King of Fighters XV

• 600,000 sq ft showfloor, larger arcade with dedicated free play zones

• Evo art museum returns (additional art in museum shop)

• Award events scheduled for February 15th in Los Angeles

  • Hosted by Majin Obama w/ special guests like Maximilian Dood

  • 21 public voting categories including “Best Pop Off”, “FGC Content of the Year”, “Match of The Year”, “Player of the Year” (cough cough Sonic Fox), and much more

International Expansion of EVO

• EVO Japan: Returns May 9th - 11th at Tokyo Big Sight

  • Features 2 five-vs-five tournaments: Street Fighter III 3rd Strike and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O

• Evo Makes its European debut: Nice, France, October 10-12 at the Palais des Expos

• Future plans also include Evo Singapore 2026

Additional Highlights

• Evo Showcase is back, featuring special events, panels, reveals, publisher booths, photo ops, Artist Alley, and the Qiddiya Legends Lounge

• Meet-and-greets, and FGC themed Cosplay Contest to be included in the Art Museum Programming

EVO 2025 presents not just competition but also a full festival atmosphere for the FGC game community (in case you’ve been living under a rock a gamer). Dont sleep on new potential bangers like the Invincible fighting game or the platform brawler A Few Quick Matches. Keep your controllers warm and your reactions crisp, see you in the next round.

🚨 ICYMI: Top Headlines & Highlights

Gaming News

• Battlefield 6 Open Beta Playtest Schedule (Aug 7th-17th)

• Best Indie Games To Play This Summer by Eliza Critchton-Stuart

• Embark Studios Creator and Partner Program Signups are LIVE

• LinkedIn’s 2025 Gamification Boom: Zip, Pinpoint, Crossclimb Shine

• Nintendo Switch 2 Direct: Partner Showcase Highlights

• Q2 Gaming Market Report, Trends, Market Data, and More

• Steam Plagued by AI Reviews Raising Concerns About Reliability of User Feedback

• Twitch Cracking Down On Fake Views With Major Update Rolling Out Over The Next Few Weeks

Funding & Opportunities

• AI Based Chat Game “Sarah’s Game” Offers Bounties From .1 to 100 SOL

• ARIA Successfully Raises $5M In Latest Funding Round

• Buy, Stake, and Leverage Creator Coins with Xeenon’s New Creator Rewards Program

• Earn Pioneer Rewards with Shaga’s New NGC Data Collection Campaign

• Ronin Introduces The Ronin Forge Innovation Grant, $300K in Funding For Game and App Builders on Ronin

• New Gam3sGG Live Quests Rewards Include Ps5 Pro, $20 PSN , & $20 Roblox Credits

• Over $150,000 in Prizes Are Up For Grabs in Abstract Summer

• Ultra Launches $1M Grant Program, up to $250K Available Per Person

• Castle of Blackwater is Now FREE on Steam with New Creator Program

Web3 & Blockchain

• Crypto Gaming is “Dead” Again by @Web3_Memento

• Doodles UP Game Launch Scheduled For August 8th

• The First 3D LBS Blockchain Game Launches Open Beta Season 0

• Shrapnel Migrates From Avalanche To GalaChain in New Partnership

• U.S. Securities & Exchange Commissions Launches “Project Crypto”

• Visa adds Avalanche as a Supported Blockchain for Stablecoin Settlement

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