Fighting game event organiser Evo has unveiled its game line-up and a new expanded tournament roster for its 2025 edition in Las Vegas, USA.
Taking place in August, Evo 2025 will feature at least 15 esports tournaments across notable fighting games such as Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear -Strive- and more.
Evo hosts some of the largest fighting game tournaments in the world with thousands of competitors taking part across a range of competitions.
For this year’s Las Vegas event, Evo 2025’s main arena games are Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear -Strive-, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Under Night In-Birth, Mortal Kombat 1 and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. Marvel vs Capcom 2 was also announced as Evo 2025’s Throwback Game.
This year, Evo 2025 has also expanded its tournament opportunities outside of its eight traditional arena games. Alongside, these events are an extended line-up of titles that will have official tournaments run by Evo and will take place on Evo’s stages.
So far this line-up consists of Killer Instinct, Virtua Fighter 5, Rivals of Aether II, The King of Fighters XV and BlazBlue: Central Fiction. According to Evo, at least two more titles will form part of its expanded roster of tournaments.
In addition to unveiling a huge roster of titles, Evo named restaurant chain Chipotle as the event’s presenting partner. 2025 marks the third consecutive year the restaurant chain has collaborated with the event after signing a partnership in 2022.
Evo in 2025
Widely considered the world championship of fighting games, Evo 2025 is one of three Evo events taking place this year.
In addition to North America, Evo will hold tournaments in Japan, France and Singapore. The Japanese event will take place in May while the French event will occur in October.
Ahead of its events, Evo will also host the inaugural Evo Awards, a ceremony celebrating the fighting game community. Categories range from player of the year to best cosplay.
The Evo Awards takes place on February 15th with voting closing on February 12th. Fans can vote in all of the categories on the event’s website.
Evo 2025 is set to take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center from August 1st to 3rd.
