You might be asking yourself what is Evo? When asked this question Evo2k.com answers with, “The Evolution Championship Series (Evo for short) represents the largest and longest-running fighting game tournaments in the world. Evo events bring together the best of the best from around the world in a dazzling exhibition of skill and fun, as players and fans gather to honor the competitive spirit in an open format and determine a champion.”
This year something really amazing is happening — Evo will be broadcasting live!! The event takes place Friday July 17th-Sunday July 19th. So fighting game fans around the world you’ll get to see the best of the best compete in some of the most popular fighting games in recent memory.
The 2009 lineup includes:
•Street Fighter 4 (PS3)
•Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, HD Remix (PS3)
•Soul Calibur 4 (PS3)
•Marvel vs Capcom 2 (TBA)
•Street Fighter 3, Third Strike (PS2)
•Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core (PS2)
•EXHIBITION: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Invitational Tournament (Nintendo Wii)
•EXHIBITION: SSF2T HD Remix, Regional 5on5 Team Tournament (PS3)
For more info visit Evo2k.com
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yo great find, I hope ps3 users at least watch it and show support so there will be more ps3 consoles in competitions.
The PlayStation platform has always been the standard when it comes to tournaments due to controller interface accessibility except in the case that a fighting game is exclusive to another platform i.e. the Sega Dreamcast via Marvel vs Capcom 2 or the Nintendo GAMECUBE with Super Smash Bros Melee. I was supposed to go this year but the lineup is still too thin. In other words, no Tekken 6, KOF XII, and/or BlazBlue. It’s still gonna be real good though. More than 800 signed up for Street Fighter IV! By comparision in 2002 Tekken In Texas or TiT for short had 700 TOTAL for BOTH Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken 4!
I was really hoping and kind of expecting that KOFXII would be there in some form or another. I guess there is always next year. *-*