Evo 2025 is taking place in Las Vegas on August 1st – 3rd at the Las Vegas Convention Center, hosting tournaments for popular FGC titles like Street Fighter 6, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and Tekken 8.
From watching the top pros compete in a wide range of fighting games to experiencing fighting game demos to playing in a massive retro arcade, here’s what fans need to know about Evo 2025.
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Featured Titles at Evo 2025
Evo attracts the best FGC gamers from around the world, who will compete in Arena and Extended lineups. The Arena will feature competitions from Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, Guilty Gear -Strive-, MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2, Mortal Kombat 1, Street Fighter 6, TEKKEN 8 and Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes.
For the Extended lineup, the featured games will be Rivals of Aether II, The King of Fighters XV and Samurai Shodown, BlazBlue Centralfiction, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Virtua Fighter 5 and R.E.V.O Killer Instinct.
Celebrating the FGC Culture
Aside from the tournament, Evo will also have a total of 105 booths at the venue, including Riot Games’ 2XKO booth, where players will be able to try out the new champion Vi.
There will also be an Artist Alley to purchase art, a museum featuring exhibitions from guest artists Shinkiro and jbstyle with meet-and-greet opportunities, a BYOC (bring your own console) area, as well as the Evo Arcade for vintage gameplay opportunities.
Rick Thiher, General Manager of Evo, said: “This year’s flagship Evo event will bring together people from all over the world in a celebration of fighting game competition and culture. Evo has become a must-attend event that creates and invigorates fighting game fandom.
All ages can visit and explore a gigantic arcade of gaming classics, museums filled with FGC history, and a show floor full of exhibitors and vendors alongside our storied tournaments.”
Streams
The event will have official stream partners in French (MGG), Spanish (MainGame GG), Portuguese (Warner Play Brazil) and Chinese (Douyu). There will also be selected co-streamers for the event, although the list is yet to be confirmed.
EVO 2025 Schedule
The venue will open each day at 8:30 AM PST and close at 10 PM PST, with tournament play, reveals and special events throughout the entire festival.
The first day will be mainly filled with panels, exhibitions such as Capcom Street Fighter League NA vs EU and a special show match between Betty and Justin Wong.
On day 2, Evo will have the Top 8 Finals for Mortal Kombat 1, Under Night In-Birth II, Marvel vs Capcom 2, and Granblue Fantasy Versus headlining the Arena lineup as well as the game titles from the Extended lineup.
For the last day, the event will have the finals for Guilty Gear -Strive-, Fatal Fury, TEKKEN 8 and Street Fighter 6 on the main stage, along with big reveals for Invincible VS, Virtua Fighter and Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Soul. Below is the full schedule for each day:
Friday, August 1 (PST):
- 10am: Show opening (Venue tour)
- 10:30am: Capcom Street Fighter League NA vs EU exhibition hosted by RobTV
- 11:30-12pm: Feature Interviews with two iconic Japanese artists jbstyle and Shinkiro
- 12-12:30pm: SEGA Panel
- 12:30-1:00pm: Warner Bros. Panel
- 1-1:30pm: Rivals of Aether II Panel
- 1:30-2pm: Evo Jeopardy with FGC commentator and content creator JM Crofts
- 2-3pm: Cygames Panel
- 3-4pm: Seth Killian Interview with five-time Evo champion Arslan Ash
- 4-5pm: SNK Panel
- 5-6:30pm: Invincible VS Developer Panel + Exhibition
- 6:30-7pm: Cannon Awards
- 7-8pm: Arc System Works HUNTERxHUNTERxNENxIMPACT Panel + Exhibition
- 8-8:30pm: Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Panel
- 8:30-10pm: Betty vs Justin Wong (nine-time Evo champion)
- 10pm: End of show
Saturday, August 2 (PST):
Top 8 timing
Saturday Arena Finals lineup:
- 10am: Mortal Kombat 1
- 2pm: UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
- 5pm: Marvel vs Capcom 2
- 8pm: Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Saturday Extended Lineup Finals:
- 10am: GUILTY GEAR XRD REV 2
- 1pm: Capcom vs. SNK 2
- 5pm: Samurai Shodown
- 6pm: Rivals of Aether II
- 7pm: Killer Instinct
Sunday, August 3 (PST):
Sunday Arena Finals Lineup:
- 10am: Guilty Gear -Strive-
- 1:30pm: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- 4:30pm: TEKKEN 8
- 8pm: Street Fighter 6
Sunday Extended Lineup Finals:
- 10am: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.
- 1pm: BlazBlue Central Fiction
- 4pm: The King of Fighters XV
Source: https://esportsinsider.com/
