The 2024 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2022 or EVO 2022) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from July 19 to 21, 2024 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event marked the debuts of Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] and Mortal Kombat 1. It also the return of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike as a mainline game for the first time since 2009.

2024 Evolution Championship Series
Evolution Championship Series logo
Tournament information
LocationLas Vegas, United States
DatesJuly 19, 2024–July 21, 2024
Venue(s)Las Vegas Convention Center
Participants10,240
Final positions
Champions
  • SF6: Victor "Punk" Woodley
  • T8: Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique
  • GGS: Shamar "Nitro" Hinds
  • GBVS:R: Aaron "Aarondamac" Godinez
  • SF:3S: Joe "MOV" Egami
  • UNI2: "Senaru"
  • MK1: Dominique "SonicFox" McLean
  • KOFXV: Zeng "Xiao Hai" Zhuojun
Tournament statistics
Attendance~18,000
← 2023
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Venue

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Much like last year, this year's tournaments took place in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Every Top 6 of the mainline tournaments took place in an arena built within the building.

Games

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Announced on February 6, 2024, the following games returned as a mainline game: Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear Strive and King of Fighters XV. Four games from previous franchises made their debut as a mainline tournament: Tekken 8, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Under Night In-Birth II and Mortal Kombat 1. Street Fighter III: Third Strike returned as a singles tournament for the first time since 2008. The game was last featured as a 2v2 tournament in 2009. Several other tournaments took place as part of the EVO Community Showcase as well as many more unofficial tournaments.[1]

Participants

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A record 10,240 players took part in the mainline games.[2]

Broadcast

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The tournament was streamed on the streaming site Twitch as well as YouTube, broadcast across multiple different streams.

Reveals

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Namco announced the return of Heihachi Mishima, thought to be dead after the events of the story of the previous game, to playable status with a gameplay trailer for Tekken 8. Capcom released a teaser trailer for Terry Bogard, someone who was previously announced as a future playable character for Street Fighter 6. Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was revealed as a Season Pass 4 for Guilty Gear Strive, the first guest character in franchise history. Venom and Dizzy were also revealed to be characters set to be part of the season pass. CyGames released a gameplay trailer for Versusia as the next character for Granblue Fantasy Versus:Rising. The trailer teased Vikala and Sandalphon as future characters for the game. A gameplay trailer for Samurai Jack was released for Multiversus with a release date of July 23 as well as a teaser for Beetlejuice. SNK revealed a gameplay trailer of Kevin Rian for Fatal Futy: City of the Wolves as well as Vice and Mature for King of Fighters XV. The company also announced a new Art of Fighting game as well as a Samurai Showdown action RPG. Uzuki was revealed in a gameplay trailer for Under Night In-Birth II.[3]

Results

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Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Victor Woodley Punk Cammy, Akuma
2nd   Adel Anouche Big Bird Rashid
3rd   Samuel Arm EndingWalker Ed
4th   Yusuke Momochi Momochi Ed
5th   Naoki Nemoto Nemo M. Bison, Blanka, JP
5th   Kuang Zhen Zhen JP
7th   Amjad Al-Shalabi AngryBird Ken
7th   Hajime Taniguchi Tokido Ken
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Arslan Siddique Arslan Ash Nina
2nd   Atif Ijaz Atif Dragunov, Feng
3rd   Daichi Nakayama Nobi Dragunov
4th   Lim Soo-hoon ULSAN Dragunov, Reina
5th   Raef Alturkistani Raef Jin
5th   Takaba Keisuke Keisuke Kazuya
7th   Kim Hyun-jin JDCR Dragunov
7th   Kim Jae-hyun CBM Jin
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Shamar H. Nitro Jack-O, Giovanna
2nd   unknown tatuma Sol Badguy
3rd   unknown RedDitto Ramtethal
4th   Atir Yosef Zando Asuka
5th   Nicolas Yavrouian OoeyGooeyChewySnicker Anji
5th   unknown Jack Happy Chaos
7th   William Hjelte Leffen Happy Chaos
7th   Ismaila Gueye Verix Nagoriyuki
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Aaron Godinez Aarondamac Belial
2nd   unknown Tororo Percival, Siegfried
3rd   Mathieu Fardet Kojicoco Nier
4th   Brian Huang Artorias Siegfried
5th   Alex Vo Vermillion 2B
5th   Oscar Jaimes Shinku Beatrix
7th   Bradford Severance Xerom Charlotta
7th   John K. Haveaniceday Djeeti
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Joe Egami MOV Chun-Li, Elena, Ken
2nd   Issei Suzuki Issei Yun
3rd   Henri Oung Chi-Rithy Chun-Li
4th   Ryuji Hayashi Hayao Hugo
5th   Franklin Nunez FrankieBFG Ken
5th   unknown Resolve Urien
7th   Clairet Jocelyn NiaBanH Makoto
7th   unknown Shirokuro Chun-Li
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   unknown Senaru Eltnum
2nd   unknown Mo.Sin Kuon
3rd   unknown Notes Carmine
4th   Jaden E. Defiant Londrekia
5th   unknown Oushuu-Hittou Seth
5th   Mario Silva Mario Wagner
7th   unknown Mawaru Hilda
7th   Izayah Davis BigBlack Byakuya
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Dominique McLean SonicFox Johnny Cage/Khameleon, Sindel/Kung Lao, Homelander/Khameleon
2nd   Nicolás Martínez Nicholas Johnny Cage/Khameleon, Johnny Cage/Kung Lao, Rain/Janet Cage, Baraka/Kano
3rd   Pedro Ribeiro Zeeus Ashrah/Khameleon
4th   Daniel Taibot TheMightyUnjust Homelander/Khameleon, Ermac/Sonya Blade
5th   Javier Alonso MKJavierMK Scorpion/Khameleon, Scorpion/Jax
5th   Alex Ruiz Dyloch General Shao/Khameleon
7th   Curtis McCall Rewind Reiko/Tremor, Li Mei/Janet Cage, General Shao/Khameleon, Others
7th   Wellington de Castro Konqueror249 Kenshi/Sub-Zero
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Zeng Zhuojun Xiaohai Geese/Benimaru/Isla, Kyo/Benimaru/Isla
2nd   Lin Chiahung E.T. Geese/Benimaru/Isla, Clark/Geese/Isla, Others
3rd   Ángel Chong Tamago Blue Mary/Rock/Benimaru, Benimaru/Ryo/Rock
4th   Rolando Neri ViolentKain Rock/Ryo/Iori, Kyo/Rock/Ryo
5th   unknown KoferoHonesto Ryo/Yamazaki/Orochi Chris, Ryo/Yamazaki/Goenitz
5th   Akihito Sawada Score Orochi Yashiro/Chizuru Kagura/Heidern
7th   unknown mok Shun'ei/Isla/Kukri
7th   Kang Myung-gu Lacid Meitenkun/Shermie/Ash
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References

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  1. ^ "EVO 2024 Lineup Announced: Mortal Kombat 1 and Tekken 8 Make Their Debut, and a Classic Returns". IGN. Will Borger. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Evo 2023 Breaks Multiple All-time Registration Records". escharts. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "Evo 2024: All the big reveals and announcements". Polygon. Michael McWhertor. Retrieved July 22, 2024.