Evo 2017 are you watching...
The Evolution Championship Series
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EVO or Evo for short represents the largest and longest-running annual fighting game tournaments & esports event in the world. Held in Las Vegas on July 14–16, 2017 it is the twenty-first installment of the Evolution Championship Series. Evo focuses exclusively on fighting games & brings together the best of the best from around the world! The tournament is a dazzling exhibition of skill & fun, as players & fans gather to honor the competitive spirit in an open format tournament that uses the double elimination format to determine a champion. Evo is open to anyone, feature stations available for relaxed free play, and offer unique opportunities to meet people from different countries and different walks of life who share your passion.
The Evolution Championship Series 2017 offical site
IGN's EVOLUTION Championship Series Wiki Guide
EVO twitter
The Event
The entire event is being held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. For those that are uniform Evo has numerous side tournaments that take place. Among these, the biggest has to be AnimEVO & keeping with it's the previous tradition, it'll be returning. With a series of side tournaments, which is dedicated to "Anime~" fighting games, the event has more than sixteen "Anime~" fighting games to compete in including:
- Arcana Heart 3 Love Max!!!!!
- Aquapazza
- Catherine
- Chaos Code
- Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R
- Gundam Versus
- Hokuto no Ken
- Koihime Enbu
- Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
- Nitroplus Blasterz
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late
- Vampire Savior
- Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm
AnimEVO twitter
Full schedule list & Times
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Other side events for games like Super Street Fighter II Turbo and the upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ have also been confirmed.
Evo 2017 tournaments featured are, Guilty Gear Xrd REV2, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Injustice 2, Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, The King of Fighters XIV, and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The ninth game(Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3) was chosen by a donation drive which all of the funds have gone towards Make-A-Wish International. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was the winning game with Pokkén Tournament being the runner-up. Other games in contention were Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, ARMS, Mortal Kombat XL, Nidhogg, Windjammers, Killer Instinct, & Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
Evo 2017 Streaming schedule Info
Did you know ESPN is returning to the Evolution Championship Series and this time Disney is coming, too. ESPNU and Disney XD will air the Super Smash Bros. Wii U final begining at 6 p.m. ET & ESPN2 will air the Street Fighter V championship on Sunday beginning at 10 p.m. ET.
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This marks the first time ESPN has broadcast a live Nintendo game tournament and the first live broadcast of any kind on Disney XD.
Disney XD Stream
ESPN Stream
EVO Twitch
EventHubs's EVO 2017's official schedule_
Shoryuken's EVO 2017's official stream schedules
Shoryuken's Twitter
MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER
Day 1 - 07/14/17 Friday
- 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros Melee, Super Smash Bros for WiiU, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev2, Injustice 2, King Of Fighters XIV qualifiers.
Day 2 - 07/15/18 Saturday
- 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros Melee, Super Smash Bros for WiiU, BlazBlue-Central Fiction, Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev2, Injustice 2, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 qualifiers.
Day 3 - 07/16/18 Sunday
Finals
- 7:45 AM - Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 finale
- 10:00 AM - BlazBlue: Central Fiction finale
- 12:30 PM - Tekken 7 finale
- 3:00 PM - Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U finale
- 7:00 PM - Street Fighter V finale
PANELS @ MANDALAY BAY CONVENTION CENTER
Friday | Saturday | |
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* 10:00 AM | 15 years of Evo. Storytime w/ Tom Cannon | |
* 12:00 PM | GGPO Origins w/ Tom Cannon | |
* 2:00 PM | Square Enix | Twitch |
* 5:00 PM | Maximillian | MIX Indie Panel |
OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY @ LIGHT NIGHT CLUB IN MANDALAY BAY
Free to Attend!
Sunday
- 10:00PM (After Evo Ends)
So now that we all have a little more information, will you be check out a few streams or too, watching the finals this Sunday on Twitch, ESPN, Disney XD or attending the event? Do you like the information, have a question or comments, suggestions, would like to disuss anything in more detail, like the event, players, characters, games, top 16, top 8 or top 3 prodiction.
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