No one doubted its return, but the popular fighting game championship Evo is coming back for more in 2019. By way of a new trailer, the powers that be at Evo have confirmed August 2-4 dates in Las Vegas at the same location: the Mandalay Ba...

The deadly mass shooting at a Madden 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida is already causing organizers of other events to reevaluate security. While we're still trying to find the answers to the many questions we have about the shoo...

As community member Virtua Kazama put it, EVO is the E3 of fighting games. There were plenty of highs and lows that made EVO 2018 awesome, like this year being the first foray for arguably the hypest game on the circuit, Dragon Ball Fighter...

I've been playing fighting games pretty much since they were invented. In that time, I've seen literally thousands of character skins come and go; the good, the bad and Injustice 2. But I don't think I've ever seen a look I've been so insta...

At EVO 2018 this weekend, we got the surprise announcement from Capcom that Street Fighter V's next DLC characters were ready to go, with both dropping into the fight the very next day. The Capcom Fighters channel is already on the case, ha...

I've been following EVO trends for some time, and pretty much everyone could have predicted that Dragon Ball FighterZ would dominate this past 2018 US weekend just based on the record number of entrants -- but it still managed to crush most...

This weekend contained a wealth of good news for fans of Arika's recently-released PS4 title Fighting EX Layer. Not only did we get some new characters teased, including a very special guest star, but we also received news of an arcade rele...

Before getting started with the final stretch of EVO's Street Fighter V tournament, Ono took the stage to reveal not one, but two new trailers. Following an appearance in person, the president of the world known as G received the first trai...

After being datamined long ago, it has finally been made official. Cooler, the villain of two Dragon Ball movies, will be joining the roster of Dragon Ball FighterZ. The announcement was made following the end of the game's tournament at EV...

It's a rumor no more. After it was hinted last month Tekken 7 would be receiving another wave of new fighters by way of a new season pass, Bandai Namco made it official at the end of the game's tournament at EVO 2018 with the anno...

Phew. For a minute there, Soulcalibur VI was starting to look like a title that nobody would buy but, fortunately, we can all sleep a little easier in our beds tonight, happily rejoicing that Seoung Mi-na is confirmed for the next battle on...

In a surprise announcement just before the Super Smash Bros. Melee final at EVO 2018, it was revealed that a Nintendo Direct focused on the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will take place on August 8 at 10:00 ET/7:00 PT. Yes, that is th...

Today at EVO 2018, Arc System Works made two announcements. The first was that a competitive pro-tour is to run next year on multiple ArcSys anime fighters, while the second was the slightly muted announcement of a new title in the long-run...

It's that time of year again, The Evolution Fighting Tournament 2018 - or EVO - is underway at the Mandalay Bay Hotel Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many of the world's greatest fighting game players, along with commentators, personalities ot...

As EVO 2018 continues, more and more fighting game reveals hit the information superhighway. The latest comes from Koei Tecmo's upcoming Dead or Alive 6, with the tease of two characters, to be revealed at Gamescom next month.The two silhou...

"This would be great on Nintendo Switch" is an over-used and often-derided statement, but sometimes its more than apt. This is one of those times, as DotEmu's port of classic '90s Frisbee title Windjammers is finally making its way to the N...

Arika has dropped a selection of exciting news beats in regards to their one-on-one fighter Fighting EX Layer. The news was revealed during this weekend's ongoing EVO 2018 festivities.First up, SNK's Terry Bogard (the male iteration this ti...

During the finals for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle at EVO 2018, Arc System Works showed off a new trailer for the crossover fighter. Detailing the previously announced Character Packs 4, 5, and 6, the trailer was also confirmed that all three...

Since its debut in 1984, Dragon Ball has slowly percolated throughout cultures around the world. From martial artists like Jackie Chan and Ronda Rousey to X-Factor finalists and football players, fans of the series are e...

As a nice little warmup for this weekend's EVO fighting game tournament, Team Ninja has opened up about one new and one returning fighter that will accompany Kasumi and co. in Dead or Alive 6. The newcomer, Diego, is a street fighter haili...

EVO 2018 kicks off bright and early in Las Vegas on Friday morning with Dragon Ball FighterZ, and I feel like I need to clear my whole weekend to see just a fraction of the fighting-game-tournament fun. The EVO team shared the streaming sch...

The Evolution 2018 fighting tournament takes place in Las Vegas this coming weekend, while everybody will be ready to hype major league games such as Dragon Ball FighterZ and Tekken 7, don't forget to save some cheers for side-tournament An...

While Arika's scrappy fighting title Fighting EX Layer is a lot of fun, its definitely considered an underdog in the current crop of fighting games. Not helping is the fact that the game has launched with very little offline content, even t...

We're less than two weeks out from EVO 2018, a fact that both excites me (because it's fun to watch old rivalries play out on a big stage) and terrifies me (because time moves way too fast). As ever, the fighting game tournament will culmin...

As part of next month's EVO 2018 fighting game tournament, publishers SNK and Atlus have teamed up to offer a nice $5,000 cash pot for the winners of a King of Fighters XIV tourney, held at fun side-event AnimEVO.AnimEVO is an adjacent even...