Some exciting news for EVO2020 has released, sharing the nine games that will be played on the main stage. There are some recurring games, as well as a few new ones as well!
Super Smash Bros., Tekken 7, Street Fighter V, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Soul Calibur will be returning for yet another year, marking at least the third year for these games to return.
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late [cl-r] will be arriving as an update to Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late [st], and will mark Under Night’s second EVO appearance in a row, alongside SNK’s Samurai Shodown.
Arc System Works’s latest game, Granblue Fantasy Versus, will also be showing up.
But as a surprise to everyone, EVO will also have a Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Invitational to celebrate the game’s 20th anniversary! Only 8 players known for top level MVC2 play will be invited, including the four previous MVC2 EVO winners, as well as four more to be decided at a later date.
It’s obvious that those first 5 games would be returning, as they’re fan favorites. Smash Ultimate held the highest amount of entrants at last year’s EVO, and Tekken 7 and Dragon Ball FighterZ are just getting their third wave of updates and downloadable content. Granblue Fantasy Versus’s inclusion is likely to build hype for the game, and while the game did just come out, the reception for it is very good so far. Finally, Marvel vs Capcom 2’s inclusion means that the EVO team is willing to play retro games on the big stage and still build hype over it.
One more notable exclusion from the game roster is the lack of Mortal Kombat 11. Mortal Kombat had been a staple at EVO for a long time, and yet now it’s been left out just like Guilty Gear, an Arc System Works specialty.
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