How to watch Evo 2024, the biggest fighting game tournament of the year

Evo 2024 starts Friday July 19th, kicking disconnected a play afloat of 1 of nan astir aggravated fighting crippled competitions successful nan world. This twelvemonth complete 10,000 players will participate successful a big of games, making this the largest Evo ever while besides mounting nan grounds for nan largest esports tournament.

Evo has been getting bigger and bigger, pinch information bolstered by nan merchandise of caller versions of nan tournament’s astir celebrated games. Street Fighter 6 made its Evo debut past year, and boasted the largest number of entrants successful nan franchise’s history. This twelvemonth some Mortal Kombat 1 and Tekken 8 will make their first Evo appearances. In summation to those dense hitters, Evo 2024’s different featured games see Guilty Gear Strive, Gran Blue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, King of Fighters XV, and Under Night In Birth II Sys: Celes. (Listen... I don’t understand either but it’s an anime fighting crippled and those make for excellent watching.)

Here’s a breakdown of each nan featured games and their number of participants.

Competition kicks disconnected astatine 10 AM PT/ 1 PM ET crossed Evo’s 7 Twitch channels. Some games for illustration King of Fighters XV and Mortal Kombat 1 will person their expansive finals connected Saturday July 20th, while nan bigger tournaments for illustration Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 will reason connected Sunday. You tin spot nan afloat schedule of events here.

In summation to nan featured games, Evo 2024 will besides big organization showcase tournaments featuring games that are overmuch beloved but don’t needfully person nan fame of nan large guys for illustration Street Fighter and Tekken. There are complete 17 tournaments featuring games for illustration Skull Girls, Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Soul Caliber VI, and Killer Instinct. While these games won’t beryllium broadcast connected nan main Evo channels, you tin cheque retired nan organization showcase watch guideline here to spot erstwhile and wherever to watch these tournaments.

It’s ne'er been a amended clip to beryllium a fighting crippled fan. The crowds astatine events for illustration Evo are ample and large and nan action is easy to understand — thing different esports for illustration League of Legends and Overwatch 2 cannot claim. Even if you’re not large into fighting games aliases esports successful general, Evo is still 1 of nan astir entertaining events to watch.