We now know what featured games are coming to the EVO 2024 fighting game tournament lineup. Come check out what games are butting heads!
The greatest esports tournament in the world returns with EVO 2024 and a new slated of featured games. Hosted by casters Vicious and Majin Obama, the EVO reveal show shared what is the same as 2023’s tournament, what’s new, and what games will be in the EVO 2024 lineup.
Spoilers: Four games are brand-new to the featured games lineup! Let’s get to the reveals and see what awaits players making the trek to fighting game Mecca.
EVO 2024 Featured games lineup revealed
The follow games take center stage in Las Vegas at EVO 2024 this year, including:
- Tekken 8: It’s first time at EVO 2024, having come out merely last week.
- Last year’s winner (Tekken 7): Arslan Ash
- Street Fighter 6: The game’s second year in a row at EVO, and last year’s runaway highest number of combatants.
- Last year’s winner: AngryBird
- Mortal Kombat 1: It’s first year at EVO, with last year’s MK11 tournament seeing an exciting finish.
- Last year’s winner (MK11): Ninjakilla212
- Guilty Gear Strive: The game’s second year in a row at EVO and one of the darkhorse favorites of 2023’s event.
- Last year’s winner: Leffen
- King of Fighters 15: The game’s second year at EVO, will cardboard boxes reign supreme once more?
- Last year’s winner: Xiaohai
- Granblue Versus Rising: It’s debut year at EVO, featuring characters from the beloved mobile franchise.
- Last year’s winner: N/A
- UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]: Another EVO debut, bringing back the indie darling series to EVO.
- Last year’s winner: N/A
- THROWBACK GAME: Street Fighter III: Third Strike: The legend returns to the main stage as this year’s throwback game.
- Last year’s winner (2008): Nuki
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