The Evo Awards Show 2025 event celebrates the FGC with 22 awards, a pre-show, world premieres, and more.
The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) Awards Show event draws near. First announced back in January, this event celebrates folks within the fighting game community (FGC) by presenting various categories of awards. Evo Awards Show 2025 also features a pre-show, announcements of world premieres, and more.
Evo Awards Show 2025
The first-ever Evo Awards show will kick off on Feb. 15 in Los Angeles, CA at 5 p.m. PT with a pre-show involving Steven "Tasty Steve" Scott and Rob "RobTV" Burney. After some interviews and the Tournament of Champions for Marvel vs Capcom 2 event, the pre-show will end with announcements about Evo 2025 tickets, hotels, guests, and game reveals. Then, 22 awards will be handed out.
“With the Evo Awards, we are thrilled to be presenting an event acknowledging the achievements of the game community now and in the years ahead,” Rick Thiher, the general manager of Evo, said. “These Awards are an opportunity for us to celebrate and inspire the passionate players, fans, publishers, and developers that make fighting games so exciting.”
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Evo Awards 2025 spotlights FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves
As noted, the event will include announcements of some world premieres. One of them will involve SNK's FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves game. There will also be an on-site demo, allowing invited guests to duke it out as various characters such as Rock Howard, Terry Bogard, Preecha, and Hotaru Futaba. For those watching the show from home, they'll be able to check out the FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves open beta starting Feb. 20.
In terms of other announcements, there will be ones from Cygames for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising plus Arc System Works for HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×IMPACT and UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes.
As for sneak previews, they will feature arcade classics such as Capcom vs. SNK 2, Project Justice, Power Stone 2, and more!
Evo Awards stream
Here is the stream for the Evo Awards Show 2025 event. The presenting partners are Chipotle, NACON, PlayStation Tournaments, and Zenn. Meanwhile, Red Bull, SEGA, and Capcom join as partners.
Evo Awards nominees and categories
Evo Awards Category | Evo Awards Nominees |
|---|---|
| Best Pop Off | Hayao NoahtheProdigy, Nitro, AK, Punk |
| FGC Content of the Year | TEKKEN 8 Tutorials, Marvel vs Capcom 2 Streams, Sajam TEKKEN Slam, Will It Kill?, Trash Talk Podcast |
| FGC Meme of the Year (Chipotle) | The Wazzler, Hand Heart & Thumbs Up, Hayao Does The Splits, Let’s Go Gambling, Attacks IRL |
| Comeback of the Year (NACON) | Hayao, Arslan Ash, G_Conceptz, SonicFox, Yagami |
| Match of the Year | Punk vs Big Bird, Hayao vs FrankieBFG, Xiao Hai vs Kusanagi, Nitro vs Tatuma, Arslan Ash vs ATIF |
| Best On-Air Duo | IFCYipeS + Sajam, RIP + Tasty Steve, Sajam + Tasty Steve, Justin Wong + IFCYipeS, Vicious + Justin Wong |
| Best Commentary | That is a Worthless Button!, This Could Be Game…And It Is, Arslan’s Gonna Do It! He’s So Close! He’s So Close, Steve!, That Could Be an Evo-Losing Anti Air, Break His Guard! |
| Best Custom Hardware (Chipotle) | C.O.M.B.O. Extension Buttons, Snack Box Micro, MPress Nano, Custom Claiomh Solais Arcade Stick, Haute Pad T-Series |
| Best FGC Cosplay | Chonibu, MSValentine, Chiba Josui, Onesaya, Kryrayne |
| Best Dressed (Zenni) | Tasty Steve, Logan Sama, Vicious, Hollywood RobTV, IFCYipeS |
| Best Button of the Year | Dragunov Ignition Switch (QCF+4), Luke Crouching Medium Punch, Dash Light Attack, Johnny Cage Forward 3, Ken Crouching Medium Kick |
| Tech of the Year | Pro KO Leverless, SWORL Arcade Controller, Hit Box Ultra, Sapphire Leverless Controller, LVL Controller |
| Marketing Campaign of the Year | Evo + SFG + TEKKEN 8, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves X Cristiano Ronaldo, 2XKO, Street Fighter 6 Season 2, ECT Commercial |
| Fighting Game Release of the Year | TEKKEN 8, Street Fighter 6 Season 2 DLC, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Series, Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes, Rivals of Aether II |
| They’ve Got Next (PlayStation Tournaments) | EnzoTheHokage, Booce, NoahtheProdigy, KingReyJr, Blaz |
| Best FGC Local | Tatakai Tuesday, NLBC, Abou Dojo, FGC Meetups, Ozimeme |
| Invitational of the Year | Red Bull Kumite, Sajam TEKKEN Slam, Crazy Raccoon Cup, Red Bull Golden Letters, Topanga Championship 5 |
| Best Online Series | CasaBunch, TNS Online, Saltmine League, The Kolosseum, Can Opener |
| Content Creator of the Year | Sajam, Justin Wong, Brian_F, Broski, Diaphone |
| Commentator of the Year | IFCYipeS, Tasty Steve, Sajam, Rynge, Vicious |
| Player of the Year (Qiddiya Gaming) | Punk, Arslan Ash, MenaRD, Xiao Hai, Nitro |
| Moment of the Year | Punk Wins Street Fighter 6 at Evo, Hayao “Moment 38”, Xiao Hai Wins Esports World Cup, Lilypichu vs Harada at Evo Showcase, MenaRD Wins His First Evo |
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