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As we already knew from a prior announcement, this year's EVO tournament has been cancelled, and is being replaced by an online-only tourney. Now the organizers behind the event have offered more details, such as the dates and games lineup to be featured. EVO 2020 will take place over five weekends throughout July and August, with the first tournament taking place on July 4th and 5th.

• July 4/5
• July 11/12
• July 18/19
• July 25/26
• July 31-August 2

The full game lineup was also shown--which includes the following:

• Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r]
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Granblue Fantasy: Versus
• Samurai Shodown
• SoulCalibur VI
• Tekken 7
• Street Fighter V: Championship Edition

Notably, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was cut from the list of games, due to unreliable online netcode. Another game that was previously scheduled, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 was also removed. There will also be four different tournaments that will be open to the public, allowing fans to also partake in EVO, with a lineup of Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath, Skullgirls 2nd Encore, and Them's Fightin' Herds. Registration information will be given at a later date.

 

[SilverWah]

Hah fuck Smash.
Enjoy some rollback goodness y'all like KI.

 

[Deleted User]

yep that'll teach nintendo *cough cough* sarcasm *cough cough*

 

[Nudu]

Is nintendo going to do smth about their bad service? nope

 

[DarkKaine]

Nice videogame lmao.
Covid19 sure is making melee shine with dolphin online.

 

[duwen]

Cool that they've added those public tourny's (although I don't play any of those titles)... interestingly, they're probably the only current fighting games with what could be considered 'good' netcode.

 

[SugoiEndeavor]

We live in a world where Smash Melee has better online than a game that released in 2018.

 

[Ev1l0rd]

Nice to see skullgirls mentioned.

That game has some incredible netcode, holy shit.

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

Smash Bros. is not a fighting game series. I am very glad to see it removed.

 

[PatrickD85]

Well a bit of s shame that SSBU is not in there ...
But I do hope Nintendo Switch does get some Street Fighter or Soul Calibur representation any time in the upcoming year.
(Dont get met wrong SF 30th was wonderful ... but I mean a more recent incarnation of the title)

 

[Ampersound]

Gonna miss melee.
As a Nintendo fan, i think they need a kick in the butt to realize that not everything they do is acceptable.

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

Tekken X Street Fighter

 

[Lodad]

Ouch, this is brutal.

Hopefully Nintendo will listen... Which I honestly doubt they will.

Nintendo has already made their money.

 

[Heran Bago]

Is it all online this year because of the lockdown? I would expect they could use local multiplayer.

 

[SilverWah]

Is it all online this year because of the lockdown? I would expect they could use local multiplayer.

Yes the EVO team is hosting it online this year cause you know unsolved pandemic going on.

 

[Heran Bago]

Yes the EVO team is hosting it online this year cause you know unsolved pandemic going on.

Ok yeah makes sense then.

 

[xdarkmario]

im just here as a retired smash bros player thinking, imagine if they DID smash bros online... ooof the input delay

 

[DJPlace]

my reaction for smash not going be at evo 20.

 

[BLsquared]

Still can't believe they cut Smash for a My Little Pony fangame. As a Smash player and a pegasister, this is hilarious.

Wow, I haven't even heard from that game since playing in the Tribute Edition tourney way back in the day. For it to get up here, must have turned out pretty good?

 

[MasterJ360]

Smash tourneys are everywhere we will be ok

 

[B.B.Link]

Nintendo don't need EVO. EVO needs Nintendo.