Evo Championship Series http://evo2k.com Evo Fighting Game Tournaments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:19:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Evo 2012 Hotel Discount! http://evo2k.com/2011/12/02/evo-2012-hotel-discount/ http://evo2k.com/2011/12/02/evo-2012-hotel-discount/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:10:30 +0000 MrWizard http://evo2k.com/?p=1064 We are pleased to announce the Evo 2012 hotel discount.  If you head on over to THIS LINK, or click on the picture of Caesar’s Palace on the right side of the page, it will take you to the hotel reservation form.  The discount is for the classic rooms starting at $159 a night. This will allow you and up to three of your friends to stay at that rate. If you feel like you would like a room upgrade, you can click on one of the other room types and book those instead. The choice is up to you. The last day to get a room at this price is June 20, 2012.

Book early as we sold out fairly quickly last year so these won’t last!

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We look forward to hearing from you!

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The Evolution Championship Series represents the largest and longest-running fighting game tournaments in the world. Evo events bring together the best of the best from around the world in a dazzling exhibition of skill and fun, as players and fans gather to honor the competitive spirit in an open format and determine a champion.

Caesars Palace is one of the world’s best known resort casinos, celebrating the glory that was the Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome, in an 85-acre destination location that sets the standard for excitement and luxury. Reigning at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Palace ranks among the world’s top luxury resorts known for the originality and beauty.

Don’t delay!  Mark it on the calendar, and inform everyone you know, Evolution 2012 is back and badder than ever!

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Also, for the first time,  we are putting up the Evo Supporter Shirts. These were not for sale at the event, and were only given to outstanding members of the community who helped out at Evo. Show your support now, and pick one of these up before its too late!

The Evo Store

]]> http://evo2k.com/2011/08/18/evo-t-shirts-on-sale-now/feed/ 0 Evo Championship Series 2011 Breaks Online Viewership Records http://evo2k.com/2011/08/04/evo-championship-series-2011-breaks-online-viewership-records/ http://evo2k.com/2011/08/04/evo-championship-series-2011-breaks-online-viewership-records/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:58:04 +0000 inkblot http://evo2k.com/?p=1034 The Evo Championship Series (www.evo2k.com), the largest fighting game tournament in the world, has beaten all previous reported records for unique online viewers of a competitive gaming event. At the Evo 2011 World Finals, held in Las Vegas, NV from July 29-31, and hosted on Ustream.tv, over 2 million unique viewers tuned in to the live stream to watch thousands of the best players from 44 countries compete in the championships.

Viewers consumed over 1.9 million hours of video content, and tuned in for an average of 55 minutes each. As the tournament unfolded, Evo also exploded on social media, with top Evo players becoming globally trending topics on Twitter (and many others trending locally). During the electrifying finals on July 31st, the fate of the finalists was so popular that four of them were trending simultaneously, making Evo players 4 of the world’s top 10 trending topics on Twitter.

With over 2,400 competitors and thousands of fans in attendance, Evo 2011 was the best-attended fighting game tournament in history, as competitors battled through the double-elimination brackets for titles across Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat, Tekken 6, and BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2.

ABOUT EVO CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Beginning in 1998 as a small gathering of friends in an arcade, the Evo Championship Series (“Evo”) has grown to become the largest and longest running fighting game event in the world. Evo was founded with a focus on community, competition, and an providing an authentic representation of the best in the diverse and dynamic global fighting game scene.

For additional inquiries, please contact event@evo2k.com

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Thursday, July 28th

  • 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Early Badge Pickup, Outside of the Pavilion Ballroom
  • 10:00 PM:  Official Evo Pre-Party @ Insert Coin(s)

Friday, July 29th

Tournament Schedule

  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Pool Play, SSF4:AE, MK9
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Quarterfinals, SSF4:AE MK9
  • 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Semifinals, SSF4:AE, MK9

Panel Schedule

  • 10:00 AM: Feed the Stream Monsters: A Guide to Broadcasting Fighting Games
  • 12:00 PM: Skullgirls: A New Age of Heroines
  • 2:00 PM: Inside the Mind of the Beast: Daigo Umehara Exposed!
  • 4:00 PM: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Past, Present, and Future!
  • 6:00 PM: Screening, Bang the Machine

Saturday, July 30th

Tournament Schedule

  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Pool Play, MvC3, Tekken 6, BlazBlue CS2
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Quarterfinals, MvC3, Tekken 6, BlazBlue CS2
  • 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Semifinals, MvC3
  • 12:00 AM: MvC3 EC vs. WC 5 on 5 Exhibition

Panel Schedule

  • 10:00 AM: King of Fighters XIII: Panel and Discussion
  • 12:00 PM: Street Fighter III: Online Edition, Reinventing a Classic
  • 2:00 PM: Namco Bandai – Get Ready for the Next Panel!
  • 4:00 PM: New Directions in Street Fighter X Tekken
  • 6:00 PM: Screening, King of Chinatown
  • 7:15 PM: Screening, Focus

Sunday, July 31

All times are approximate! We will also have some surprises in store throughout the day.

  • 10:00 AM: Blazblue Finals
  • 12:00 AM: Tekken 6 Finals
  • 2:00 PM: Mortal Kombat 9 Finals
  • 3:30 PM: SF3 Third Strike Exhibition
  • 5:00 PM: Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Finals
  • 6:30 PM: Screening, Balrog: Behind the Glory.
  • 7:00 PM: SSF4:AE Finals
  • 9:00 PM: Closing Ceremonies
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Register before its too late!

Evo Registration Site

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Friday, 4pm (Amazon Ballroom)

Capcom producer Ryota Niitsuma will share behind-the-scenes insights from the MVC3 development process and discuss thoughts on the future direction of the Marvel Vs Capcom franchise.  He will be joined by MVC3 battle system designer and Capcom fighting legend Hidetoshi (“Neo_G”) Ishizawa (see below for credits) to discuss the thinking behind the battle systems, and what the future might hold for everything from character balance, mechanics, and more.  Fighting fans will not want to miss this rare opportunity for insight and discussion.

From Seth Killian:

“The FGC is already familiar with producer Niitsuma-san, but please DO NOT sleep on Neo_G, who doesn’t draw a lot of headlines, but is one of my personal fighting game heroes of all time.

EVO2011 will be his first public appearance anywhere outside of Japan, and if you’ve ever had a nerdy question about why some feature is this way instead of that way, Neo_G is the man with the answers.  He is an accomplished player, my friend, and one of the most knowledgeable people about fighting games on the planet.  He has been a key member of the team behind a TON of the FGC’s all time Capcom favorites—see below for his unbelievable credits list.  Join me for a very special opportunity to meet him alongside producer Niitsuma-san, and help me to show him what an impact his lifetime of work has made to fighting gamers around the world!”

A partial list of Neo_G’s credits include:

–Marvel vs Capcom 2, Designer

–Marvel VS. Capcom 3, Battle System Designer

–Street Fighter Alpha 2, Designer

–Street Fighter Alpha 3, Designer

–Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, Director, Assistant Producer

–Street Fighter III, Designer

–Street Fighter III: 2nd IMPACT, Director

–Street Fighter III: 3rd STRIKE, Director

–Darkstalkers 3, Designer

–Capcom VS. SNK 2, Lead Designer

–Hyper Street Fighter II (Arcade Version), Director

–Tatsunoko VS. Capcom, Designer

–Tatsunoko VS. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, Director

 

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