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EVO 2026: Schedule, brackets, prize pool, games & where to watchEVO 2026, the premier fighting game tournament, will take place from June 26-28, 2026, featuring a lineup of 12 games including Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Guilty Gear Strive. The event will be broadcast on EVO's Twitch and YouTube channels, with detailed schedules for finals and prize pools for each game announced.
EVO 2026's Arena Finals games & Sunday Top 8s have been decidedEVO 2026 has announced the schedule for its main Arena finals, featuring Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Guilty Gear Strive, and Rivals of Aether 2 on Saturday, and 2XKO, Tekken 8, and Street Fighter 6 on Sunday. The schedule is determined by game participant numbers, with other titles competing on the Showcase Stage.
PlayStation Shutting Something Else Down, But It's Not a Studio This TimeSony Interactive Entertainment is shutting down the tournament website Repeat.gg, which it acquired in July 2022. This closure follows recent studio shutdowns by the company, including Bluepoint Games, Dark Owl Games, PixelOpus, and London Studio. Repeat.gg was part of PlayStation's earlier push into the fighting game esports scene, which also included the acquisition of the Evo tournament.
Evo is getting five more regional events and a new world championship: here's what's good, what's bad, and what mattersEvo, the largest fighting game tournament series, announced an expansion with five new regional events in China, Brazil, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico, alongside a new World Championship requiring mastery of multiple games. The Qiddiya Investment Company, owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, is behind this expansion, aiming to support local communities while facing scrutiny over sportswashing and potential dilution of the Evo brand's prestige.