New Evo 2025 Details and Schedule Revealed

Evo 2025 begins next week, running August 1–3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Presented by Chipotle, the event will host players and viewers from over 60 countries, with over 6.5 million expected to watch online. Tickets and hotel bookings are still available at evo.gg.

This year’s show will feature playable demos of highly anticipated upcoming games Invincible VS, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, and 2XKO, plus Street Fighter 6’s Sagat and Ken Masters in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. Panels, showcases, and guest appearances from Arslan Ash, Justin Wong, and more will run throughout the weekend.

The 14-acre venue will include a massive arcade, Artist Alley, and a recreation of Evo Moment #37. Top 8 finals take place Saturday and Sunday, with the Evo Arena sold out in advance. Streaming is available in multiple languages, and co-streaming is encouraged.

Announcements from Capcom, Arc System Works, and others are expected, with more surprises teased for the final day.

Per the Evo press release, Arena and Extended lineups feature the following titles:

Arena Lineup

• SNK’s Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves 
• Cygames’ Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising 
• Arc System Works’ Guilty Gear -Strive- 
• Capcom’s MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2 
• Warner Bros. Games’ Mortal Kombat 1 
• Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 
• Bandai Namco Entertainment’s TEKKEN 8 
• Arc System Works’ Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes 

Extended Lineup:

• offbrand games & Aether Studios’ Rivals of Aether II
• SNK’s The King of Fighters XV and Samurai Shodown 
• Arc System Works’ BlazBlue Centralfiction and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
• Capcom’s Capcom vs. SNK 2
• SEGA’s Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O
• Xbox Game Studios’ Killer Instinct

The complete Evo schedule is as follows (subject to change):

Friday, August 1 (all times Pacific)

• Doors open at 8:30am
• Museum closes at 8pm
• Cosplay prejudging at 1-3pm, 5-7pm 
• Venue closes at 10pm or when competitive play finishes

Friday Showcase:

• 9:30am: Stream Starts
• 10am: Show opening (Venue tour)
• 10:30am: Capcom Street Fighter League NA vs EU exhibition hosted by RobTV
• 11:30-12pm: Feature Interviews with two iconic Japanese artists jbstyle and Shinkiro
• 12-12:30pm: SEGA Panel
• 12:30-1:00pm: Warner Bros. Panel
• 1-1:30pm: Rivals of Aether II Panel
• 1:30-2pm: Evo Jeopardy with FGC commentator and content creator JM Crofts
• 2-3pm: Cygames Panel
• 3-4pm: Seth Killian Interview with five-time Evo champion Arslan Ash
• 4-5pm: SNK Panel
• 5-6:30pm: Invincible VS Developer Panel + Exhibition
• 6:30-7pm: Cannon Awards 
• 7-8pm: Arc System Works HUNTERxHUNTERxNENxIMPACT Panel + Exhibition
• 8-8:30pm: Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Panel
• 8:30-10pm: Betty vs Justin Wong (nine-time Evo champion)
• 10pm: End of show

Saturday, August 2 (all times Pacific)

• Doors open 8:30am
• Museum closes 8pm
• Cosplay prejudging at 1-3pm
• Cosplay finals 5pm
• Venue closes at 10 pm or competitive play finishes

Top 8 timing (all times estimates and subject to change)

Saturday Arena Finals lineup:

• 10am: Mortal Kombat 1
• 2pm: UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
• 5pm: Marvel vs Capcom 2
• 8pm: Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Saturday Extended Lineup Finals:

• 10am: GUILTY GEAR XRD REV 2
• 1pm: Capcom vs. SNK 2
• 5pm: Samurai Shodown
• 6pm: Rivals of Aether II
• 7pm: Killer Instinct

Sunday, August 3 (all times Pacific)

• Doors open 8:30am
• Museum closes 8pm
• Venue closes at 10pm or competitive play finishes

Top 8 timing (all times estimates and subject to change)

Sunday Arena Finals Lineup:

• 10am: Guilty Gear -Strive-
• 1:30pm: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• 4:30pm: TEKKEN 8
• 8pm: Street Fighter 6

Sunday Extended Lineup Finals:

• 10am: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.
• 1pm: BlazBlue Central Fiction
• 4pm: The King of Fighters XV

Sunday Arena Stage Features:

• Invincible VS 
• Guilty Gear -Strive- 
• Marvel Tōkon Fighting Souls 
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Virtua Fighter
• TEKKEN 8
• Evo 
• Street Fighter 6
• and more!