The global fighting game community is gearing up for Evo 2025, the world`s largest competitive fighting game event, scheduled from August 1st to 3rd at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This year`s program is packed, featuring eight primary tournaments, an additional eight in the newly introduced `Extended Lineup,` alongside various fighting game news presentations and discussion panels. With such a comprehensive schedule, finding precisely what you`re looking for might seem challenging.
Evo 2025 will broadcast live across 10 distinct Twitch channels, in addition to the official Evo YouTube channel. Each stream will offer a full lineup of games and important announcements throughout the weekend.
The Games of Evo 2025
This year`s official Evo tournament series boasts over 13,000 individual entries across 16 different games – eight in the primary Arena lineup and eight in the new Extended lineup. The list of games, along with the number of registered participants for each tournament, is provided below:
Arena Lineup:
- Street Fighter 6 – 4228 entrants
- Tekken 8 – 2521 entrants
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves – 1576 entrants
- Guilty Gear Strive – 1508 entrants
- Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising – 936 entrants
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 – 570 entrants
- Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes – 547 entrants
- Mortal Kombat 1 – 377 entrants
Extended Lineup:
- Rivals of Aether II – 358 entrants
- Blazblue Centralfiction – 247 entrants
- Capcom Vs. SNK 2 – 236 entrants
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O – 212 entrants
- The King Of Fighters XV – 169 entrants
- Samurai Shodown – 155 entrants
- Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 – 134 entrants
- Killer Instinct – 118 entrants
Full brackets for each tournament are available online, with results updated as matches conclude on the show floor.
How to Watch Evo 2025
Below is the complete schedule, categorized by individual stream. This includes both the eight main tournaments and the eight Extended tournaments, as well as the Evo Showcase panels.
Main Evo Channel
The primary Evo Twitch stream will feature every panel from the Evo Showcase, running from 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET until 10 PM PT / 1 AM ET (August 2). Panels for Mortal Kombat: Legacy Collection, Virtua Fighter 6, and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls are scheduled during this showcase.
This main channel will also broadcast the Top 8 finals for all eight main tournaments, starting with Mortal Kombat 1 on Saturday. Official Evo announcements, including teasers for Invincible Vs, Marvel Tokon, 2XKO, Tekken, Street Fighter, and more, are expected to be revealed on this channel during Sunday`s finals day.
Friday, August 1
- Pre-Show – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Street Fighter League Feud – 10:30 AM PT / 1:30 PM ET
- Artist Panel with Shinkiro and JBStyle – 11:30 AM PT / 2:30 PM ET
- Virtua Fighter Dev Panel – 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Collection Panel – 12:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM ET
- Rivals of Aether II Panel – 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET
- EVO Game Show with JMCrofts – 1:30 PM PT / 4:30 PM ET
- Cygames Panel – 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET
- Seth Killian Interview with Arslan Ash – 3 PM PT / 6 PM PT
- SNK Panel – 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
- Invincible Vs. Panel – 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
- Cannon Awards – 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET
- Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Panel and Finals – 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET
- Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Panel – 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET
- OG Hunt: Betty vs Justin Wong – 8:30 PM PT / 11:30 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Mortal Kombat 1 Top 8 – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes Top 8 – 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Top 8 – 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
- Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Top 8 – 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET
Sunday, August 3
- Guilty Gear Strive Top 8 – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Top 8 – 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET
- Tekken 8 Top 8 – 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
- Street Fighter 6 Top 8 – 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET
Evo 1
Evo 1 will be inactive on Friday but will host the Top 8 matchups for six of the eight Extended lineup games on Saturday and Sunday, along with a cosplay contest on Saturday evening.
Saturday, August 2
- Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 Top 8 – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Top 8 – 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET
- Cosplay Contest – 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
- Rivals of Aether II Top 8 – 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET
Sunday, August 3
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Top 8 – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Blazblue: Centralfiction Top 8 – 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET
- The King of Fighters XV Top 8 – 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
Evo 2
Evo 2 is exclusively dedicated to Street Fighter 6. As the largest single tournament at Evo 2025, it will be the only game featured on this stream for both Friday and Saturday.
Friday, August 1
- Street Fighter 6 Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Street Fighter 6 Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Street Fighter 6 Top 24 – 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET
Evo 3
Evo 3 will focus solely on Tekken 8, with pool matches running all day Friday and Saturday morning, culminating in the Top 24 scheduled for Saturday night.
Friday, August 1
- Tekken 8 Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Tekken 8 Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Tekken 8 Top 24 – 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET
Evo 4
The Evo 4 stream will commence with Mortal Kombat 1 action on Friday, then transition to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, featuring that game until the end of Saturday.
Friday, August 1
- Mortal Kombat 1 Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Mortal Kombat 1 Top 24 – 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Pools – 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Top 24 – 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET
Evo 5
Evo 5 will begin with Fatal Fury, then switch to Guilty Gear Strive for the majority of the weekend. Saturday night, however, will feature the Killer Instinct Top 8.
Friday, August 1
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Guilty Gear Strive Pools – 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Guilty Gear Strive Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Guilty Gear Strive Top 24 – 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
- Killer Instinct Top 8 – 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET
Evo 6
Evo 6 will showcase Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 early on Friday, before transitioning to Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising in the afternoon. On Saturday, MvC2 will again be featured on this stream before shifting to a mirrored broadcast of Evo 2’s Street Fighter 6 coverage.
Friday, August 1
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Break 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET
- Granblue Fantasy Versus Pools – 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Pools Top 24 – 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET
- Street Fighter 6 Pools – 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET
- Street Fighter 6 Top 24 – 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET
Evo 7
As the final stream dedicated to the main Arena lineup, Evo 7 will exclusively feature Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes all day Friday and Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising for most of Saturday. This channel will also broadcast the Samurai Shodown Top 8 on Saturday night.
Friday, August 1
- Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes Top 24 – 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Top 24 – 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET
- Samurai Shodown Top 8 – 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
Evo Extended Lineup 1
One of two streams dedicated to Evo`s new Extended lineup, the EvoEXLineup1 channel will broadcast multiple games throughout the weekend, including Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O., Rivals of Aether II, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2.
Friday, August 1
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Rivals of Aether II Pools – 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET
- Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 Pools – 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Rivals of Aether II Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Rivals of Aether II Top 24 – 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Pools – 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Top 24 – 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET
Evo Extended Lineup 2
The other stream exclusively assigned to Extended lineup games, EvoEXLineup2, will showcase Capcom Vs. SNK 2, The King Of Fighters XV, Blazblue Centralfiction, and Killer Instinct throughout Friday and Saturday.
Friday, August 1
- Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Pools – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- The King Of Fighters XV Pools/Top 24 – 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET
- Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Pools – 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET
Saturday, August 2
- Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Top 24 – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
- Blazblue Centralfiction Pools – 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET
- Killer Instinct Top 24 – 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET
- Blazblue Centralfiction Pools – 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET
- Blazblue Centralfiction Top 24 – 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET