{{Short description|Fighting game event held in Las Vegas}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox sport tournament | name = 2024 Evolution Championship Series | year = | image = Evo Championship Series logo cropped.png | caption = Evolution Championship Series logo | location = Las Vegas, United States | start_date = July 19, 2024 | end_date = July 21, 2024 | administrator = | tournament_format = | venues = Las Vegas Convention Center | participants = 10,240 | purse = | champions = {{Plainlist| * '''''SF6''''': Victor "Punk" Woodley * '''''T8''''': Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique * '''''GGS''''': Shamar "Nitro" Hinds * '''''GBVS:R''''': Aaron "Aarondamac" Godinez * '''''SF:3S''''': Joe "MOV" Egami * '''''UNI2''''': "Senaru" * '''''MK1''''': Dominique "SonicFox" McLean * '''''KOFXV''''': Zeng "Xiao Hai" Zhuojun }} | attendance = ~18,000 | previous = 2023 | next = 2025 }}
The '''2024 Evolution Championship Series''' (commonly referred to as '''Evo 2024''' or '''EVO 2024''') was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from July 19 to 21, 2024 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event marked the debuts of ''Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising'', [[Under Night In-Birth|''Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes]'']] and ''Mortal Kombat 1''. It also the return of ''Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike'' as a mainline game for the first time since 2009.
==Venue== For the first time since 2016, EVO 2024 took place in the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Top 6 of every game took place in an arena built within the convention center with the top 4 games by attendance taking place on Sunday.
==Games== Announced on February 6, 2024, the following games returned as a mainline game: ''Street Fighter 6'', ''Guilty Gear Strive'' and ''The King of Fighters XV''. Four games from previous franchises made their debut as a mainline tournament: ''Tekken 8'', ''Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising'', ''Under Night In-Birth II'' and ''Mortal Kombat 1''. ''Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike'' returned as a singles tournament for the first time since 2008. The game was last featured as a 2v2 tournament in 2009. Several other tournaments took place as part of the EVO Community Showcase as well as many more unofficial tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/evo-2024-lineup-announced-mortal-kombat-1-and-tekken-8-make-their-debut-and-a-classic-returns|title=EVO 2024 Lineup Announced: Mortal Kombat 1 and Tekken 8 Make Their Debut, and a Classic Returns|website=IGN|publisher=Will Borger|accessdate=February 6, 2024}}</ref>
==Participants== A record 10,240 players took part in the mainline games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://escharts.com/news/evo-2024-viewership-statistics|title=Evo 2023 Breaks Multiple All-time Registration Records|website=escharts|publisher=|accessdate=August 8, 2024}}</ref>
==Broadcast== The tournament was streamed on the streaming site Twitch as well as YouTube, broadcast across multiple different streams.
==Reveals== Namco announced the return of Heihachi Mishima, thought to be dead after the events of the story of the previous game, to playable status with a gameplay trailer for ''Tekken 8''. Capcom released a teaser trailer for Terry Bogard, someone who was previously announced as a future playable character for ''Street Fighter 6''. Lucy from ''Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'' was revealed as a Season Pass 4 character for ''Guilty Gear Strive'', the first guest character in franchise history. Venom and Dizzy were also revealed to be characters set to be part of the season pass. CyGames released a gameplay trailer for Versusia as the next character for ''Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising''. The trailer teased Vikala and Sandalphon as future characters for the game. A gameplay trailer for Samurai Jack was released for ''Multiversus'' with a release date of July 23 as well as a teaser for Beetlejuice. SNK revealed a gameplay trailer of Kevin Rian for ''Fatal Futy: City of the Wolves'' as well as Vice and Mature for ''The King of Fighters XV''. The company also announced a new ''Art of Fighting'' game as well as a ''Samurai Showdown'' action RPG. Uzuki was revealed in a gameplay trailer for ''Under Night In-Birth II''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/24201533/evo-announcements-reveals-trailers-2024|title=Evo 2024: All the big reveals and announcements|website=Polygon|date=July 20, 2024 |publisher=Michael McWhertor|accessdate=July 22, 2024}}</ref>
==Results==
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Street Fighter 6''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|USA}} Victor Woodley | Punk | Cammy, Akuma |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|UAE}} Adel Anouche | Big Bird | Rashid |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|UK}} Samuel Arm | EndingWalker | Ed |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Yusuke Momochi | Momochi | Ed |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Naoki Nemoto | Nemo | M. Bison, Blanka, JP |- | 5th | {{flagicon|China}} Kuang Zhen | Zhen | JP |- | 7th | {{flagicon|UAE}} Amjad Al-Shalabi | AngryBird | Ken |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Hajime Taniguchi | Tokido | Ken |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Tekken 8''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Arslan Siddique | Arslan Ash | Nina |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Atif Ijaz | Atif | Dragunov, Feng |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Japan}} Daichi Nakayama | Nobi | Dragunov |- | 4th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Lim Soo-hoon | ULSAN | Dragunov, Reina |- | 5th | {{flagicon|KSA}} Raef Alturkistani | Raef | Jin |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Takaba Keisuke | Keisuke | Kazuya |- | 7th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kim Hyun-jin | JDCR | Dragunov |- | 7th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kim Jae-hyun | CBM | Jin |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Guilty Gear Strive''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|USA}} Shamar H. | Nitro | Jack-O, Giovanna |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | tatuma | Sol Badguy |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | RedDitto | Ramlethal |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Israel}} Atir Yosef | Zando | Asuka |- | 5th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Nicolas Yavrouian | OoeyGooeyChewySnicker | Anji |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | Jack | Happy Chaos |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Sweden}} William Hjelte | Leffen | Happy Chaos |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Senegal}} Ismaila Gueye | Verix | Nagoriyuki |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Godinez | Aarondamac | Belial |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Tororo | Percival, Siegfried |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|USA}} Mathieu Fardet | Kojicoco | Nier |- | 4th | {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Huang | Artorias | Siegfried |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} Alex Vo | Vermillion | 2B |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} Oscar Jaimes | Shinku | Beatrix |- | 7th | {{flagicon|USA}} Bradford Severance | Xerom | Charlotta |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Canada}} John K. | Haveaniceday | Djeeta |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|Japan}} Joe Egami | MOV | Chun-Li, Elena, Ken |- |2nd | {{flagicon|Japan}} Issei Suzuki | Issei | Yun |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Canada}} Henri Oung | Chi-Rithy | Chun-Li |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Ryuji Hayashi | Hayao | Hugo |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} Franklin Nunez | FrankieBFG | Ken |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | Resolve | Urien |- | 7th | {{flagicon|France}} Clairet Jocelyn | NiaBanH | Makoto |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Shirokuro | Chun-Li |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Under Night In-Birth II''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Senaru | Eltnum |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|UK}} ''unknown'' | Mo.Sin | Kuon |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Notes | Carmine |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Jaden E. | Defiant | Londrekia |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Oushuu-Hittou | Seth |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mario Silva | Mario | Wagner |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Mawaru | Hilda |- | 7th | {{flagicon|USA}} Izayah Davis | BigBlack | Byakuya |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Mortal Kombat 1''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|USA}} Dominique McLean | SonicFox | Johnny Cage/Khameleon, Sindel/Kung Lao, Homelander/Khameleon |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|Chile}} Nicolás Martínez | Nicholas | Johnny Cage/Khameleon, Johnny Cage/Kung Lao, Rain/Janet Cage, Baraka/Kano |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Pedro Ribeiro | Zeeus | Ashrah/Khameleon |- | 4th | {{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Taibot | TheMightyUnjust | Homelander/Khameleon, Ermac/Sonya Blade |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Spain}} Javier Alonso | MKJavierMK | Scorpion/Khameleon, Scorpion/Jax |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} Alex Ruiz | Dyloch | General Shao/Khameleon |- | 7th | {{flagicon|USA}} Curtis McCall | Rewind | Reiko/Tremor, Li Mei/Janet Cage, General Shao/Khameleon, Others |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Wellington de Castro | Konqueror249 | Kenshi/Sub-Zero |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''The King of Fighters XV''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|China}} Zeng Zhuojun | Xiaohai | Geese/Benimaru/Isla, Kyo/Benimaru/Isla |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|Taiwan}} Lin Chiahung | E.T. | Geese/Benimaru/Isla, Clark/Geese/Isla, Others |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Mexico}} Ángel Chong | Tamago | Blue Mary/Rock/Benimaru, Benimaru/Ryo/Rock |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Mexico}} Rolando Neri | ViolentKain | Rock/Ryo/Iori, Kyo/Rock/Ryo |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Mexico}} ''unknown'' | KoferoHonesto | Ryo/Yamazaki/Orochi Chris, Ryo/Yamazaki/Goenitz |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Akihito Sawada | Score | Orochi Yashiro/Chizuru Kagura/Heidern |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | mok | Shun'ei/Isla/Kukri |- | 7th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kang Myung-gu | Lacid | Meitenkun/Shermie/Ash |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://evo.shoryuken.com/}}
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