{{Short description|Fighting game event held in Las Vegas}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sport tournament | name = 2025 Evolution Championship Series | year = | image = Evo Championship Series logo cropped.png | caption = Evolution Championship Series logo | location = Las Vegas, United States | start_date = August 1, 2025 | end_date = August 3, 2025 | administrator = | tournament_format = | venues = Las Vegas Convention Center | participants = 8,541 | purse = | champions = {{Plainlist| * '''''SF6''''': Saul Leonardo "MenaRD" Mena II * '''''T8''''': Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique * '''''FF:COTW''''': Goichi "GO1" Kishida * '''''GGS''''': "Kshuewhatdamoo" * '''''GBVS:R''''': Matthieu "Kojicoco" Fardet * '''''MVC2''''': Ken "Khaos" Villalobos * '''''UNI2''''': "Defiant" * '''''MK1''''': Dominique "SonicFox" McLean }} | attendance = | previous = 2024 | next = 2026 }}
The '''2025 Evolution Championship Series''' (commonly referred to as '''Evo 2025''' or '''EVO 2025''') was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from August 1 to 3, 2025 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event marked the debuts of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves as well as the return of Marvel vs Capcom 2 as a mainline game for the first time since 2010. This also marked the debut of the EVO Extended Lineup of 8 games.
==Venue== EVO 2025 returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center with a return to a Top 8 Finals lineup. The Top 8 of the official lineup of games took place in an in-building arena while the Extended Lineup took place entirely outside of the arena. Nevertheless, all 16 games were broadcast by tournament organizers and were given a trophy ceremony.
==Games== Announced on January 16, 2025, the following games returned as a mainline game: ''Street Fighter 6'', ''Tekken 8'', ''Guilty Gear Strive'' ''Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising'', ''Under Night In-Birth II'' and ''Mortal Kombat 1''. ''Marvel vs Capcom 2'' returned as a singles tournament for the first time since 2010. In addition, it was revealed that the tournament would also support 8 additional games as part of the Extended Lineup: ''The King of Fighters XV'', ''Rivals of Aether 2'', ''Virtua Fighter 5: R.E.V.O.'', ''BlazBlue: Central Fiction'' and ''Killer Instinct'' were revealed the same day while ''Samurai Shodown'' and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 were revealed at later dates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dlcompare.com/gaming-news/evo-2025-lineup-revealed|title=EVO 2025 lineup revealed|website=dlCompare|publisher=Fyra Frost|accessdate=January 16, 2025}}</ref>
==Participants== Nearly 8,500 players competed in the mainline games with more attending the Extended Lineup and other tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/games/717660/how-to-watch-evo-2025-las-vegas|title=The biggest fighting game tournament is a little smaller this year — but still exciting|website=The Verge|publisher=Ash Parrish|accessdate=August 1, 2025}}</ref>
==Broadcast== The tournament was streamed on the streaming site Twitch as well as YouTube, broadcast across multiple different streams.
==Reveals== Capcom revealed a teaser trailer for C. Viper, the second character in the season 3 pass as well as a trailer for Outfit 4 costumes for several Street Fighter 6 characters. Bandai Namco released a gameplay trailer for Armor King as well as a teaser for Miary Zo, a new fighter from Madagascar. Sega revealed a World Stage update for Virtua Fighter 5: R.E.V.O. as well as brief gameplay of ''Virtua Fighter 6'' featuring Akira and Stella Bryant. Arc System Works revealed a gameplay trailer for ''Cyberpunk: Edgerunner's'' Lucy, the final character for season 4 DLC of Guilty Gear Strive. In addition, Wilmas was revealed as the next character for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising as well as EX versions of every character in the roster. SNK revealed additional gameplay footage of Ken Masters and revealed he is available afterwards while stating the release date of Chun-Li to be the winter of 2025. ''Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact'' revealed Neferpitou as the first DLC character for the game. There were also beta testing of ''Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls'' and ''Invincible VS''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/evo-2025-news-reveals-trailers-street-fighter-6-tekken-8-vf6/|title=Every big Evo 2025 announcement in one place|website=Polygon|publisher=Marc Griffin|accessdate=August 4, 2025}}</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|DR}} Saul Leonardo Mena II | MenaRD | Blanka |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|JP}} Kakeru Watanabe | Kakeru | JP |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|HK}} Chan Pak-yin | Micky | Cammy, Mai |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Norway}} Arman Hanjani | Phenom | Cammy |- | 5th | {{flagicon|China}} Zeng Zhuojun | Xiaohai | Mai, M. Bison |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Keita Ai | Fuudo | Ed, Dee Jay |- | 7th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Shin Moon-sup | Leshar | Terry, Mai, Ed |- | 7th | {{flagicon|UAE}} Amjad Al-Shalabi | AngryBird | 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, Anna |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Atif Ijaz | Atif | Anna |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Japan}} Yuta Take | chikurin | Clive, Lili |- | 4th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Han Jae-gyun | Mulgold | Claudio, Lei Feng |- | 5th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Yoon Sun-woong | LowHigh | Bryan |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Daichi Nakayama | Nobi | Lars, Steve. Dragunov |- | 7th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Oh Dae-il | Meo-Li | Jack-8 |- | 7th | {{flagicon|South Korea}}Kim Hyun-jin | JDCR | Dragunov |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Character(s) |- | 1st | {{flagicon|Japan}} Goichi Kishida | GO1 | Kain, Marco |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|Taiwan}} Lin Chiahung | E.T. | Hokutomaru, Billy |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Japan}} Shoji Sho | Fenritti | Kain |- | 4th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Lee Chung-gon | POONGKO | Gato |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}}Kazuyuki Koji | KojiKOG | Billy |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Laggia | Hotaru |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Singapore}} Ho Kun Xian | Xian | Gato |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Tsutomu Kubota | kubo | Hokutomaru |}
{|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}} ''unknown'' | Kshuewhatdamoo | Johnny |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | RedDitto | Ramlethal |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | Aboii | Potemkin |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Yuya Fujiwara | tatuma | Sol |- | 5th | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Kim Jae-won | Daru_I-No | I-No |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | Jack | Happy Chaos |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Senegal}} Ismaila Gueye | Verix | Nagoriyuki |- | 7th | {{flagicon|UK}} ''unknown'' | Precho | Goldlewis |}
{|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}} Matthieu Fardet | Kojicoco | Beatrix |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Wanders | Zane | Grimnir |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Tororo | Percival, Siegfried |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Junichi Kumano | Fukunaga | Versusia, Lancelot |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Zenith | Grimnir |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} Kyran Reives | Monarch | Metera |- | 7th | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | Ryazu | Charlotta |- | 7th | {{flagicon|USA}} Alex Vo | Vermillion | 2B |}
{|class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4 |{{center|''Marvel vs Capcom 2''}} |- ! style="width:50px;"| Place ! style="width:180px;"| Player ! style="width:150px;"| Alias ! style="width:300px;"| Characters |- | 1st | {{flagicon|Japan}} Ken Villalobos | Khaos | Magneto/Storm/Sentinel, Sentinel/Storm/Cyclops, Magneto/Storm/Cyclops |- |2nd | {{flagicon|USA}} Andy Nguyen | VIGGA | Magneto/Storm/Psylocke |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | Servbot | Magneto/Storm/Psylocke |- | 4th | {{flagicon|USA}} Peter Rosas | COMBOFIEND | Sentinel/Magneto/Iron Man |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Maniago | Clockw0rk | Strider/Doctor Doom/Sentinel |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Peru}} ''unknown'' | Peruchamp | Storm/Sentinel/Captain Commando |- | 7th | {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Ramoutar | Gconceptz | Magneto/Storm/Psylocke |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Japan}} Johnathan Talley | telly | Sentinel/Storm/Captain Commando |}
{|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|Puerto Rico}} Jaden E. | Defiant | Londrekia, Hyde, Ogre |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|USA}} Izayah Davis | BigBlack | Byakuya |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|USA}} Randy Knotts | knotts | Wagner, Orie, Seth |- | 4th | {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mario Silva | Mario | Wagner |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | suteneko | Mika |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Canada}} ''unknown'' | Revert | Linne |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Japan}} ''unknown'' | Senaru | Eltnum |- | 7th | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | OmniDeag | Eltnum |}
{|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 | Cyrax/Madam Bo, Sektor/Kung Lao |- | 2nd | {{flagicon|Chile}} Nicolás Martínez | Nicholas | Havik/Mavado, Reiko/Tremor, Homelander/Ferra, Baraka/Tremor |- | 3rd | {{flagicon|Turkey}} Mustafa Bicici | Kanimani | Sindel/Tremor, Homelander/Ferra, Johnny Cage/Tremor |- | 4th | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | Hourglass_of_rain | Mileena/Kung Lao, Mileena/Tremor |- | 5th | {{flagicon|USA}} ''unknown'' | Onlinecale213 | Kung Lao/Sektor |- | 5th | {{flagicon|Spain}} Javier Alonso | MKJavierMK | Scorpion/Terra, Scorpion/Tremor |- | 7th | {{flagicon|USA}} George Foulkes Jr. | Grr | Geras/Motaro |- | 7th | {{flagicon|Canada}} ''unknown'' | MichaelCeraFan | Geras/Motaro |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://evo.shoryuken.com/}}
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