Ok folks, here's the rundown.
Evo Japan May 1-3, 2026 held at Tokyo Big Sight. Sponsored by Chipotle. They promised to fix the air conditioning. The games that will be featured, with the years of appearance:
Street Fighter 6 (3rd)
Guilty Gear: Strive (4th)
Granblue Fantasy Versus (4th
KOF XV (4th)
Virtual Fighter REVO (1st)
Tekken 8 (3rd)
Fatal Fury COTW (1st)
Vampire Savior (1st)
Undernight In Birth SYS CELES
Hokuto No Ken (1st)
Melty Blood Type Lumina ((2nd)
2XKO (1st)
The winner of the cosplay Contest gets a free ticket to any EVO they choose. Evo Museums are getting an upgrade and will be hosted by jbStyle. There will be an exclusive Darkstalkers figure available. Moving on!
Evo Awards 2026 will take place March 28, 2026 in Los Angeles. Categories can be found here, and I believe you will have a chance to vote this year. Should we go to that too?
Evo Vegas 2026 will take place a month earlier than last year, from June 26-28, 2026. There will officially be 12 games for championships, with no extended lineup. The 6 games with the highest registration will be featured in the Arena. The games announced are as follows, with their number of appearances.
Street Fighter 6 (4th)
Tekken 8 (3rd)
Fatal Fury COTW (2nd)
Undernight in Birth SYS: Celes (3rd)
Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising (3rd)
Rivals of Aether (2nd)
2XKO (1st)
Guilty Gear Strive (5th)
Blazblue Centralfication (3rd)
Virtual Fighter 5 REVO (1st)
Vampire Savior (1st)
Invincible VS (1st)
Cosplay will have more cash prizes and categories. There was nothing announced about the prizes, so we will be updated at a later date. Until February 2, early bird pricing will be under $200 for all three days
$500,000 across the board. The stream spoke about some mystery games making an appearance, so there may be more games to be announced. Evo Stick and Art Museum is returning, with featured artists, EVO Moment 37, and the exclusive Darkstalkers Figure will be here too.
They also dropped an announcement and trailer for Rivals of Aether's character, La Raina, and also told us to be on the lookout for an Invincible VS Game Awards announcement.
Registration is open now for both EVO Japan, and EVO Vegas, at Evo.gg. You can watch the replay below.
