Newly Announced EVO Lounge Will Cover All Of The Competition’s Exciting Events And Content And May Reveal New Fighting Games

Today, PlayStation has introduced PlayStation Tournaments: EVO Lounge, a brand new stay present set to cowl every part that occurs throughout this yr’s EVO which is about to happen August 5-7. This is in celebration of EVO’s twentieth anniversary as one of the thrilling combating sport neighborhood tournaments on the earth.

Let the video games start with PlayStation Tournaments: Evo Lounge stay present, that includes the largest fights, participant interviews, developer company, and extra. Runs August 5 & 6.

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EVO 2022 will function matches in 9 titles. This consists of Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Guilty Gear – Strive, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, Tekken 7, The King of Fighters XV, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, Dragonball FighterZ, Granblue Fantasy: Versus, and Skullgirls: 2nd Encore.

The EVO Lounge is a stay present devoted to overlaying all of the competitors’s thrilling occasions and content material. It will likely be hosted by gamers and commentators related to the FGC.

“The Evo Lounge will feature top-shelf curated show coverage, bracket updates, interviews with players, and exciting content and reveals from developers and publishers, such as Arc System Works,  Warner Bros. Games, Capcom, SNK, and Bandai Namco Entertainment, as well as all the latest from the scene with pro players and casters.  Viewers will be treated to the latest news for our favorite games and a few sneak peeks of what’s ahead. It’s every spectator’s source for Evo and FGC intel,” Louis Figueroa, Sr. Director, Global Esports and Competitive Gaming, SIE mentioned.

EVO 2022 takes place stay in Las Vegas from August 5-7. The EVO Lounge could be seen on August 5-6, on YouTube and on Twitch.

Following PlayStation’s acquisition of EVO, many had been questioning what would come of the occasion and the way it could change. It seems to be like they’re doubling down on one of many issues that makes EVO nice, the FGC. Fighting video games wouldn’t be the place they’re at this time with out the neighborhood of gamers spending their time to mastering a personality or the mechanics of a sport that they fall in love with, all with the identical purpose to win their match. It will likely be fascinating to see how massive the Lounge will get primarily based on what will get revealed in the course of the present.

It could possibly be one thing small and area of interest and only for the FGC or it could possibly be one thing greater like the following sport from Netherrealm, the builders behind Mortal Kombat and Injustice.