Evo Japan Features 2024’S Most Anticipated Fighting Games

Dec 02, 2023 | News On Japan

Dec 02, 2023 (gamersgrade.com) - The game line-up for Evo Japan 2024 has been revealed, and it includes a nice mix of both expected favourites and some of 2024’s most anticipated fighting games.

This will likely be the first major international tournament for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes, and Tekken 8.

These new releases will star alongside some beloved favourites including Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear; Strive, King of Fighters 15, and Street Fighter 3: Third Strike. That last one may snatch your attention as the odd one out, but it makes sense for Evo Japan. Japan, after all, is a country where the game still has a ripe competitive environment, with exceptionally exciting events still taking place there.

Evo Japan – the Eastern spin-off of the largest fighting game tournament in the world, Evo – first kicked off back in 2018. While it took a break during the Covid-19 lockdowns, it has recently made a grand return as a massive stage for communties and players unable to make the expensive trip over to Las Vegas for Evo. It’s historically been a great place for high-end gameplay across the featured games, as well as a nice way of spotlighting Eastern talent.

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