# Evo 2024

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 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.

## Participants

A record 10,240 players took part in the mainline games.

## 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.

## Results

Street Fighter 6 :
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | Victor Woodley | Punk | Cammy, Akuma |
| 2nd | Adel Anouche | Big Bird | Rashid |
| 3rd | Samuel Arm | EndingWalker | Ed |
| 4th | Yusuke Momochi | Momochi | Ed |
| 5th | Naoki Nemoto | Nemo | M. Bison, Blanka, JP |
| 5th | Kuang Zhen | Zhen | JP |
| 7th | Amjad Al-Shalabi | AngryBird | Ken |
| 7th | Hajime Taniguchi | Tokido | Ken |
Tekken 8 :
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | Arslan Siddique | Arslan Ash | Nina |
| 2nd | Atif Ijaz | Atif | Dragunov, Feng |
| 3rd | Daichi Nakayama | Nobi | Dragunov |
| 4th | Lim Soo-hoon | ULSAN | Dragunov, Reina |
| 5th | Raef Alturkistani | Raef | Jin |
| 5th | Takaba Keisuke | Keisuke | Kazuya |
| 7th | Kim Hyun-jin | JDCR | Dragunov |
| 7th | Kim Jae-hyun | CBM | Jin |
Guilty Gear Strive :
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | Shamar H. | Nitro | Jack-O, Giovanna |
| 2nd | unknown | tatuma | Sol Badguy |
| 3rd | unknown | RedDitto | Ramtethal |
| 4th | Atir Yosef | Zando | Asuka |
| 5th | Nicolas Yavrouian | OoeyGooeyChewySnicker | Anji |
| 5th | unknown | Jack | Happy Chaos |
| 7th | William Hjelte | Leffen | Happy Chaos |
| 7th | Ismaila Gueye | Verix | Nagoriyuki |
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising :
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | Aaron Godinez | Aarondamac | Belial |
| 2nd | unknown | Tororo | Percival, Siegfried |
| 3rd | Mathieu Fardet | Kojicoco | Nier |
| 4th | Brian Huang | Artorias | Siegfried |
| 5th | Alex Vo | Vermillion | 2B |
| 5th | Oscar Jaimes | Shinku | Beatrix |
| 7th | Bradford Severance | Xerom | Charlotta |
| 7th | John K. | Haveaniceday | Djeeti |
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike :
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | Joe Egami | MOV | Chun-Li, Elena, Ken |
| 2nd | Issei Suzuki | Issei | Yun |
| 3rd | Henri Oung | Chi-Rithy | Chun-Li |
| 4th | Ryuji Hayashi | Hayao | Hugo |
| 5th | Franklin Nunez | FrankieBFG | Ken |
| 5th | unknown | Resolve | Urien |
| 7th | Clairet Jocelyn | NiaBanH | Makoto |
| 7th | unknown | Shirokuro | Chun-Li |
Under Night In-Birth II :
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | unknown | Senaru | Eltnum |
| 2nd | unknown | Mo.Sin | Kuon |
| 3rd | unknown | Notes | Carmine |
| 4th | Jaden E. | Defiant | Londrekia |
| 5th | unknown | Oushuu-Hittou | Seth |
| 5th | Mario Silva | Mario | Wagner |
| 7th | unknown | Mawaru | Hilda |
| 7th | Izayah Davis | BigBlack | Byakuya |
Mortal Kombat 1 :
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | Dominique McLean | SonicFox | Johnny Cage/Khameleon, Sindel/Kung Lao, Homelander/Khameleon |
| 2nd | Nicolás Martínez | Nicholas | Johnny Cage/Khameleon, Johnny Cage/Kung Lao, Rain/Janet Cage, Baraka/Kano |
| 3rd | Pedro Ribeiro | Zeeus | Ashrah/Khameleon |
| 4th | Daniel Taibot | TheMightyUnjust | Homelander/Khameleon, Ermac/Sonya Blade |
| 5th | Javier Alonso | MKJavierMK | Scorpion/Khameleon, Scorpion/Jax |
| 5th | Alex Ruiz | Dyloch | General Shao/Khameleon |
| 7th | Curtis McCall | Rewind | Reiko/Tremor, Li Mei/Janet Cage, General Shao/Khameleon, Others |
| 7th | Wellington de Castro | Konqueror249 | Kenshi/Sub-Zero |
The King of Fighters XV :
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | Zeng Zhuojun | Xiaohai | Geese/Benimaru/Isla, Kyo/Benimaru/Isla |
| 2nd | Lin Chiahung | E.T. | Geese/Benimaru/Isla, Clark/Geese/Isla, Others |
| 3rd | Ángel Chong | Tamago | Blue Mary/Rock/Benimaru, Benimaru/Ryo/Rock |
| 4th | Rolando Neri | ViolentKain | Rock/Ryo/Iori, Kyo/Rock/Ryo |
| 5th | unknown | KoferoHonesto | Ryo/Yamazaki/Orochi Chris, Ryo/Yamazaki/Goenitz |
| 5th | Akihito Sawada | Score | Orochi Yashiro/Chizuru Kagura/Heidern |
| 7th | unknown | mok | Shun'ei/Isla/Kukri |
| 7th | Kang Myung-gu | Lacid | Meitenkun/Shermie/Ash |