Evo Japan 2024 early results, stream ft. MenaRD, Knee, Gachikun, Fuudo, UMA, Tokido, Punk, Leffen, Laggia, Xiao Hai, Kawano, Fukunaga, Gamera and more
Update: This story has been updated with day 2 results.
It's finally time for one of the biggest events of the year to kick off — Evo Japan is back for 2024 and it'll once again be happening in Tokyo, Japan.
There are far too many notable players participating to list them all, but just a small sample of the beasts participating in the main games is as follows: Bandits|MenaRD, DRX|Knee, RB|Gachikun, BST|Fuudo, UMA327, Rohto|Tokido, FLY|Punk, TSM|Leffen, SANWA|Laggia, DouyuTV|Xiao Hai, HB|Kawano, Fukunaga, GS|Gamera, KDF|CBM, Varrel|Ao, Yesports|Chris Wong, KDF|Ulsan, SANWA|M', XG|ET, Tako, DRX|LowHigh, KDF|Meo-IL, Varrel|Rangchu, RB|Bonchan, PWS|Tahichi, Ibushigin|Tororo, DRX|Leshar, Ibushigin|Kakeru, MR|Umisho, Twis|Slash, FLY|TempestNYC, AMTRS|Score, Revo|Clearlamp, Oushuu-Hittou, MadKOF, Gobou, SNB|Yamaguchi, Watanabe, Saint, Yamasa|Nobi, Nuki, JeonDDing, Doujin, KDF|Mulgold, THY|Chikurin, Shirokuro, GS|Sho and Maikeru, but there are countless more top players waiting in the brackets looking to reach those top spots.
Marco Rodrigues announced for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Following the conclusion of The King of Fighters 15's grand finals at Evo Japan 2024, SNK had a special announcement to show all of their fans.
Marco Rodrigues was revealed as the latest playable character for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves with a gameplay trailer to show off his karate in action.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves' character select screen from the demo revealed
For the past 25 years, the Fatal Fury series remained essentially dormant in the vaults at SNK, but now the wild wolf is finally setting up for a big return.
Evo Japan 2024 marks the first time Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is playable to the public in the form of a limited demo, which also unveiled what the character select screen is currently looking like, and it's a bit different than what you'd typically expect.
There's an absolute ton of fantastic fighting game cosplays at Evo Japan 2024 but who is your favorite?
Progressively over the past decade or so, Evo has evolved from being the world's largest fighting game tournament to a convention that celebrates all aspects of the genre, including art and cosplay.
That also applies to the newer eastern companion as well, and with Evo Japan 2024 going down this weekend, there's a ridiculous amount of great fighting game cosplayers showing off their hard work.
This punish starts out great but quickly turns terrible for Kimberly in this Street Fighter 6 clip
In recent times, we've seen a couple of very creative and effective counters to Rashid's level 2 super in Street Fighter 6. We thought we might have had a three-peat on our hands with this clip, but unfortunately, things just didn't quite work out how they were intended to.
Some quick match footage from yoofierce on Twitter started off as something Kimberly players would have wanted to take to the bank, but things quickly go south despite having a fantastic read on the situation.
Capcom Pro Tour 2024 offline schedule revealed
At the conclusion of Capcom Cup X, it was announced that the Capcom Pro Tour 2024 season would once more feature a $1,000,000 prize for the first place winner of Capcom Cup 11. However, we also learned that the Capcom Pro Tour 2024 season would be starting too late for Evo Japan 2024 to be included in its lineup.
Just earlier today, Capcom revealed their offline schedule for the Capcom Pro Tour 2024 season. As it turns out, Evo 2024 will be the first offline event for this season when that takes place in July 2024.
LVL UP Expo 2024 early results, stream ft. Sonix, Tweek, NuckleDu, ChrisG, DualKevin, Light, FearOfSilence, iDom, JAK, NoahTheProdigy, JB and more
Update: This story has been updated with day 2 results.
LVL UP Expo is happening this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
Notable players participating include LG|Sonix, LG|Tweek, SR|NuckleDu, NYChrisG, DualKevin, Moist|Light, NYCT|FearOfSilence, XSET|iDom, Moist|JAK, NoahTheProdigy, Chat|JB, Stride|MuteAce, Chris Tatarian, DG|KingGambler, Pulse, WIN|Lima, Cosmos, Lui$, Averiey RiB, Jackie Tran, WayGamble, TUE|Hendo, Dr. TheJakemanMD and many more.
Rumor: Nintendo Switch accessory manufacturer leaks new details about the Nintendo Switch 2
Though the Switch's successor has yet to be announced, we recently heard back in February that the Nintendo Switch 2 has been delayed until 2025. Based on how hollow Nintendo's announcements for 2024 have been so far, it's beginning to feel like the rumor is likely a true one.
The last time we had a standard Nintendo Direct (not counting Partner Showcases, Indie Worlds, or a Pokémon Presents) was back in September 2023. Needless to say, it seems like Nintendo is holding off on making an official announcement regarding the Nintendo Switch 2 (unofficial name), but a known Nintendo Switch accessory manufacturer has seemingly released details about Nintendo's upcoming console.
Texas Showdown 2024 early results, stream ft. Anakin, JoeCrush, Shinblade, Genghis D0n, Trojan, AzeemX, Brian_F, NG Obscure, Jermanji and more
Update: This story has been updated with day 2 results.
Texas Showdown is back again for 2024 and as you'd expect it's happening in Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Notable players participating include RB|Anakin, PAR|JoeCrush, Nfinite|Shinblade, TUE|Genghis D0n, Trojan, SB|AzeemX, Brian_F, NG Obscure, Blitz|Jermanji, BigBlack, Bass, Lucar, NGNL|Zane, 9Moons|Rat, Elsa, Kanme|Xerom, Juliocrivera, Danke and more.
Full silhouette for next Guilty Gear Strive Season 3 DLC character revealed and it's pretty obvious who it is
Evo Japan 2024 is officially underway and folks from all over the globe are in attendance and ready for an action-packed weekend of fighting game fun. While there will undoubtedly be some incredible competition across the multitude of games on this year's line up, viewers can also likely look forward to several major announcements from some of the best fighting game developers in the business.
Arc System Works is in attendance at the event and so is Guilty Gear Strive, and from the looks of it there's a good chance we'll be seeing the game's next and final Season 3 DLC character unveiled. The official Guilty Gear Twitter account tweeted out a photo from the Evo Japan 2024 show floor showing a cardboard standee at the Guilty Gear booth that now provides the full look at the silhouette for the next Season 3 DLC character — and we're fairly certain we know who it is.
Ed Boon shares first in-game look at Mortal Kombat 1 DLC character Homelander, lists all kinds of new content coming to the game
Mortal Kombat 1 has just seen the release of its latest main roster DLC character, Ermac, and it looks like NetherRealm Studios is keeping their momentum going with the first year of content.
Series co-creator Ed Boon took to Twitter today to share the first-ever in-game look at the game's next DLC fighter, The Boys' own Homelander. On top of sharing a quick teaser video for the upcoming combatant, Boon also listed out all kinds of other content that fans should still expect to see added to Mortal Kombat 1 down the road.
Hunter x Hunter: Nen Impact has several animations that look exactly like Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
This week has seen the big gameplay reveal of upcoming Versus-style fighting game Hunter x Hunter: Nen Impact. With the title having a playable demo on the Evo Japan 2024 show floor this weekend, those making the game are sharing all kinds of information and footage giving fans the opportunity to familiarize themselves with it before they get a chance to play it for the first time.
With some of the footage that has already been shared, those who enjoy the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 series and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom probably noticed that Nen Impact looks similar visually. You're not wrong as there are several animations and visual choices in Nen Impact that look exactly (or very close) like things found in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.
Our final tier lists for Street Fighter 6 Season 1
Catalyst and I are back on Talk and Block to put together our final tier lists for the first season of Street Fighter 6. The game evolved a notable bit back in late February when Ed dropped, and now that we've had some time with these changes we've got updated orderings for the entire 21 character roster.
The two of us discuss and debate placements for all fighters as we argue our way through the top and bottom of the bunch. Continue on to see how things shake out.
Liu Kang in latest season of Mortal Kombat 1's Invasion actually performs Dragon Ball Z's Kamehameha Wave if you let him
With my review of Mortal Kombat 1, I described Invasion mode as being very grindy and tedious. Since that first season of Invasion, I actually haven't touched the mode, but it's easy enough to tell that NetherRealm Studios has been working towards addressing some of the problems associated with the mode.
A clip posted by A Bag in a Salt’s World about one of the battles in Invasion recently caught my attention. During the battle against "Peace Destroyer" (Liu Kang), the opponent will apparently throw out the equivalent of Dragon Ball Z's Kamehameha Wave.
Update: Ranked scores to reset for phase 4 of online play in Street Fighter 6
Update: The somewhat mysterious server maintenance period has concluded and Capcom has revealed that phase 4 of ranked play will begin on May 1 at 12 a.m. PDT. All Master level players will be reset to 1500 MR, and players who are Legend rank when phase 3 ends will be awarded special titles some time after phase 4 begins.
Earlier:Capcom announced via X that Street Fighter 6 servers will be going down for some scheduled maintenance Thursday evening at 8 p.m. PDT. The big question that likely comes to mind given audience anticipation for upcoming DLC character Akuma is whether or not this will be in preparation for showcasing any kind of new information or footage of the beloved Street Fighter mainstay.
Machi Komacine and Uvogin revealed as new playable characters in Hunter x Hunter Nen Impact
While many have been quick to point out it looks like a title from a console generation or two past, the upcoming Hunter x Hunter Nen Impact has been turning heads in the fighting game community since our first major gameplay reveal Thursday.
Said reveal showed off six of the three on three fighting game's roster members, but an additional two more have popped up since, albeit screen time for both is brief thus far. Continue on to see Machi Komancine and Uvogin.
CrossoverRD releases final Street Fighter 6 Season 1 tier list
Street Fighter 6 fans are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the game's first major balance patch and the start of Season 2. The next DLC character and final one for the game's first season of content, Akuma, is getting fairly close to launch — based on everything we've seen so far — and it's looking like the big balance update is coming soon too.
While a lot of us wait, we're taking the time to create final tier lists for the current version of the game before things change heavily. Top player from the Dominican Republic Tigers|CrossoverRD has joined in on the fun and recently put together a final tier list for Season 1 of Street Fighter 6.
