The headline above may or may not mean anything to you. If it does, chances are you’re going to be spending August 8th through the 10th in Las Vegas screaming at arcade cabinets or constantly updating YouTube to check out the latest match footage. However, if everything I’ve just written reads like Sanskrit to you (not Derrick. The dead language.), the annual Evo Championship is the closest thing competition level gaming has ever had to a Super Bowl. Warriors gather from around the world and engage in combat. They don’t actually fight each other or anything. They fight in a selection of two-dimensional and three-dimensional fighting games including a number of Street Fighter titles, Tekken, and Smash Bros. It is an epic event.
If this sounds silly to you, well, you clearly haven’t seen this.
Can you believe people get this excited over a Street Fighter match? Doesn’t it seem like an awesome time? Looks way more fun than actually watching people beat the crap out of each other, if you ask me. Here’s hoping this year’s tournament has fights as exciting and memorable as that epic 2004 final. Here’s Evo’s official preview video of the event.
For anyone attending, please shoot 61FPS an email and let us know your thoughts on Street Fighter IV, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD.
Good luck to you, fighters!
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Street Fighter II HD Update – Hitbox-o-Rama
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