The Evolution Championship Series or EVO returned with its latest edition, EVO 2022, and brought with it new tournaments for the most popular fighting games in the world right now.
Tekken, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Mortal Kombat 11, and Street Fighter V all crowned new champions in the three-day-long event. EVO 2022 also featured a number of exciting announcements that are sure to make gamers excited for the future of fighting games.
Additionally, over 5000 participants from around the world registered for the tournament with over 1000 entries coming in for Tekken alone which certainly goes to show how popular the entire tournament was.
Bae Jae-Min, better known by his stage name Knee bagged the Championship title after a fierce competition with players from around the world.
A Feng Wei main, Knee was able to reach the quarterfinals without a single defeat and fought players like Joey Fury and Pinya along the way.
Knee faced off against Pakistan’s Fate Khan, a Geese Howard Main. Fate was able to win the first of three rounds but Knee came back stronger, winning the final two rounds to lift the trophy.
This was Knee’s sixth consecutive tournament win which firmly heralded him as one of the best, if not the best Tekken player in the world right now.
Arsalan Ash Returns
Apart from Fate Khan, Arsalan Ash, the winner of the 2019 EVO championship was also present and took part in the Tekken as well as the King of Fighters tournament. Although he wasn’t able to bag the title this time around, he was able to rank 3rd amongst thousands of participants. Ironically, his defeat came at the hands of none other than Fate khan himself.
Arsalan Ash and Fate Khan at EVO 2022
Furthermore, In an Instagram post, he vowed to do better and promised to focus on just one game in the next championship. He also added that his current goal is to win the 2022 Tekken world tour.
Other Champions at EVO 2022
EVO 2022 featured several different fighting game tournaments. We’ll go over each of the winners in a quick list below:
Kawano from Japan won the Street Fighter V tournament defeating iDom from America in the final
ZJZ from Taiwan bagged the Street Fighter XVI title by defeating E.T.
American player UMISHO took out Saudi Arabian Slash to win the Guilty Gear Strive title
The Melty Blood title went to Jing from Japan
Wawa won the Dragon Ball FighterZ tournament after defeating Nitro
Granblue Fantasy made its debut in Evo 2022 and Gamera took home the title after defeating Tororo
Fighting game veteran SonicFox won the Skullgirls EVO 2022 tournament after defeating Dekillsage
Perhaps the biggest surprise of EVO 2022 was the somewhat cryptic announcement of Tekken 8. The trailer did now show any gameplay but it did tantalize the taste buds of Tekken fans who have been waiting for a new entry in the series for a while.
Moreover, a native next-gen version of Dragon Ball FighterZ was also announced. To the delight of fighting game fans everywhere, it was confirmed to feature roll-back net code. Samurai Shodown will receive an update in 2023 to implement this feature as well.
Two new characters for Street Fighter 6 were announced. Namely, Kimberly and Juri. Additionally, a new Fatal Fury game was also announced.
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