EVO 2020 to take place online, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate cut from lineupDue to COVID-19, EVO 2020 has been canceled, and EVO Online is taking its place. However, that's lead to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate being cut from the lineup.
What you need to know
The Evolution Championship Series (EVO) is an annual esports tournament that focuses solely on fighting games.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person EVO 2020 event has been canceled and is getting replaced with an online competition called EVO Online.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been dropped from the lineup.
EVO Online will take place over several weeks starting in July and going into August.
As with many other conventions and competitions in 2020, the Evolution Championship Series (EVO) 2020 has been officially canceled due to the coronavirus. The event, which focuses solely on fighting games, has been held in various venues across Las Vegas since 2005 and was slated to take place in the Mandalay Bay resort this July. However, while contestants and viewers cannot gather in person, they ca...
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EVO 2020 to take place online, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate cut from lineup