The 2022 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2022 or EVO 2022) was a fighting game event held in

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from August 5 to 7, 2022 as part of the long-running

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. The event offered tournaments for various video games, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', as well as the newly released '' Melty Blood: Type Lumina'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. It also marks the first time that '' Skullgirls'' was a main event game 10 years after its release. This is the first tournament held in-person since 2019. This is the first tournament sponsored under the co-sponsors

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and

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-led RTS.

Venue

EVO 2022 was, once again, hosted at the

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resort. The Mandalay Bay Convention Center hosted the first two days of the event, while

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hosted the final day for the fifth consecutive tournament.

Games

The lineup was announced in March 2022 to have 9 games. Returning from last year are ''

'' and ''

''. ''Street Fighter V'' and ''Mortal Kombat 11'' returned as updates '' Street Fighter V: Championship Edition'' and ''

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'' respectively. New additions are ''

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'', '' KOF XV'' (replacing KOF XIV), ''

'', '' Melty Blood: Type Lumina'', and '' Skullgirls 2nd Encore''. '' Super Smash Brothers Ultimate'' was confirmed not to return to the tournament before the official reveal, marking the first time a Smash game was not in the main lineup since EVO 2012.

Participants

7,445 participants were at Evo 2022.

Broadcast

As usual, the tournament was streamed on the streaming site

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, broadcast across multiple different streams.

Reveals

A surprise teaser for an undisclosed ''Tekken'' project was showcased during ''Tekken 7'''s tournament. It would later be formally announced as ''Tekken 8'' during

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's ''State of Play'' presentation on September 13, 2022.

Results

External links

References

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