As noted in the NWR article, they're not doing tournaments for the main lineup and are instead doing invitationals, and it's not a coincidence that the four games that do have open tournaments all use rollback netcode (and they'll still likely be less than an ideal experience).

This isn't a real EVO, and the format they've chosen shows it. Kind of hard to call yourself a credible fighting game tournament when everything is online. Kinda hard to call yourself a credible fighting tournament without having the best selling fighting game of all time. Introducing Evo Online! /ecf8gxNGUW- EVO May 14, 2020Īnd EVO becomes even more useless. When EVO originally announced they would be running online tournaments, many fans expressed concern that every game in the EVO lineup used delay-based netcode.Įvo Online will begin on July 4th, and will have events every weekend through August 2nd.

It's notable that all four games use a rollback solution for their online netcode as opposed to the controversial delay-based solution that most fighting games use. Killer Instinct and Them's Fightin' Herds will also be featured. Of the four games to be featured in Evo Online, two of them are or will be available on Switch: Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath and Skullgirls.

Though EVO did not give a reason for removing Ultimate from their lineup, eSports consultant Rod Breslau believes it's due to the poor quality of Ultimate's online netcode. Ultimate, marking the first EVO without a Smash game since 2012. Less obvious is the removal of Super Smash Bros.

Capcom 2, a legacy game with no official method of online play, is an obvious cut. fans will have to look elsewhere for a featured spot this year.ĮVO announced the details of Evo Online, a five-week event with open online tournaments for four new games and special exhibitions for the original EVO 2020 lineup-with two big exceptions. As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the world's largest fighting game tournament is going online, and Smash Bros.

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