The 2022 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2022 or EVO 2022) was a

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event held in Las Vegas from August 5 to 7, 2022 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event offered tournaments for various video games, including '' Street Fighter V'', '' Tekken 7'', and '' Dragon Ball FighterZ'', as well as the newly released '' Melty Blood: Type Lumina'', '' Granblue Fantasy Versus'' and '' The King of Fighters XV''. It also marks the first time that ''

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'' 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 Sony Corporation and Pokimane-led RTS.

Venue

EVO 2022 was, once again, hosted at the Mandalay Bay resort. The

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hosted the first two days of the event, while Michelob Ultra Arena 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 '' Tekken 7'' and '' Dragon Ball FighterZ''. ''Street Fighter V'' and ''Mortal Kombat 11'' returned as updates '' Street Fighter V: Championship Edition'' and '' Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate'' respectively. New additions are '' Guilty Gear Strive'', ''

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'' (replacing KOF XIV), '' Granblue Fantasy Versus'', '' Melty Blood: Type Lumina'', and ''

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''. ''

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

Results

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References

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