SIE, seeks to forge a joint partnership to run the tournament; online tournament for august
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced on Thursday that he and the company led by Endeavor RTS have acquired the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) fighting tournament brand, along with its assets and properties, from the Triple Perfect company run by the Evo co-founders has. SIE and RTS will run the tournament as a joint partnership.
The first tournament of the event under this new partnership takes place as an online event on August 6-8 and August 13-15, with free entry for players in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Open tournaments will be held for the Tekken 7, Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, en Guilty equipment -Strive- games.
SIE mentions in its announcement that Evo co-founders and brothers Tony and Tom Cannon will continue to be ‘closely involved as key advisers’ to the event, and that Mark Julio will also be involved as head of business development. Julio noted that the event is ‘still open to all platforms’, referring to Evo’s tradition of holding tournaments of fighting games regardless of the console, especially highlighted with Nintendosay Super Smash Bros. games, which regularly drew the largest number of participants since their annual inclusion in 2014.
RTS is a new sports business of the Endeavor company, a media company that among its many sports, advertising and entertainment businesses is also the partial owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and the owner of Miss Universe.
Brothers Cannon, Joey Cuellar and Seth Killian hosted the first “Battle of the Bay” tournaments from 1996 to 2001, and the event changed its name in 2002 to its current name. Attendance has gradually increased with each annual tournament, and it has an open tournament that has featured several games over the years. Games turn in and out of the series every year, although the most recent version of CAPCOMsay street fighter series are regularly included.
Last year, the tournament was canceled for an online event following the cancellation of the event due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but it was later canceled following controversy by Cuellar acknowledging allegations of abuse of minors and sponsors. and game developers who then seize the opportunity. He has since been removed from the company and is no longer involved in Evo’s operations.
The organizers held Evo Japan, the first Evo tournament held in Japan, in January 2018. It returned with a second tournament in 2019, although the venue moved to Fukuoka. The 2020 tournament in January 2020 moved the venue back to the Makuhari Messe in Chiba.
Sources: Sony Interactive Entertainment via Gematsu, Evo’s website, Mark Julio’s Twitter account