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Official EVO 2018 (August 3rd-5th) lineup

by flstyle

EVO 2018 takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on August 3rd to 5th.

Eight games will feature this year with no fan vote, two of which (Dragon Ball FighterZ & BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle) are new. Street Fighter V has also been upgraded to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition.

This year we say goodbye to The King of Fighters XIV which unfortunately only had the one year, BlazBlue: Central Fiction which is being replaced by this year's BlazBlue game, BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle (which also includes Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth & RWBY characters), and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 which had a long run of six years at EVO including last year when it had been dropped only to win a place in the line-up by winning the fan vote.

Notable by its absence this year is Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite which released in September 2017, not only continuing Capcom's run of poor fighting game launches post-Street Fighter IV, but is dead in the water as far as development is concerned.

EVO 2017 had many announcements, including Geese Howard for Tekken 7, Future Trunks for Dragon Ball FighterZ, Abigail for Street Fighter V, Jedah for Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite and two brand new games, BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle (would will feature at EVO this year) & what would later become known as Fighting EX Layer. What trailers will drop this year?

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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

1. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Entrants: 1178, +679 (+57%) vs. 2017 (BlazBlue: Central Fiction) Developer: Arc System Works Co., Ltd. Released in 2018 1st appearance at EVO Debut year: 2018 Running on PlayStation 4

Dragon Ball FighterZ

2. Dragon Ball FighterZ

Entrants: 2575 (Franchise Debut) Developer: Arc System Works Co., Ltd. Released in 2018 1st appearance at EVO Debut year: 2018 Running on PlayStation 4

Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2

3. Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2

Entrants: 629, -198 (-24%) vs. 2017 Developer: Arc System Works Co., Ltd. Released in 2017 2nd appearance at EVO Debut year: 2017 Running on PlayStation 4

Injustice 2

4. Injustice 2

Entrants: 363, -520 (-59%) vs. 2017 Developer: NetherRealm Studios Released in 2017 2nd appearance at EVO Debut year: 2017 Running on PlayStation 4

Street Fighter V

5. Street Fighter V

Entrants: 2484, -138 (-5%) vs. 2017 Developer: Capcom and Dimps Released in 2016 3rd appearance at EVO Debut year: 2016 Running on PlayStation 4

Super Smash Bros. Melee

6. Super Smash Bros. Melee

Entrants: 1351, -84 (-6%) vs. 2017 Developer: Nintendo Released in 2001 (2002 for PAL regions) 7th appearance at EVO Debut year: 2007 Running on GameCube (and CRT televisions)

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/Nintendo 3DS

7. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/Nintendo 3DS

Entrants: 1354, -161 (-11%) vs. 2017 Developer: Nintendo, Bandai Namco Entertainment, HAL Laboratory, Sora Ltd. and Game Arts Released in 2015 4th appearance at EVO Debut year: 2015 Running on Wii U

Tekken 7: Fated Retribution

8. Tekken 7: Fated Retribution

Entrants: 1538, +260 (+17%) vs. 2017 Developer: Bandai Namco Entertainment Released in 2015 on Arcade, 2017 on console 4th appearance at EVO Debut year: 2015 Running on PlayStation 4