The eve of Evo 2025 is here, and the fighting game community is jitterier than ever. The biggest spectacle for competitive fighting games is back for another year with promises of all-star matchups, the occasional ping of a broken controller, and an ounce of salt spilled over a rivalry or two. I mean, real talk here: With the world’s best strangest under a roof, the competitive nature of those games will certainly get heated.
PlayStation set the tone perfectly, in a very simple, yet heavy statement: “Here’s to a good clean fight.” This was met with another answer, though: “Bro, this is Evo—someone’s bringing a broken controller and petty war.” Ain’t that the truth? The venue is West Hall, Las Vegas (thanks to CrisG for confirming the location), and it already looks quite spectacular.
Gamers hyped to the max are pouring their adrenaline into all of it—from the setup (“that EVO 2025 setup looks epic!”) to absurd ideas of putting winners in an actual ring to settle disputes IRL. Yeah, we’d definitely pay for that, too. Meanwhile, some are trying to wrap their crazy adrenaline-drunk minds around the competition itself and ask who PlayStation might even be backing to take the crown this year.
Well, the others, eh, they were off tweeting about something else. Some took the chance to air grievances about, say, the cancellation of PlayStation Stars (RIP) or the absence of an Iraqi PlayStation store. Then there are the “remember this?”-style answers that include a link to something quite random just because… well, it had to be done.
Of all other things, Evo has always been more than just a tournament: It’s a celebration of fighting games, a place where legends are born and the craziest upsets go down. So Tekken, Street Fighter, or whatever-the-hell-intense-fighter-on-trend-for-the-new-season is gonna bring you drama.
Grab your munchies, put your feet up, and prepare to be slammed with hype moments all through the weekend. If history means anything, Evo 2025 is going to be the one to watch. And hey, if someone does bring that broken controller? That’s fun!
(Please, PlayStation, let people update their birthdays. That one dude really wants to.)
