With the EVO France 2025 tournament schedule now officially out for Street Fighter 6 players, Street Fighter is surely set to take the Runnable Event at Nice in France from October 10 to 12 next year. Info concerning the Street Fighter event was shared by the official Street Fighter Twitter account, and it included the location and a link to find out more about what will surely be one of the big fighting game events in 2025.
So, what is EVO France exactly? For anyone who might be unfamiliar with the fighting-game community scene, EVO is Evolution Championship Series, basically another way of saying the Super Bowl of fighting games. The French edition has, however, become arguably the largest competitive stop, bringing together the very best Street Fighter players from all corners of Europe and the world. The Parv. de l’Europe in Nice stage is set to witness three days of heated competition, the thrills of improbable comebacks, and vibrant hype moments of fighting game tournaments.
Hereafter, things immediately take immense and abnormal turns within community responses. While the official announcement keeps its dance in stark simplicity of dates and location, people racing to ask the exhaustively burning question: “How much is it going to cost to see the event?” Really, the comment section became a distorted chorus of variegated “How much?” comments-prior to the question were users like TheBoneShackles, Manwork8, and raphabenvenuto1-who repeated their own versions of the price-question. This is no hitchhiking-kind-of-random curiosity; there appears to be quite some frustration still lingering in the atmosphere.
An articulate user really put things out in the open for the community, laying out the concerns and mentioning how Capcom Cup had gone pay-per-view and the general discontent on that issue amongst players who have been following the Capcom Pro Tour all year round. Saying “it’ll destroy the community” and likening it to “not being able to watch a TV show finale” really hits it on the head, but some aren’t alone in that sentiment. 4everbuffy states, “Sorry, I don’t pay to watch tournaments online.” He follows on with another frustration regarding the buying of DLCs.
The angst with the pricing evidently stems from the recent Capcom-related change to how they are running their premier tournaments. So when KeenanBailles says “Not going to watch it unless it’s $40,” which I can only assume was dripping in sarcasm, and Artesequencia says “Still upset about having to pay,” already it has become clear that there was some past incident–or incidents, really–that cast a shadow over just how players are receiving this EVO-France announcement.
But it is not just about the money! Some players are jumping right into competitive mode. Arlieth wonders if we’ll see Jamie in top 24, cheekily suggesting they might actually know something that we don’t, whereas DjOn6FGC is already channeling some hype energy, claiming that “Ryu in Top 8 is Real” alongside a hype video, with predictions and loyalties freshly heating up more than a year out.
The venue itself is very noteworthy; Nice, France stands for an emerging European fighting game scene, having produced some good players in recent years. Gro3_ simply called it “Fight night in France!” which, honestly, says it all regarding the vibes. Alyssakatpink replied to another user with “Will be locked in! 🇫🇷✨💗” excitement after the pricing questions.
This is a perfect representation of the divide simmering beneath the surface in the Street Fighter community. On one side, there are those players already eager for another massive tournament, who are diving headfirst into debates about character viability and top placings. On the other side, we have a running undercurrent, a bubbling noise about tournament accessibility and whether this whole esports thing is just getting way too corporate, turning its back on the community that built it.
The timing is a little interesting, too: October 2025 feels like forever away and just around the corner at the same time for tournament planning. Street Fighter 6 will be over two years old by that time, so the meta ought to be pretty much baked, and we’ll also likely be seeing a lot of well-established rivalries and storylines come to fruition. Especially with the European scene getting stronger each year, hosting a premier event in France could well be a ramp up for the local talent against the international competition.
To add, it’s worth remembering that EVO France does function entirely separate from Capcom’s own tournament circuit, which probably explains some of the confused expressions from users caught word of it. But regardless of how it will be allowed to function, Street Fighter 6 will indeed have a bright spotlight in the fighting game tournament scene until at least the end of 2025, and EVO France will certainly never be an event either competitors or viewers could ever afford to miss—just so long as, in present-day, they are not fighting with the event over access and price-point, which is starkly the big question awareness seems to be weighing on right now.
Backing an article published earlier this year mentioning the engine’s history has already shown that the fighting game community is growing, with debates marching between monetization and access becoming the norm. Most probably, the massive community response to what should have been a simple schedule release speaks volumes about the players’ feelings about the current state and future of competitive Street Fighter.
Whether you’re there to compete, watch from home, or just follow along with results, EVO France 2025 is shaping up to be just more than a tournament; it’s turning into an axis of conversations that will determine where the scene is heading in the near future. Devolver Digital has been known for publishing unique games, and the tournament scene continues to evolve with support from platforms like PlayStation and Xbox.
