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The world’s largest fighting game championship, the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) in Las Vegas, is going full esports for the 2016 event with new games, a bigger venue and an arena to watch the finals.
Evo co-founder Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar announced Tuesday night this year’s game lineup, featuring nine titles. Headlining Evo is Street Fighter V and Smash Bros. Melee; Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mortal Kombat X, Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator, Killer Instinct, Pokken, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Tekken 7: Fated Retribution are also featured. This ties 2015’s list for the most official games featured at the event.
