EVO lineup announced

Axel_Kelly · February 2, 2009, 12:46pm

for those of you who never venture outside the NW forum: http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=174535

Originally Posted by INKBLOT

Date and Venue

We?re back in Vegas, but have moved up the tournament date to mid-July. Hopefully this will make it a little easier on the folks who have school in the early fall. This year we are upgrading (ahem) the venue to the Rio Hotel and Casino. This is a great location that, while not directly on the strip, is still in the heart of Las Vegas.
The Games

This is what you really want to know, right? We?re thrilled to have fantastic new games like Street Fighter 4 to sink our teeth into. It does mean that we?ve had to retire some old friends, but we?ve tried to keep a mix between the old and the new on the roster. Here are your Evo games for 2009!
Street Fighter 4
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
Soul Calibur 4
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Guilty Gear XX, Accent Core
SF3, Third Strike, 2v2 team tournament
As usual, we will hold exhibition events on Friday and Saturday night.
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Invitational Finals
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix 5 on 5 Regional Team Tournament
The TvC event will actually be the final 8 players of a 64 man invitational tournament that we will run before hand. The TvC finals will run just like any other Evo finals.

shit, a 2v2 tournament might actually make third strike exciting (maybe?)

HeavyD853 · February 2, 2009, 12:49pm

That’s kinda weird about the tvc part. I wonder how those invitations work.

mastermind · February 2, 2009, 12:53pm

HDR and SFIV will be on PS3? Aww man. =\

DoughBoy · February 2, 2009, 3:10pm

Yeah, no more Chun-tastic top 64. So if I go (not likely but speaking hypothetically) I’ll take Chun. Who will take Yun and pair up with me?

I think Wizard had made that clear since last summer. The EVO organization owns a fleet of PS3 consoles since they ran T5:DR and VF5 tournaments in the past. So this is a matter of cost and convenience. Tis a shame considering many hardcore gamers own a 360 but not a PS3.

I think it’s interesting how MvC2 is listed as “Console: TBA” in its section.

HeavyD853 · February 2, 2009, 3:28pm

If there are discrepancies between the ps3 and 360 version of SFIV, I’d be happy to bring my ps3 to Zach’s if its needed.

OMNE · February 2, 2009, 5:00pm

wow, take out cvs2 and tekken and reput in GG and a SC4 which is broken as all hell and NO ONE plays it… what a waste.

Pablo_the_Mex · February 2, 2009, 9:56pm

My main concern is which stick to bring. I agree with Jetay, SCIV is questionable. Maybe they know something we do not.

RickClops · February 2, 2009, 10:01pm

I’m only surprised they chose GG over Blazblue, especially since they only went for SC4 because its the NEWest namco game we have.

Pablo_the_Mex · February 2, 2009, 10:03pm

Is BB even out on console? GG is always a good draw.

EDITO

I just love that smash is nowhere to be seen, that is gross.

tepid · February 2, 2009, 10:40pm

No Tekken makes me sad. But alas, the lineup has great variety.

RickClops · February 2, 2009, 11:02pm

oops, forgot tvc isn’t officially here either yet

fatbear · February 2, 2009, 11:15pm

3rd Strike refuses to die.

Deezo · February 2, 2009, 11:29pm

Yes, he did survive getting crushed in a garbage truck.

System_1 · February 2, 2009, 11:42pm

At least you know BR is coming out and we will be at the next EVO.

Cool to see GG there, maybe I should drop HDR and practice that along with IV.

Hope people from VFDC show up.

Glad Smash got dropped, fuck that game 1000x over.

tepid · February 3, 2009, 1:10am

Was it last year or the year before when they had MarioKart DS in the lineup?

Lol. I love me some MraioKart, don’t get me wrong.

But at Evo? 8/