Street Fighter V and MultiVersus made for a thrilling EVO finale - The Verge

EVO 2022 concluded with several exciting tournaments, including Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Strive, and an electrifying Street Fighter V tournament that almost had its first American winner in 12 years.

The Evolution Championship Series 2022 wrapped up last night, capping a weekend full of some of the most fun I’ve ever had watching competitive video gaming. MultiVersus made its EVO debut, despite still being in open beta; some new games were teased or announced; and for a glorious moment, the Twitter gaming community (or at least my corner of it) came together to witness an incredible Street Fighter V grand finals.

I started my EVO weekend watching Skullgirls 2nd Encore. I was dimly aware of the game, only knowing it was a quirky-looking fighting game with a rocky development history. I only tuned in because Dominique “SonicFox” McLean was competing, and they are a treat to watch. It’s always fun with these kinds of tournaments to watch storylines unfold. With Skullgirls, in particular, SonicFox had a teammate in the Top 8 bracket, Jon “dekillsage” Coello.

The two met in the winners final of the double elimination bracket with SonicFox sending dekillsage down to the losers bracket handily with a 3-0 win. From there, dekillsage tore through the losers bracket, made it to the grand finals to face SonicFox again, and beat SonicFox 3-0 to “reset” the bracket, forcing the teammates to play one more match to decide the winner. SonicFox eventually prevailed, beating dekillsage 3-2, hugging his friend and teammate for a match extremely well fought.

EVO’s excitement could not be contained to just the main stage, it also spilled into the commentator’s booth. Have you ever seen a commentator so damned hyped for the reveal of a new Skullgirls character they threw their wig? No?

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