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-'''EVO 2013''' is the seventh installment of the Evolution Championship Series - widely regarded as the annual fighting game world championships. The 2013 edition featured the return of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' to the mainstream fighting game tournament scene after a six-year absence from EVO and is the third largest ''Melee'' tournament to date, with 709 entrants (behind [[Apex 2015]]'s 1,037 entrants and [[EVO 2014]]'s 970 entrants). It was also the largest ''Melee'' tournament for a year with over twice the amount of players that attended [[Pound 4]], the previous record holder.
+The '''Evolution Championship Series 2013''', or simply '''EVO 2013''', was a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, that took place on July 12th to 14th, 2013, at the {{s|wikipedia|Paris Las Vegas}} Hotel & Casino. It was the 12th edition of the [[EVO]] tournament series, and marked the return of a Smash game to the lineup after a four-year absence, with the inclusion of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' through a donation drive to determine the 8th game on the roster. EVO 2013 also holds the record for third largest Melee tournament to date, 709 entrants (behind [[Apex 2015]]'s 1,037 entrants and [[EVO 2014]]'s 970 entrants) and the largest ''Melee'' tournament for a year with over twice the amount of players that attended [[Pound 4]], the previous record holder.
 Originally, ''Melee'' was not to be a featured game at EVO. However, when looking for an 8th game to add to the roster, the EVO staff held a donation drive for breast cancer research, wherein the game community that donated the most money to the drive would have their game featured as an official game at EVO. Although there was stiff competition from the ''Skullgirls'' community, a massive push from the [[Melee It On Me]] podcast staff resulted in the Smash community raising [https://wepay.com/donations/243970321 nearly $95,000] by the final day of the donation drive.