Tournament:EVO 2017

EVO 2017
Dates	July 14-16, 2016
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Results

Evolution 2017, or simply EVO 2017, is the upcoming 16th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. EVO 2017 is scheduled to take place on July 14th to 16th, 2016, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. It was announced on January 24th, by EVO's tournament director Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar, that both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U would be featured as official games on the EVO 2016 game lineup. The ninth game will be chosen via a donation drive with proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Official Game Lineup

Finals	Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Sunday	Street Fighter V	TBA	TBA
Sunday	'Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'	TBA	TBA
Sunday	BlazBlue: Central Fiction	TBA	TBA
Sunday	Tekken 7	TBA	TBA
Sunday	*Player's Choice*	TBA	TBA
TBA	Guilty Gear Xrd REV2	TBA	TBA
TBA	Injustice 2	TBA	TBA
TBA	Super Smash Bros. Melee	TBA	TBA
TBA	The King of Fighters XIV	TBA	TBA

Trivia

• Bear, who is the main TO for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was invited as a guest during the EVO 2017 lineup announcement to comment about Smash 4 and the fixes the staff at EVO would do in order to improve on EVO 2016 performance issues.

External Links

EVO's website
EVO's twitter
EVO's Tournament Director twitter