The 2022 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2022 or EVO 2022 ) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from August 5 to 7, 2022 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series . The event offered tournaments for various video games, including Street Fighter V , Tekken 7 , and Dragon Ball FighterZ , as well as the newly released Melty Blood: Type Lumina , Granblue Fantasy Versus and The King of Fighters XV . It also marks the first time that Skullgirls was a main event game 10 years after its release.[1] This is the first tournament held in-person since 2019. This is the first tournament sponsored under the co-sponsors Sony Corporation and Pokimane -led RTS.
2022 Evolution Championship Series Evolution Championship Series logo
Location Las Vegas , United StatesDates August 5, 2022–August 7, 2022 Venue(s) Mandalay Bay Champions
GGS : Claire "UMISHO" Harrison
SFVAE : Masaki Kawano
T7 : Jae-min "Knee" Bae
KOFXV : Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng
DBFZ : Marwan "Wawa" Berthe
GBVS : "Gamera"
MK11U : Matías "Scorpionprocs" Martínez
MBTL : Jing
SG2E : Dominique "SonicFox" McLean
Attendance ~7,500
7,445 participants were at Evo 2022.
As usual, the tournament was streamed on the streaming site Twitch , broadcast across multiple different streams.
A surprise teaser for an undisclosed Tekken project was showcased during Tekken 7 's tournament. It would later be formally announced as Tekken 8 during Sony 's State of Play presentation on September 13, 2022.[3] [4]
Place
Player
Alias
Character(s)
1st
Marwan Berthe
Wawa
Gogeta (SSGSS)/Vegito (SSGSS)/Adult Gohan
2nd
Shamar H.
Nitro
Android 21 (Lab Coat)/Goku (SSGSS) /Android 21
3rd
unknown
Yasha
Gogeta (SSGSS)/Vegito (SSGSS)/Android 18
4th
Mohamed Sobti
Kayne
Gogeta (SS4)/Android 21 (Lab Coat)/Tien
5th
Eric Bonilla
LegendaryyPred
Teen Gohan/Android 21 (Lab Coat)/Android 21
5th
Shoji Sho
Fenritti
Gogeta (SSGSS)/Vegito (SSGSS)/Android 21 (Lab Coat)
7th
Joan Namay Millones
Shanks
Perfect Cell /Vegeta (Super Saiyan) /Janemba
7th
Brandon Wanders
Zane
Zamasu (Fused)/Android 21 (Lab Coat)/Beerus
Place
Player
Alias
Character(s)
1st
unknown
Gamera
Djeeta, Vira
2nd
unknown
Tororo
Percival
3rd
unknown
Tako
Belial
4th
unknown
Ren
Charlotta, Avatar Belial, Seox
5th
unknown
Kamiki C
Beelzebub
5th
Mikel Aramburu
Dragoi
Belial
7th
Jeff P.
Zombmu
Cagliostro
7th
Oscar Jaimes
Shinku
Vira
Place
Player
Alias
Character(s)
1st
Matías Martínez
Scorpionprocs
Fujin , Kabal , Kung Lao , Liu Kang
2nd
Curtis McCall
Rewind
Kano , Kotal Khan , Liu Kang
3rd
Nicolás Martínez
Nicholas
Kabal/Fujin, Kung Lao
4th
Denom Jones
A F0xy Grampa
RoboCop , Nightwolf , Kitana
5th
Elhaan Rashid
Han Rashid
Fujin
5th
Dominique McLean
SonicFox
RoboCop, Joker , Cassie Cage , Shang Tsung
7th
Bruno Henrique Sousa
KillerXinok
Spawn
7th
Joey Cortez
KingGambler
Sub-Zero
Place
Player
Alias
Character(s)
1st
unknown
Jing
Hisui
2nd
Damian Fullbright
Masoma
Vlov
3rd
unknown
Kiri
Noel
4th
Jose Ballestero
ScrawtVermillion
Mario
5th
unknown
uncle_akkey
Shiki
5th
unknown
ul
Shiki
7th
Eli Zhu
Safe
Vlov
7th
unknown
Lunar
Dead Apostle Noel
Place
Player
Alias
Character(s)
1st
Dominique McLean
SonicFox
Ms. Fortune/Annie/Robo-Fortune
2nd
Jon Coello
dekillsage
Filia/Big Band/Annie
3rd
unknown
penpen
Ms. Fortune/Big Band/Annie, Ms. Fortune/Robo-Fortune/Annie
4th
Daniel Normandia
Cloud
Valentine/Cerebella/Double
5th
Jeremiah Beaty
WingZero
Filia
5th
Josue Nunez
LazyBakeOven
Ms. Fortune/Eliza
7th
unknown
Stuff
Painwheel/Robo-Fortune/Cerebella
7th
unknown
Dudeguy M.B.
Beowulf
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^ "EVO 2022 will not have Super Smash Bros. after Nintendo declines" . Apptrigger . Andrew Lin. Retrieved March 1, 2022 .
^ "Tekken 8 announced at EVO 2022 – at least we think so" . For The Win . August 8, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022 .
^ Coleman, Jack (September 13, 2022). "Tekken 8 Announced For PlayStation 5" . DualShockers . Retrieved September 14, 2022 .