All the news and announcements from Evo 2024, including new fighters for Street Fighter 6, MK1, Tekken 8, MultiVersus, KOF 15, and Fatal Fury: CotW.
Evo 2024 brings the best fighting game players to Las Vegas this weekend for a three-day tournament. This year’s Evo is the biggest in the event’s history, with more than 10,000 unique competitors facing off in games like Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear Strive, and Mortal Kombat 1.
On top of being the fighting game tournament, Evo has also become a major news event. Publishers and developers like SNK, Warner Bros., and Arc System Works dropped new game reveals, character announcements, and release date details at Evo.
Here’s everything announced at Evo 2024 (so far).Samurai Jack and Beetlejuice head to MultiVersus
Season 2 of MultiVersus kicks off July 23, and it will bring new fighter Samurai Jack with it. Later in season 2 — probably very close to the September release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in movie theaters — will see the addition of another new fighter, Beetlejuice (confirming an old data leak). Samurai Jack is a Bruiser class character, and he’s armed with his mystical katana and fancy footwork, as shown in his reveal trailer — which also teases his Righteous Warrior Jack character variant.
In addition to Samurai Jack, ranked mode and a new stage, the Warner Bros.
