Mortal Kombat 11 will no longer be at Evo 2020. NetherRealm announced it was dropping the game from the show out of solidarity with victims in the fighting game community.<\/b>
\nFrom snubbed, to the main lineup, to back out once again, Mortal Kombat 11 will no longer be at Evo Online 2020. Developer NetherRealm announced that it would be pulling the bloody fighting game from the lineup out of \u201csolidarity with those who have spoken out against abuse.\u201d Capcom also announced it would be taking Street Fighter 5 from the roster as well for the same reason.
This comes after multiple abuse allegations in the fighting game community. While the Smash and Skullgirls communities have been sharing their own stories, these withdrawals come right on the heels of misconduct allegations surrounding Joey \u201cMr. Wiz\u201d Cuellar, the co-founder of the popular annual fighting game tournament, Evo. And even though Evo said it was putting Cuellar on administrative leave, NetherRealm and Capcom both decided to pull their respective games.
Some participants had also vowed to not enter in wake of the news. Dominique \u201cSonicFox\u201d McLean, known for their multiple titles in the Injustice and Mortal Kombat games and Dragon Ball FighterZ, said they were not going. BlazBlue player Jachin \u201cSKD\u201d Harte, Dragon Ball FighterZ competitors Dawn \u201cYohosie\u201d Hosie and Steve \u201cLord Knight\u201d Barthelemy, and commentators Ultra David and Stephen \u201cSajam\u201d Lyon were among the few that said they also would not be participating. Fighting game YouTuber Maximilian Dood also said he was not going to (virtually) attend.
It appears as though these are the only games to drop from the tournament. Soul Calibur 6, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[cl-r], Tekken 7, Samurai Shodown, Granblue Fantasy: Versus, Killer Instinct, Them\u2019s Fighting Herds, and Skullgirls Encore are all still set to go at this time. However, it\u2019s likely that others will bow out as the time goes on and the peer pressure builds. From a normal tournament to a strictly online one, it remains to be seen if the tournament will go on anymore at all if more of these games drop out.<\/p>\n