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“It’s pure fighting games overload as you can catch a cracking match whichever way you turn your head.”
For more than two decades, the Evolution Championship Series, better known as Evo, has been the most prestigious event for the fighting game community. While the tournament’s roots are in the US, the organisers decided to honour the genre’s birthplace when they introduced Evo Japan in 2018. With new titles Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 featuring in this year’s event, we spent three days in Tokyo’s Ariake Gym-Ex soaking up the fast and skilful competition.
The fighting was fierce for