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Sony have bought the fighting game tournament EvoIt will remain open to multiplatform games
It will remain open to multiplatform games
Sony Interactive Entertainment have partnered with new esports venture RTS to purchase the Evolution Championship Series, aka Evo, the long-running and increasingly popular fighting game tournament. The acquisition comes less than a year after Evo Online was cancelledafter abuse allegations were made against one of Evo’s co-founders.
Evo’s statmeent on the acqusition,posted to Twitter, acknowledged those allegations as one of the motivations behind the sale.
A message to our community. For more information visithttps://t.co/6JHZCsJsXrpic.twitter.com/uj0NKRW30m— EVO (@EVO)March 18, 2021
A message to our community. For more information visithttps://t.co/6JHZCsJsXrpic.twitter.com/uj0NKRW30m
We want to reaffirm that harassment or abuse of any kind has no place within Evo or any of our future events, and we’re taking every precaution to make sure members of our community will always be treated with the respect, dignity and decency you deserve.
In order to deliver on the trust you have all put in Evo, we realize that we need an experienced strategic partner who truly respects the spirit of the FGC.
Sony’sown message mirrored that statement, while announcing that Evo Online would return on August 6th-8th and 13th-15th. It’s an online-only event due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and will feature Tekken 7,Street Fighter V: Champion Edition,Mortal Kombat 11Ultimate, and Guilty Gear Strive.
At the time of the allegations, Cuellar posted a public apologyin a since deleted tweet. “I was young and reckless and did things I’m not proud of,” he said. “I have been growing and maturing over the past 20 years, but that doesn’t excuse anything.”
The initial reaction to the acquisiton was concern that Sony might make Evo an event exclusively for games available on Sony’s platforms, which would exclude popular fighting games like Nintendo’s Smash Bros. Mark Julio from Evoconfirmed on Twitterthat the event “is still open to all platforms.”
