Strive,Street Fighter,Tekken, andTheKing of Fighterswill fill the Sunday finals
The Evolution Championship Series, a.k.a. Evo, has released its final registration tally. The final numbers for each game, as well as which four make it into the Evo 2022 arena finals on Sunday, are now locked in.
Registrationclosed last week, with nine games in the main Evo 2022 lineup:Street Fighter V,Guilty Gear Strive,Mortal Kombat 11,Tekken 7,TheKing of Fighters XV,Melty Blood Type Lumina, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Granblue Fantasy Versus,andSkullgirls.
In thefinal tally,Guilty Gear Strivetook the top spot at Evo 2022. The latest entry in Arc System Works’ fighting game series raked in a whopping 2,161 registered combatants.
JoiningStrivefor the Sunday finals are two fairly presumptive games,Street Fighter VandTekken 7. The latestKing of Fighterstakes the fourth spot, with 1,014 entrants registered to compete.
Evo 2022 Tournament Reg:1. GGST – 21612. SFV – 13203. T7 – 12204. KOFXV – 10145. DBFZ – 6366. GBVS – 5287. MK11 – 4648. MBTL – 4119. SG – 295Attending Countries – 63
— Evo (@Evo)July 13, 2025
While those four will be featured in the arena finals, all nine games are part of the Evo 2022 main stage lineup. Of course, if you prefer some of the more niche and rare tournaments, there arealways side events. Everything fromThem’s Fightin’ HerdsandSoulcaliburtoCatherinecan usually find a spot to compete.
The true king of fighters
Evo 2022 will be a big year for Evo, as it returns under new ownership. While there has been Evo Online, this will be the first in-person Evo since the tournament series was jointly acquired bySony and RTS.
So far, that hasn’t meant much has changed.Super Smash Bros.will not be part of the main game lineup this year, though thestatement readlike that was Nintendo’s choice.
Street Fighter 6will, however,be on display and openfor competitors to test out. I’m personally hoping there’s a way to catch some show matches or something during the weekend. We can probably expect some fighting game news that weekend too, as is tradition.
Evo 2022will run from August 5 through 7 at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay resort.
