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Top 8 games for EVO 2018 as of July 2, 2018

MrWiz AKA Joey Cuellar, the main face of the Evolution Fighting Game Tournament Championships, posted a tweet listing DragonBall FighterZ as the most entered game at EVO 2018.  Will this hold up? Registration ends soon.  Do you think Street Fighter has finally fallen from the top?  Stay tuned to what will certainly be a very exciting EVO.  Side note: DBFZ was the most watched game during CEO 2018.

Evo 2018 Final Leaderboard Update July
#1 DragonBall FighterZ
#2 Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
#3 Tekken 7
#4 Super Smash Bros. Melee
#5 BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle
#6 Super Smash Bros for WiiU
#7 Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2
#8 Injustice 2#Evo2018

— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) July 2, 2018

We Did The Math!

Evo 2019 Final Numbers!
Smash Ultimate - 3492
Street Fighter V - 1929
Tekken 7 - 1885
Samurai Shodown - 1719
Mortal Kombat 11 - 1567
Unist - 1156
DragonBall FighterZ - 1191
Soul Calibur 6 - 742
BlazBlue:CTB - 640#Evo2019

— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) July 15, 2019

That is a ton of gamertags to push through the tournament bracket in 3 days.  Additionally this will be the biggest Smash Ultimate tournament ever.  Congratulations on EVO for hosting the biggest Smash tournament of all time! There hasn't been a particular order released for Sunday yet, but I'd still be surprised to see Smash in the final slot in a tournament series that started with Street Fighter and not party-game-fighters.

EVO 2019 will be LIVE on the internet Fri, Aug 2, 2019 – Sun, Aug 4, 2019.

The 8 games (and a 9th you can vote for) are unveiled

There will be 9 games featured at this year's Evolution tournament in Las Vegas (July 14-16 at the Mandalay Bay)

On the main stage will be:

• Street Fighter V
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Tekken 7

Also appearing will be:

• BlazBlue: Central Fiction
• Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
• The King of Fighters XIV
• Injustice 2

The last game will be decided by a vote with your charity dollars. Proceed benifit the Make-A-Wish foundation. At the time of this article, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is in the lead. Choices include:

• Pokkén Tournament
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Killer Instinct
• Mortal Kombat XL
• Skullgirls 2nd Encore
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• Nidhogg
• ARMS
• Windjammers