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EVO 2021's sole in-person tourney canceled due to Covid concerns

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The EVO 2021 Showcase, billed as the brawling game tournament's "triumphant return" to Las Vegas, has been off, organizers proclaimed Wednesday.

"Due to the continuing complications of COVID-19 and the spread of the Delta discrepancy we have successful the tough decision to natural the EVO 2021 showcase. The players invited to participate in the EVO 2021 Showcase act many of the best fighters in the world. We're incredibly saddened to cancel the issue."

Update regarding the Evo 2021 Display case: motion-picture show.chirrup.com/DjUbNXV3EPSeptember 29, 2021

You might comprise wondering, delay, wasn't EVO 2021 an online-only event early this year? That was EVO 2021 Online, which was held shoemaker's last calendar month as an online version of EVO's usual undisguised elimination format, with players competitory in Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Strive, Tough V, and Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate.

The EVO 2021 Showcase was an invite-only personal issue regular to be held in Las Vegas. A total of 40 players would have competed for a prize pool of $125,000 spread across five games.

EVO organizers added that they would be reaching verboten individually to invited competitors "to acknowledge their efforts." IT's unclear if the booty pool money volition make up allocated to those competitors operating room if it's taken off the table. PC Gamer has reached out to EVO's PR for clarification and will update when we know more.

EVO 2020 was made an online-only event as the COVID-19 general began broad North United States of America, but was finally outright cancelled when major sponsors pulled support pursuing the allegations. Sony assumed Centennial State-ownership of EVO earlier this year after allegations of abuse and harassment resulted in former EVO CEO Joey Cuellar resigning. Two of EVO's co-founders, Tom and Tony Cannon, straightaway dish out in an consultive role to Sony and a natural endowment management venture called RTS.

EVO 2022 is currently scheduled for August 5-7 in Las Vegas arsenic an personal event.