Evolution Championship Series, tamién conocíu como "EVO" o a cencielles "Evo", ye un eventu añal de e-sports que se centra puramente nos xuegos de llucha. El tornéu utiliza'l formatu de tornéu de doble eliminación. Al igual que nel Super Battle Opera, EVO al traviés de los años fíxose bien conocíu, polo xeneral participen xugadores de tol mundu, sobre manera de Xapón y Estaos Xuníos.
Evo foi fundada por Tom Cannon, tamién conocíu pol so trabayu en Shoryuken.com, un sitiu web dedicáu a los xuegos de llucha. El tornéu empezó como "Battle by the Bay" (un tornéu de 40 persones de Super Street Fighter II Turbo y Street Fighter Alpha 2), en 1996 en Sunnyvale, California, y darréu treslladóse al so llugar habitual en Las Vegas. L'eventu camudó'l so nome a Evo nel 2002. Col tiempu, el tornéu foi creciendo, llegando a rexistrar más de mil participantes en 2009.
Orixinalmente, el tornéu utilizaba máquines recreatives arcade, pero en 2004 tomóse la revesosa decisión de treslladar tolos xuegos a les sos versiones de consola. Mientres la transición a los xuegos de la 7ª xeneración de consoles, la mayoría de los xuegos xugar en PlayStation 3, anque na edición Evo 2014, xugar na so mayoría en Xbox 360. Amás de los torneos oficiales, tamién esiste l'área "BYOC" (abreviación del inglés "bring your own console", que significa "trai la to propia consola"), na xuéguense y celébrense torneos secundarios de munchos otros xuegos.
Historia
Evo 2002 <center>Super Street Fighter II Turbo Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1stAfroColeDhalsim2nd Shinya OhnukiNukiChun Li, O. Sagat3rd Jason DeHerasShirtsDhalsim4th Jason McGloneApocVega5th Jason NelsonxrolentoDhalsim, M. Bison5th John ChoiChoiboyO. Sagat7th Mike WatsonWattsRyu7th Jesse CardenasJumpsuit JesseKen, Fei Long
<center>Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Justin WongJwongStorm, Sentinel, Cyclops2ndRowtronSentinel, Storm, Captain Commando3rd Peter RosasCombofiendMagnetu, Iron Man, Sentinel4th Alex SalgueroSINSentinel, Cable, Captain Commando5th Nestor CorchadoNestorStorm, Sentinel, Cable5th Daniel ManiagoClockw0rkSentinel, Strider Hiryu, Doctor Doom7th Rattana PhanthourathRattana7th Tong HoGenghis
<center>Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Hajime TaniguchiTokidoN-Y. Honda, Blanka, Sagat2nd Shinya OhnukiNuki3rdKenA-Yun, Iori, Cammy4th Tetsuya InoueInoK-Cammy, Sagat, Blanka5th Ryo YoshidaBASA-Sakura, Akuma, Rolento, Bison5th Yasabe MatsumotoLiquid MetalN-Ryu, Chun-Li, Sagat, Blanka7th John ChoiChoiboyN-Blanka, Chun-Li, Sagat7thCalipowerN-Ryu, Ken, Blanka, Sagat
Evo 2003 <center>Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Kenji ObataKOYun2nd Daigo UmeharaDaigoKen Masters3rd Keisuke ImaiKSKAlex4th Tetsuya InoueInoYun, Makoto5th Hsien ChanghsienKen5th Ricky OrtizHelloKittyChun Li7th Mark RogoyskiMopremeKen, Chun Li7th Shinya OhnukiNukiChun Li
<center>Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Justin WongjwongMagnetu/Cable/Sentinel2nd Ricky OrtizHelloKitty Magnetu/Storm/Psylocke, Storm/Sentinel/Captain Commando3rdRowtronSentinel/Magnetu/Cable4th Jason KuankuaneazyMagnetu/Cable/Sentinel5th Josh Wigfall5th Randy Lewnanoboi7th Sooyoung ChonSooMighty7th Long TranShadyK
<center>Super Street Fighter II Turbo Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Daigo UmeharaDaigoRyu2nd Ohnuki ShinyaNukiChun Li3rd John ChoichoiboyO. Sagat4th Mike WatsonWattsBalrog, Ryu5thAfrocoleDhalsim
<center>Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Tetsuya InoueInoK- Blanka/Cammy/Sagat2nd Daigo UmeharaDaigoC-Guile/Cammy/Sagat3rd Kenryo HayashiC-Honda/Chun/Blanka4th Ryo YoshidaBASA-Blanka/Sakura/Bison5th Justin WongJwongC-Vega/Sagat/Blanka5th Amir AmirsalehAmirA-Sagat/Sakura/Bison7thAfroColeK-Vega/Sagat/Cammy7th Arturo SánchezSabinC-Eagle/Sakura/Blanka
<center>Tekken 4 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Josh MolianroJinkidJin Kazama2nd Anthony TranJackie TranJin Kazama3rdTreyPhoenixJin Kazama4th Chetan ChettyChetChettyPaul Phoenix
<center>Tekken Tag Tournament Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Bong-min KimKBMJin Kazama/Devil2nd Ryan HartProdigal SonJin Kazama/Heihachi Mishima3rd Kenbou KawakamiTARELei Wulong/King4th Eric AkinsJOPOgre/True Ogre5th Dong-il ShinMaddogJinBruce/Bryan5th Anthony TranJackie TranOgre/True Ogre7th Josh MolianroJinKidTrue Ogre/Ogre7thHonkey #1Jin/Heihachi
<center>Soulcalibur II Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Daniel VuDan The Nightmare (DTN)Nightmare2nd Will JohnsonSemiAstaroth3rd Ari WeintrabFloeTaki4th Aris BakhtaniansArisVoldo5th Andrew ShinX_SC2Ivy5th Marquette YarbroughMickCassandra
<center>Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Eiji KomatsuChibitaLion Rafale2nd Masafumi YoshiokaOhsu-AkiraAkira Yuki3rd Ryan HartProdigal SonKage-Maru4th Akinori SatoNeo TowerJacky Bryant5th Ohnuki ShinyaNukiAoi5th Yoshihisa IshikawaKofu MeganeAoi7th Dong-il ShinMaddogJinJacky/Lei-fei7th Mike AbdowMykeBrad
<center>Guilty Gear XX Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Daigo UmeharaDaigoSol Badguy2nd Soh MiuraMiuSol Badguy3rd Saif EbrahimSol Badguy4th Kenryo HayashiJohnny5th David HemAznhitlerJohnny5th Alex TMiuSol Badguy7th Drew LokenKonoEddie7th Eric ChoiZimBaiken
Evo 2004 Evo 2004 llevar a cabu na Universidá Cal Poly, nel sur de California, del 29 de xunetu al 1 d'agostu. El tornéu atropó cerca de 700 competidores de más de 30 naciones pa competir otra vegada en nueve xuegos distintes. Los xuegos incluyíos nesta ocasión son: Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Capcom Vs. SNK 2, Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, Guilty Gear XX, Soulcalibur II, Tekken 4, and Tekken Tag Tournament.
Nesta edición dio una discutiniu, yá que a partir d'esi añu empezar a utilizar les consoles caseres pa la mayoría de los xuegos del tornéu, en desmedro de los arcades, cola única esceición de 3rd Strike, qu'utilizó les máquines recreatives más tradicionales. La razón d'esti cambéu foi atribuyíu a los distintos programes y les llimitaciones de hardware de los arcades nel tiempu.
Evo 2004 foi tamién el llugar de nacencia del "Evo Moment # 37", nel que Daigo Umehara (xugando como Ken ) enfrentar a Justin Wong (con Chun-Li ), y foi exitosamente capaz de parar vía parry unu de los movimientos especiales de Chun-Li mientres Daigo tenía bien poca salú y contra tou agoro gana la ronda y, finalmente, el partíu como resultancia, llogrando la ovación del públicu presente. <center>Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Kenji ObataKOYun2nd Daigo UmeharaDaigoKen Masters3rd Justin WongjwongChun Li4th Toru HashimotoRaohChun Li5th Keisuke ImaiKSKAlex5thKokujinDudley7th Hsien ChanghsienKen7th Mike WatsonKen
<center>Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Justin WongjwongStorm/Sentinel/Commando2ndMagnetu/Cable/Sentinel3rd Desmond PinkneyXecutionerSentinel/Storm/Commando4th Chris SchmidtMagnetu/Storm/Sentinel5th Tong HoGenghisStorm/Sentinel/Commando5th Randy LewSentinel/Cable/Captain Commando7th Sooyoung ChonSooMightyStorm/Sentinel/Commando7th Peter AvilaPotterStorm/Magnetu/T. Bonne
<center>Super Street Fighter II Turbo Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Daigo UmeharaDaigoO. Sagat, Ryu, Balrog2nd John ChoiChoiboyO. Sagat, Guile3rd Kuni FunadaKuniZangief4th Justin WongJwongO. Sagat, Chun-Li5thCaliPowerRyu, O. Sagat5th Wes TruelsonKen, Balrog7th Jesse HowardRyu7th Seth KillianS-KillY. Honda
<center>Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Yosuke ItoKindevuA-Sakura/Bison/Blanka2nd Ricky OrtizHelloKittyA-Vega/Sakura/Blanka3rd John ChoichoiboyC-Ken/Sagat/Guile4thDanC-Ken/Ryu/Sagat5th Justin WongJwongC-Ken/Ryu/Sagat5th Campbell TranBuktoothC-Ken/Ryu/Sagat7thA-Mai/Eagle/Vega7thRFA-Sakura/Bison/Blanka
<center>Soulcalibur II Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Rob CombsRTDXianghua, Ivy, Voldo, Nightmare2nd Marquette YarbroughMickCassandra, Sophitia, Voldo3rd Mystic SeniorSowNemesisSophitia, Cervantes4th Christian GonzálezYoshimitsu5th Steven LongB:LMitsurugi5th Rob NagaroXCTUTalim7th Jonathan SoonBinkleyCervantes7th Steve HannaEternal FighterNightmare, Xianghua
<center>Guilty Gear XX Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Daigo UmeharaDaigoSol2nd Yosuke ItoKindevuEddie3rdRFFaust4th Kevin TurnerShin KensouChipp, Eddie5thMiuSol5th Saif EbrahimSol7th Daniel RealyvasquezRuinEddie7th Peter ShouXenotigerFaust, Axl
<center>Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1stItabashiShun Di2nd Eric ChungShoutimeSarah3rdKuritaVanessa4th Ryan HartProdigal SonKage, Akira5th Toru HashimotoRaohLau5th Adam YukiJeffrey7th Che DunkleyCappoPai7th Jimmy ByunMaddyAkira
<center>Tekken 4 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Anthony TranJackie TranJin2nd Joshua MolinaroJinKidJin3rd Thomas KymnTomHilfigerNina, Steve4th Nikos FourikisAenicaJulia5th Ryan HartProdigal SonHeihachi5th Jason GreesonUSMC OgrePaul7th Chetan ChettyChetChettyPaul7thQbertJin
<center>Tekken Tag Tournament Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Ryan HartProdigal SonJin, Kazuya2nd Shaun RiveraUnconkableArmor King, Devil, Anna3rd Brad VitaleSlipsJulia / Eddy4th Nick ShinShinJulia / Michelle5th Fabrizio TavassiBodeMichelle / Julia5th Thomas KymnTomHilfigerDevil / Jin, Bruce / Julia7th Chetan ChettyChetChettyJin / Devil, Armor King / Anna7th Joshua MolinaroJinKidDevil / King
Evo 2005 L'añu 2005 foi'l primer Evo en realizase en Las Vegas, nel Green Valley Ranch casinu y hotel.
<center>Tekken Tag Tournament Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Byeong-mun SonQudansJin, Kazuya2nd Ryan HartProdigal Son3rd Thomas KymnTomHilfiger4th Brad VitaleSlips5th Joshua MolinaroJinKid5th Christopher VillarrealCrow7th Dong-il ShinMadDogJin7thSDZ
<center>Capcom Vs. SNK 2 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Ryo YoshidaD44 BASA-Honda/Bison/Blanka2nd Kenryo HayashiC-Honda/Sagat/Blanka3rd Yosuke ItoKindevu4th Peter RosasCombofiendA-Rock/Rolento/Eagle5thRFA-Sakura/Bison/Blanka5th Shinya OhnukiNukiN-Akuma/Chun-Li/Sagat7th Justin WongJwongA-Haohmaru/Mai/Vega7th Hahn-hoang KimOhayo
<center>Guilty Gear XX#Reload Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s))1stRFFaust2nd Yosuke ItoKindevuEddie3rdMiuSol4th Martin PhanMarnEddie5th Daniel RealyvasquezRuinEddie5th Kenryo HayashiSlayer7th Hajime TaniguchiTokidoEddie7th Ryo YoshidaBasEddie
<center>Super Street Fighter II Turbo Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1stGianDhalsim2nd Shinya OhnukiNukiChun-Li3rd Hajime TaniguchiTokidoVega4th Phil BurnellDSPVega5th Campbell TranBuktoothChun-Li5th Nick InabnitNKIChun-Li7thAfroColeDhalsim7th Peter HinhillshillY. Honda
<center>Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1stDucvaderSpiral, Cable, Sentinel2nd Michael MendozaYipesMagnetu, Storm, Psylocke3rd Peter AvilaPotterStorm, Sentinel, Cable4th Justin WongJwongMagnetu, Storm, Psylocke5th Ricky OrtizHelloKittyMagnetu, Storm, Psylocke5th Chris SchmidtMagnetu, Storm, Psylocke7th Rob MillerRawbzillaSentinel, Storm, Captain Commando7th Nick CorteseResetMagnetu, Storm, Psylocke
<center>Tekken 5 Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Christopher VillarrealCrowSteve2ndYuuFeng Wei3rd Dong-il ShinMadDogJinSteve4th Christopher Abellajra64Nina5thHatoBryan5thMishimasterHeihachi7th Josh ParkArarioJack-57th Kenbou KawakamiTAREGanryu
<center>Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Llugar Xugador Alies Personaxe(s)1st Shinya OhnukiNukiChun-Li2nd Justin WongJwongChun-Li3rd Yoshihiko TogawaNittoYun4th Masahito TsujiMesterYun5th Ricky OritzHelloKittyChun-Li5thKokujinDudley7thRFChun-Li7th Joe EgamiMOVChun-Li
Evo 2006 Evo 2006 tuvo llugar nel Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino, en Las Vegas. 2006 foi'l primer añu en que Capcom dio'l so sofitu oficial de manera pública a los torneos EVO. De normal, Evolution Championship Series siempres se caracterizó por tener torneos solamente de xuegos d'engarradielles, pero nel 2006 foi incluyíu Mario Kart DS nel lineup.https://web.archive.org/web/20060824204055/http://evo2k.com/