EVO 2025 – Schedule, Date, Time, Where to Watch Livestreams

The annual fighting game tournament, EVO, is back to the big stage once again, bringing fighting games to the forefront. Featuring a wide variety of different games, potential announcements, and more, EVO 2025 is already set to be an experience you won’t want to miss. Here’s an overview of everything you can expect from EVO 2025, including its schedule, dates and times, and where to watch.

EVO 2025 Schedule

EVO 2025’s tournament roster features two primary competition categories: the Arena Lineup and the Extended Lineup. Both lineups include the following games:

Arena Lineup

• Street Fighter 6
• Tekken 8
• Guilty Gear Strive
• Marvel vs Capcom 2
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes

Extended Lineup

• Capcom vs. SNK 2
• BlazBlue: Centralfiction
• Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
• The King of Fighters XV
• Samurai Shodown
• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.
• Killer Instinct
• Rivals of Aether II

Alongside these games, there will also be upcoming titles that will have playable demos at EVO 2025. Overall, this event will begin on August 1 and last until August 3. The entire event will be available to watch on YouTube and Twitch. The full schedule, including panels and tournament rounds, is as follows:

EVO 2025 Hourly Schedule – Friday, August 1

(All times listed in both PDT/EDT)

• Doors open: 8:30 AM / 11:30 AM

• Museum closes: 8:00 PM / 11:00 PM

• Cosplay prejudging: 1:00–3:00 PM & 5:00–7:00 PM / 4:00–6:00 PM & 8:00–10:00 PM

• Venue closes: 10:00 PM or when competitive play finishes / 1:00 AM (Aug 2) or when competitive play finishes

Friday Showcase:

• 9:30 AM / 12:30 PM – Stream Starts

• 10:00 AM / 1:00 PM – Show opening (Venue tour)

• 10:30 AM / 1:30 PM – Capcom Street Fighter League NA vs EU exhibition hosted by RobTV

• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM / 2:30–3:00 PM – Feature interviews with jbstyle and Shinkiro

• 12:00 – 12:30 PM / 3:00–3:30 PM – SEGA Panel

• 12:30 – 1:00 PM / 3:30–4:00 PM – Warner Bros. Panel

• 1:00 – 1:30 PM / 4:00–4:30 PM – Rivals of Aether II Panel

• 1:30 – 2:00 PM / 4:30–5:00 PM – Evo Jeopardy with JM Crofts

• 2:00 – 3:00 PM / 5:00–6:00 PM – Cygames Panel

• 3:00 – 4:00 PM / 6:00–7:00 PM – Seth Killian interview with Arslan Ash

• 4:00 – 5:00 PM / 7:00–8:00 PM – SNK Panel

• 5:00 – 6:30 PM / 8:00–9:30 PM – Invincible VS Developer Panel + Exhibition

• 6:30 – 7:00 PM / 9:30–10:00 PM – Cannon Awards

• 7:00 – 8:00 PM / 10:00–11:00 PM – Arc System Works HUNTER x HUNTER NEN x IMPACT Panel + Exhibition

• 8:00 – 8:30 PM / 11:00–11:30 PM – Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Panel

• 8:30 – 10:00 PM / 11:30 PM – 1:00 AM – Betty vs Justin Wong (nine-time Evo champion)

• 10:00 PM / 1:00 AM – End of show

EVO 2025 Hourly Schedule – Saturday, August 2

(All times listed in both PDT/EDT)

• Doors open: 8:30 AM / 11:30 AM

• Museum closes: 8:00 PM / 11:00 PM

• Cosplay prejudging: 1:00–3:00 PM / 4:00–6:00 PM

• Cosplay finals: 5:00 PM / 8:00 PM

• Venue closes: 10:00 PM or when competitive play finishes / 1:00 AM (Aug 3) or when competitive play finishes

Saturday Arena Finals (Top 8):

• 10:00 AM / 1:00 PM – Mortal Kombat 1

• 2:00 PM / 5:00 PM – UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes

• 5:00 PM / 8:00 PM – Marvel vs Capcom 2

• 8:00 PM / 11:00 PM – Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Saturday Extended Lineup Finals:

• 10:00 AM / 1:00 PM – Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2

• 1:00 PM / 4:00 PM – Capcom vs. SNK 2

• 5:00 PM / 8:00 PM – Samurai Shodown

• 6:00 PM / 9:00 PM – Rivals of Aether II

• 7:00 PM / 10:00 PM – Killer Instinct

EVO 2025 Hourly Schedule – Sunday, August 3

(All times listed in both PDT/EDT)

• Doors open: 8:30 AM / 11:30 AM

• Museum closes: 8:00 PM / 11:00 PM

• Venue closes: 10:00 PM or when competitive play finishes / 1:00 AM (Aug 4) or when competitive play finishes

Sunday Arena Finals (Top 8):

• 10:00 AM / 1:00 PM – Guilty Gear Strive

• 1:30 PM / 4:30 PM – Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

• 4:30 PM / 7:30 PM – TEKKEN 8

• 8:00 PM / 11:00 PM – Street Fighter 6

Sunday Extended Lineup Finals:

• 10:00 AM / 1:00 PM – Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.

• 1:00 PM / 4:00 PM – BlazBlue Central Fiction

• 4:00 PM / 7:00 PM – The King of Fighters XV

Sunday Arena Stage Features Include:

• Invincible VS

• Guilty Gear -Strive-

• Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

• Virtua Fighter

• TEKKEN 8

• Street Fighter 6

• And more!

EVO 2025 will officially take place from August 1 to August 3. Stay tuned for all the news from Final Weapon during the event!