EVO 2011 Panoramic Shots
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Below you’ll find a breathtaking panoramic photo taken by Justin Clemons from the center of the EVO 2011 ballroom during Sunday’s finals. If you know of any more panoramic shots taken at EVO 2011, please send them in so we can add them to this post. Click twice to fully enlarge. Here are a number [...]

World Premier: “Moments”
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Tournament players, casual gamers and spectators all know – Sunday is the day at the EVO World Finals in Las Vegas. The third film of three that Richard Li produced is an inside look at the excitement and range of emotions that takes place on the final day of the tournament. For each game, it [...]

MvC3 – Viscant Analyzes his EVO 2011 Finals Matches
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Viscant remains as one of the top match analysts in the community, and now that he is the Marvel vs Capcom 3 champion, you might be interested in seeing him analyse his own finals sets from EVO 2011. Below that, you’ll see an interview with Viscant about how he feels about his performance at EVO [...]

RinHara5aki Presents EVO 2011 “LOLTASTIC”
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RinHara5saki could not be seen at EVO 2011 without his camera attached to his shoulder. A lot of the video he shot has been edited to show some of the most smile-worthy moments at this years EVO in quick succession. I love this community! Thank you so much to iPlayWinner and RinHara5saki for this video. [...]

EVO 2011 Grand Finals for SSF4AE and MvC3
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The grand finals sets for both Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition and Marvel vs Capcom 3 from last weekend’s EVO 2011 are now available. I’m sure very few of you missed it, so in case you want to relive it, they are embedded below.

The Consequences of Early Celebration
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by Victor “Dogface” Ratliff So I watched Gootecks’ recent interview with Viscant. It’s worth checking out if you haven’t already. At 1:00 in, Viscant mentions how, when PR Balrog reset the match, PR spent about one minute celebrating. In that time, Viscant was able to center himself and develop strategies for the next set. As [...]

“Community” – The Second Short Film
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After seeing what the “hype” was all about, one of the other common themes that Richard Li and I ran into when we interviewed attendees at this year’s EVO World Finals was an extreme appreciation for community, friendships and camaraderie amongst friends – friends that come from all walks of life that share a truly [...]

Evo Championship Series 2011 Breaks Online Viewership Records
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The Evo Championship Series (www.evo2k.com), the largest fighting game tournament in the world, has beaten all previous reported records for unique online viewers of a competitive gaming event. At the Evo 2011 World Finals, held in Las Vegas, NV from July 29-31, and hosted on Ustream.tv, over 2 million unique viewers tuned in to the [...]

EVO 2011 Premier Combo Videos – Damage, and Vanilla Was Awesome
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If you missed either of the epic combo videos that premiered at EVO 2011, fear not! Both are available below. Maj, Snoooootch, and a huge team of combo artists explore maximum or quick damage in the first video. Desk abuses glitches and infinites in “Vanilla Was Awesome”, the second video after the jump. [tip from [...]

Destructoid Interviews Seth Killian at EVO 2011
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Jesse from Destructoid interviewed Capcom’s special adviser Seth Killian at EVO 2011 about his history with the event. Seth talks Team Spooky, the emotion found at Evo, his job doing commentary, and tons more in this two part interview.

Destructoid Interviews Yoshinori Ono from EVO 2011
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Destructiod’s EVO 2011 interview series continues as Jesse stops by to talk to Street Fighter X Tekken and Street Fighter 4 series producer Yoshinori Ono. Find out how he feels about Poison, fireball zoning vs Tekken characters, the one character knockout in SFxT, and hints about a future gameplay mechanic.

SRK Presents: “Hype”
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As fighting game enthusiasts, we all know exactly what we mean when we use the term hype to describe something, whether it be ourselves, someone else or something we witness. But what is “hype”? At this year’s EVO World Finals in Las Vegas, I hooked up with creative talent and Street Fighter enthusiast Richard Li [...]

Complete EVO 2011 Skullgirls Panel
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If you aren’t a Skullgirls fan yet, odds are you will be once you get your hands on the game. Those interested in what they missed at EVO 2011′s Skullgirls panel will find it in its entirety below. Mike Z not only loves talking about his game and showing it to hardcore players, but even [...]

UMvC3 – Destructoid Interviews Niitsuma and Neo_G
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Destructoid got a chance to talk to Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 producer Ryota Niitsuma and battle designer Neo_G at EVO 2011. The two give answers about Mega Man, gameplay archetypes for new characters, X-Factor as a comeback mechanic, returning character changes, and how they feel about tournament play.