EVO 2020 Has Been Canceled

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Evolution 2020 &lpar;or better known as EVO 2020&rpar;&comma; has been officially canceled tonight&comma; as per a statement released on Twitter&period; Originally&comma; the event was to take place during the first weekend of August&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s meant to be a gathering of the best fighting game players in the world meeting at Mandalay Bay&comma; in Las Vegas&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Featuring eight of the currently active fighting games&comma; and a special event&comma; EVO 2020 looked to outdo itself in terms of presentation and spectacle&period; Unfortunately&comma; current world circumstances have completely derailed those plans&period; With the entire world on edge about COVID-19&comma; event organizers and hosts have had to cancel various events&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-157794" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;02010154&sol;30d61c39f4b2486daba886254a2eb718&period;jpg" alt&equals;"EVO 2020" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">EVO&&num;8217&semi;s Been Canceled&comma; So What Now&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">EVO 2020 being canceled is a shame&comma; true&period; As per a series of tweets&comma; organizers have said two crucial pieces of information in conjunction with the cancelations&period; The first major bit of information would be that everyone that paid for tickets to EVO 2020 would have their ticket and reservations refunded quickly&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The second major information dump is that they&&num;8217&semi;re planning to bring the event online&period; Online seems to quickly be the new standard&comma; with how things are&period; That said&comma; online is not exactly the best option for players&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s what they have to work with&period; Further still&comma; for this to go smoothly&comma; players will have to have rather good internet connections&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">You can read the statement regarding the status of EVO 2020&comma; the refunds&comma; and the announcement of the online format below&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">A message from the Evo team&&num;8230&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;ANXUXDiNGK">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;ANXUXDiNGK<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Evo &lpar;&commat;Evo&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Evo&sol;status&sol;1256308529163452416&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">May 1&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>EVO 2020 is scheduled to be active during August&period; You can visit their official website <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;evo&period;shoryuken&period;com&sol;">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about EVO 2020 being canceled&quest; Are you planning to participate in the online event&quest; Do you want to hear more information first&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>We&&num;8217&semi;ve previously covered events that have been created due to the coronavirus&period; You can read about one such event <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;summer-game-fest-announced-for-may-to-august-2020&sol;">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;