EVO Championships 2016
A scene from last year's EVO Championships. EVO

The Evolution Championship Series is the biggest fighting game tournament on the video game calendar. More commonly known as EVO, this year's tournament will feature the debut tournaments for Street Fighter 5, Mortal Kombat XL and Pokken Tournament.

Two versions of the fan-favourite Super Smash Bros series will take centre stage and Tekken 7 will be the focus of a mini-tournament, arriving between the Japanese launch earlier this year and its worldwide launch in early 2017.

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Killer Instinct, Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will also be at the show, taking place in Las Vegas from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 July.

Last year's final day broke fighting game records on streaming site Twitch, with over 250,000 viewers watching the Ultra Street Fighter 4 grand final AT THE SAME TIME.

Every second of the competition will be streamed on Twitch across multiple channels. Below we've embedded each player and run down what to expect each day on each of the four channels (plus Capcom's own channel).

The official schedule in local time is here.

SRK EVO 1

Friday (+ Saturday AM UK time)

  • 4pm BST (11am EDT / 8am PDT): Street Fighter 5 Pools
  • 6pm BST (1pm EDT / 10am PDT): Super Smash Bros Melee Pools
  • 12am BST (5pm EDT / 2pm PDT): Tekken 7 Semi Finals
  • 4am BST (11pm EDT / 8pm PDT): Super Smash Bros Melee Pools Round 2

Saturday (+ Sunday AM UK Time)
Times now follow the same pattern as above

  • 4:30pm BST (11:30am / 8:30am): Tekken 7 Final
  • 6pm BST (1pm / 10am): Super Smash Bros Wii U Final
  • 8pm BST (3pm / 12pm): Pokken Tournament Semi Finals
  • 10pm BST (5pm / 2pm): Pokken Tournament Final
  • 12am BST (7pm / 4pm): Killer Instinct Final
  • 4am BST (11:30pm / 8:30pm): Street Fighter 5 Semi Finals

Sunday (+ Monday AM UK Time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Mortal Kombat XL Final
  • 6:30pm BST (1:30pm / 10:30am): Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Final
  • 9pm BST (4pm / 1pm): Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator Final
  • 11pm BST (6pm / 3pm): Super Smash Bros Melee Final
  • 3am BST (10pm / 7pm): Street Fighter 5 Final

SRK EVO 2

Friday (+ Saturday AM UK time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Super Smash Bros Wii U Pools
  • 4am BST (11pm / 8pm): Super Smash Bros Wii U Pools Round 2

Saturday (+ Sunday AM UK Time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Super Smash Bros Wii U Semi Finals
  • 8pm (3pm / 12pm): Killer Instinct Pools
  • 12am (7pm / 4pm): Super Smash Bros Melee Semi Finals
  • 4am (11pm / 8pm): Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Semi Finals

SRK EVO 3

Friday (+ Saturday AM UK time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Super Smash Bros Melee Pools
  • 8pm BST (3pm / 12pm): Street Fighter 5 Pools
  • 12am BST (7pm / 4pm): Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator Pools + Quarter Finals
  • 4am BST (11pm / 8pm) Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator Semi Finals

Saturday (+ Sunday AM UK Time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Pools
  • 8pm BST (3pm / 12pm): Mortal Kombat XL Pools
  • 12am BST (7pm / 4pm): Super Smash Bros Melee Semi Finals
  • 4am BST (11pm / 8pm): Street Fighter 5 Semi Finals

SRK EVO 4

Friday (+ Saturday AM UK time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Pokken Tournament Pools
  • 4am BST (11pm / 8pm): Super Smash Bros Melee Pools Round 2

Saturday (+ Sunday AM UK Time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Pokken Tournament Pools
  • 6pm BST (1pm / 10am): Pokken Tournament Quarter Finals
  • 10pm BST (5pm / 2pm): Pokken Tournament Semi Finals
  • 12am BST (7pm / 4pm): Mortal Kombat XL Pools + Quarter Finals
  • 4am BST (11pm / 8pm): Mortal Kombat XL Semi Finals

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Friday (+ Saturday AM UK time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Street Fighter 5 Pools

Saturday (+ Sunday AM UK Time)

  • 4pm BST (11am / 8am): Street Fighter 5 Pools
  • 10pm BST (5pm / 2pm): Street Fighter 5 Pools Round 2
  • 2am BST (9pm / 6pm): Street Fighter 5 Quarter Finals
  • 4am BST (11pm / 8pm): Street Fighter 5 Semi Finals

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