The Evo 2021 Online tournament is still a couple of months away. It turns out, however, that fans of fighting games may not need to wait that long to watch interesting fights. That’s because the Evo Community Series will start on June 10.
The Evo Community Series features at least 120 tournaments worldwide with a total prize of $74,000. There are three tournaments spread out from June 10 until August 3.
FGC Arcade
The first tournament is the PlayStation Tournaments FGC Arcade: Evo Edition. This one begins June 10 and ends June 22 with a global prize pool of $20,000. But only those in North America and Europe can join and must have an active PS Plus membership.
Featured titles:
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus
- Guilty Gear Strive
- Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
- Tekken 7
This pro-am tournament is excellent for newcomers and even underdogs. There are free open qualifiers followed by swiss rounds.
Online Warm-up
The next tournament is the PlayStation Tournaments Evo 2021 Online Warm-up, which has a global prize pool of $19,000. It’s going to be from June 26 to July 13 and have more participating regions including:
- Europe
- North America
- Latin America
- Middle East
- Asia
Featured titles:
- Guilty Gear Strive
- Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
- Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
- Tekken 7
Online Side Tournaments
The last is PlayStation Tournaments Evo 2021 Online Side Tournaments which starts July 8 and ends August 3. Here, the global prize pool is $35,000. Regions taking part in this competition are:
- North America
- Europe
- Latin America
- Middle East
- Asia
- Japan
Featured games:
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Maxi Boost ON
- Skullgirls 2nd Encore
- Soulcalibur VI
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r]
Main Tournament
Once the three tournaments are done, everything shifts to the main event - the Evo 2021 Online. It’s divided into two weekends with the first one from August 6 to August 8. The second weekend is scheduled from August 13 to August 15. The featured games are:
- Tekken 7
- Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
- Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
- Guilty Gear Strive
Learn more about Evo 2021 Online here.