Complete Guide to New Fighting Game Announcements at Evo 2025

Evo 2025: Major Fighting Game Announcements from Las Vegas

Held in Las Vegas, Nevada from August 1-3, 2025, Evo 2025 proved to be a significant event for fighting game enthusiasts, offering a wealth of new updates and announcements. While the appearance of characters like Viper from Street Fighter 6 and Lucy from Guilty Gear Strive was anticipated, other reveals, such as a free Title Update for Capcom Fighting Collection 2 and closed beta registration for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, caught many by surprise.

Complete List of Game Announcements

Capcom Fighting Collection 2: A free Title Update will roll out on August 7, 2025, featuring additional Cap-Jams songs, expanded museum gallery items, and inventory additions. Notably, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper will include Eagle, Ingrid, Maki, and Yun as new playable characters alongside a Mode Select option.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves: Ken Masters from the Street Fighter series has joined as a playable DLC character.Watch the trailer here.
Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising: Announcements included the debut of Wilnas on August 5, 2025, along with a 2.20 update that will introduce EX Characters. Additionally, a Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise Movie Premium Avatar Set featuring Kotaro Tatsumi will launch that day.
Guilty Gear: Strive: Fans can expect the anime character Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to enter the game on August 21, 2025, with an upgraded version 2.00 arriving in 2026.
Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact: Season Pass 1 will kick off in Fall 2025 with Neferpitou, followed by Phinks Magcub in Winter 2025, Shizuku Murasaki in Spring 2026, and Zeno Zoldyck in Summer 2026.
Invincible VS: Omni-Man has been confirmed as a playable character.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: Registration for a closed beta opened, set for PlayStation 5 from September 5-7, 2025. Interested participants must log in and fill out the registration form on the official site and await communication from Sony.
Netcode Warriors: A new arena fighter currently under development for PC was also revealed.
Street Fighter 6: Viper is slated to join as a DLC character in Fall 2025. In the meantime, expect the Outfit 4 swimsuits for prominent characters including AKI, Cammy, Chun-Li, Jamie, Kimberly, Luke, and Manon on August 5, 2025.
Tekken 8: Armor King will be added on October 16, 2025, followed by the introduction of Miary Zo, an all-new heroine, together with a Baobab Horizon stage.
Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes: Players will see Izumi become a playable character on the PS4, PS5, and PC on August 18, 2025, with a Switch version launching two days later.
Virtua Fighter: An upcoming entry in the series is set to be revealed at the Tokyo Game Show in September 2025, with a recent trailer showcasing a Training Stage.Watch it here.
Virtua Fighter 5 R. E.V. O.World Stage: This latest title is scheduled for release on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on October 30, 2025, with plans for a future Switch 2 launch confirmed by Sega.

Trailers and More

A number of exciting trailers accompanied these announcements, showcasing gameplay and new features:

Check out the Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Title Update additions here.
View the Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves trailer featuring Ken here.
See Wilnas in Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising here.
Discover the Zombie Land Saga Movie Premium Avatar Set here.
Watch the trailer for Lucy’s crossover in Guilty Gear Strive here.
Get the latest on Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact DLC here.
Check out more on Netcode Warriors in the Evo 2025 trailer here.
Watch Omni-Man feature in Invincible VS here.
Learn about the closed beta for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls here.
See Viper’s debut in Street Fighter 6 here.
Check out the Outfit 4 Showcase for Street Fighter 6 here.
Catch the Armor King trailer for Tekken 8 here.
See how the new Virtua Fighter game is shaping up here.
Get your first look at Izumi in Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes here.
Finally, don’t miss the trailer for Virtua Fighter 5 R. E.V. O.World Stage here.