EVO Awards 2025: Stream, award categories, winners & more
TheEvolution Championship Series (EVO)has been alandmark esports eventon the calendar every year for thepast few decades, evolving into one of themost widely-watched gaming tournaments on the planet.
Now in 2025, while the event itself returns in a big way, EVO is also adding another night of fun to the festivities. This year is set to debut the Evo Awards show, a celebration of the FGC and all that makes it great.
Hosts have teased the event will feature a number of announcements from Evo partners, perhaps indicating a few reveals from prolific fighting game devs. So if you’re eager to tune in, we’ve got you covered with all there is to know.
When were the 2025 EVO Awards?
The first-of-its-kind event was on Saturday, June 01, 2025.The show lasted for a few hours, going through several awards as well as new announcements for upcoming games and a Fatal Fury: CoTW exhibition match/
How to watch 2025 EVO Awards
The inaugural Evo Awards event is strictly invite-only, meaning fans couldn’t purchase tickets to attend. Only invited pro players, content creators, and the like were allowed access to the venue in Los Angeles.
The EVO awards have ended, but you can watch thefull VoD on YouTube.
All EVO Award categories
There are 21 awards categories in total for this inaugural event, ranging from the expected, like player of the year, moment of the year, and best FGC local, all the way through to the more wacky awards like meme of the year, best pop off, and more.
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The full list of awards is as follows:
Best Pop Off
FGC Content of the Year
FGC Meme of the Year
Comeback of the Year
Match of the Year Award
Best Commentator Duo
Best Commentator Call
Best Custom Hardware
Best FGC Cosplay
Best Dressed
Best Button of the Year
Tech of the Year
Marketing Campaign of the Year
Fighting Game Release of the Year
They’ve Got Next (Best Up and Coming Players)
Best FGC Local
Best Online Series
Invitational of the Year
Content Creator of the Year
Commentator of the Year
Player of the Year
Moment of the Year
EVO Hall of Fame 2025 inductees
The EVO Awards saw three key members of the FGC get inducted into the Hall of Fame, forever being cemented as people who defined what the FGC is today. They are:
All announcements at the Evo Awards
The Evo Awards are slated to feature a few big fighting game announcements from major publishers like Arc System Works, Capcom and more, which we’ve listed below:
Ogre gets release date in UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
Ogre’s release date has been confirmed for UNI 2: He’ll be available for purchase on August 20, 2025.
GranBlue Fantasy VS Rising Character Pass 2
Sandalphon, Galleon, Wilnas, Meg, and Ilsa have been confirmed for GBVS: Rising’s second character pass, giving players another 5 new characters to look forward to over the course of the year.
Hunter x Hunter Nen Impact gets Nephelpito as its first DLC character
Despite not releasing until July 17, 2025, the first DLC character for Season Pass 1 has been confirmed.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves announcements
Several big announcements for CoTW landed at the EVO Awards, with Kain R. Heinlein getting confirmed for the game’s launch roster.
Additionally, they announced City of the Wolves’ very first Season Pass roster: Andy Bogard, Ken from SF, Joe Higashi, Chun Li, and Mr. Big.
That’s everything you need to know about the first annual EVO awards!
