Here’s The Line Up For EVO 2017

The organizers of the biggest fighting game tournament, EVO,  have announced which games will be part of this year's tournament. Here's the confirmed list of games:

• Street Fighter V
• Guilty Gear Xrd REVELATOR 2
• Super Smash Bros. (Wii U)
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Injustice 2
• BlazBlue: Central Fiction
• Tekken 7
• The King of Fighters XIV

A 9th game will be selected by fan polls, which will be affiliated with charity efforts for the Make-a-Wish foundation. Here's the full list of games EVO fans will be able to choose from. The winning game will start with a $10,000 prize pool. You can track the progress of the donations and see what game is in the lead by heading here.

EVO 2017 will take place July 14-16 in Las Vegas. You can find out more about plans for the 2017 event here.

Expect A Netcode Patch For The King of Fighters XIV Soon

According to The King of Fighters fan site “Mad Man's Cafe”, SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda recently posted on Facebook that SNK is aware of  issues in matchmaking and are working on a fix, with plans to release the patch sometime next week. 

The King of Fighters XIV Gets A Demo

Atlus has announced that a demo for King Of Fighters XIV is coming on July 19  and will feature 7 of the game's characters. Atlus also released a story trailer for the game.