Street Fighter 5 EVO 2018 trailer debuts G and Sagat, both available Monday [Update] Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition wasn't content to bring one character to EVO 2018. It brought both of the final Season 3 Character Pass fighters to EVO and revealed that they're both out tomorrow! This story has been updated with new facts about G and Sagat's specials, V-Skill, and V-Triggers. The final game of the evening at EVO 2018 was Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. And while there have been announcements throughout the day, many of them that nobody saw coming, those who have followed the last few days closely had a good idea of what to expect. Earlier this weekend, Capcom sent out a mysterious Message to the People, with the cryptic message instructing fans to tune in to Street Fighter V's Top 8. Prior to the start of Top 8, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono teased the announcement before he was interrupted by a man in a stovepipe hat named G. Yes, it's that G, the next character in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition's Season 3 Character Pass. This led to the reveal of G's official trailer, which showed the character using a variety of supernatural fire powers to perform wild combos. G brings some unique mechanics to the table that reward efficient offense and good defense. G can use his G Charge to absorb power from the Earth and increase his Presidentiality level. The more his Presidentiality level increases, the more powerful his special moves will be. At Presidentiality level 3, G's specials will be amplified significantly, doing more damage and gaining extra hits. The catch is that his Presidentiality level goes down whenever he gets knocked down. G's gimmick extends all the way to a special move called Message to the People, in which G delivers a rousing speech to the citizens of Earth. This will increase his EX Gauge, but he's completely vulnerable to attacks. G's V-Skill is G Barrier, which covers him in a barrier of fire. If the barrier hits opponents, they'll get launched into the air. The G Barrier can also absorb projectiles. His V-Trigger I is Maximum President, which turns G's skin gold and immediately shoots his Presidentiality level to 3. G Barrier can also be launched as a projectile. His V-Trigger II is Dangerous President, which allows G to store power in his massive arms and unleash it as G Explosion. He can also use G Rage, a powerful command grab that can withstand one armor hit. G's Critical Art is Pangaea Burst, which launches fire pillars to juggle opponents. Most interestingly, the folks at Capcom are not hiding his resemblance to another single-lettered character: Street Fighter III's Q. Where the Street Fighter lore will go with this remains to be seen. Ono wasn't done, however. He had a second trailer for the Season Pass' final character. It was indeed the long-awaited return of Sagat, utilizing his classic arsenal. He also put them to much better use, as he was able to chain his Tiger Shots together. The trailer ended with Sagat putting his opponent away with his his new Critical Art. Sagat should be much more familiar to Street Fighter veterans. His Tiger Shots can still be fired at two levels, but the lower Tiger Shot (now called Grand Tiger Shot) does less damage and leaves Sagat more vulnerable. Sagat's V-Skill is Angry Charge, which amplifies the power of Tiger Uppercut. His V-Trigger I is Tiger Charge, which allows Sagat to use the massive Tiger Cannon projectile with HP+HK. His V-Trigger II is Tiger Assault, which grants Sagat the use of a powerful swiping kick called Tiger Spike. Tiger Spike gains power if players press HP+HK, so much so that it can break an opponent's block. Sagat can also lunge forward with this move to create the Tiger Knee Crush. Sagat's new Critical Art is Tiger Rampage, a multi-hit rampage that culminates with a charged Tiger Uppercut. The big news, though, is that both characters are out THIS MONDAY! For more information on G and Sagat, visit Capcom-Unity.<doc-sep>The 2018 Evolution Championship Series, better known as Evo 2018, went down this weekend, pitting the best of the fighting game community against one another in mano a mano combat across eight games: Street Fighter 5, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Injustice 2, Super Mash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. When the dust cleared, this is who was left standing: Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition 1st - Problem X - Benjamin Simon 2nd - Tokido - Hajime Taniguchi 3rd - Fuudo - Kenta Ai 4th - Gachikun - Kanamori Tsunehiro 5th - Fujimura - Fujimura Atsushi 5th - Luffy - Olivier Hay 7th - THE COOL KID93 - Marcus Redmond 7th - Caba - Cristhopher Rodriguez Nade IT'S COMING HOME! @MrProblemX has defeated the reigning #SFVAE champion @tokidoki77 in #GrandFinals here at #EVO2018! Congrats, champ! #CPT2018 pic.twitter.com/qObYWgmKM7August 6, 2018 See more Street Fighter's grand finals were once again the capstone event, and last year's champion, Japanese veteran Tokido, nearly took the title again. Another Japanese veteran, Fuudo, sent Tokido to the loser's bracket, but Tokido battled his way back and made it to the grand final, where he reset the bracket in a real nail biter. But Problem X's M. Bison was too strong, and he became the first UK Street Fighter Evo champion. Dragon Ball FighterZ 1st - SonicFox - Dominique McLean 2nd - GO1 - Goichi Kishida 3rd - Fenritti - Shoji Sho 4th - Moke - Naoki Nakayama 5th - KnowKami - Perry Vinson 5th - Kazunoko - Ryota Inoue 7th - Kubo - Tsutomu Kubota 7th - Supernoon - Steve Carbajal DBFZ set a viewership record for EVO and provided a slightly controversial, dramatic finish, as SonicFox asked to switch from P2 to P1 between matches. Some called it a delaying tactic to put the red-hot Goichi off his game, and SonicFox did turn things around to win in a dominant pair of final rounds. Tekken 7 1st - LowHigh - Sun-woong Yoon 2nd - Qudans - Byung-moon Son 3rd - Lil Majin - Terrelle Jackson 4th - JDCR - HyunJin Kim 5th - Book - Nopparut Hempamorn 5th - Rangchu - Hyunho Jung 7th - Noroma - Takumi Hamasaki 7th - Chirichiri - Takumi Hamasaki Super Smash Bros. Melee 1st - Leffen - William Hjelte 2nd - Armada - Adam Lindgren 3rd - Plup - Justin McGrath 4th - Hungrybox - Juan DeBiedma 5th - Wizzrobe - Justin Hallett 5th - Mang0 - Joseph Marquez 7th - Swedish Delight - James Liu 7th - S2J - Johnny Kim Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 1st - Omito - Omito Hashimoto 2nd - Machabo - Masahiro Tominaga 3rd - LostSoul - Eli Rabadad 4th - Nage 5th - Rion - Hisatoshi Usui 5th - Zadi 7th - Teresa - Fukuda Norihiro 7th - Fumo - Harukuni Suga BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle 1st - Heiho 2nd - Fame96 - Jerome Latham 3rd - DoraBang - Ryuji Utsumi 4th - kojiKOG - Kazuyuki Koji 5th - Kazunoko - Ryota Inoue 5th - Fenritti - Shoji Sho 7th - Gouda 7th - DettyWhiteRock - Kohki Hayashi Injustice 2 1st - Rewind - Curtis McCall 2nd - Tweedy - Tommy Tweedy 3rd - SonicFox - Dominique McLean 4th - Big D - Ryan DeDomenico 5th - Hayatei - Alexandre Dube-Bilodeau 5th - Semiij - Andrew Fontanez 7th - SylverRye - Mo Amaechi 7th - Biohazard - Matthews Commandeur Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 1st - Lima - Bharat Chintapall 2nd - CaptainZack - Zack Lauth 3rd - Nietono - Yuta Uejima 4th - Mistake - Tamim Omary 5th - Mr E - Eric Weber 5th - MVD - Jestise Negron 7th - Raito - Tetsuya Ishiguro 7th - Choco - Toshimasa Hayakawa Street Fighter 5 action put up big numbers on the opening days of the tournament, according to this GitHyp report, but Dragon Ball FighterZ ultimately took the viewership crown, hitting nearly 258,000 concurrent viewers at one point, the highest viewership count of all time for an Evo main event on Twitch. And like all good sporting events, there was a spot of controversy as well. Kotaku reported that the audience booed players who opted to use the Bayonetta character in the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U competition because it's viewed by many as having an unfair advantage over others. It got bad enough that a pre-finals match between CaptainZack and eventual 7th-place finisher Raito ended with a victorious CaptainZack flipping off the entire crowd as he walked off the stage; the announcers said they didn't condone his action, but acknowledged that the behavior of the audience was in "such bad taste" that it wasn't entirely unjustified. In the final match, Lima and CaptainZack, who were both playing with Bayonetta, simply stopped playing at one point, until Evo staff compelled them to keep fighting.<doc-sep>After Dominique “SonicFox” McLean placed third instead of his usual first in the Injustice 2 finals earlier this weekend at Evo 2018, his fans wondered if the multi-game phenom was slipping. His Injustice 2 skills had only wavered because he was focusing on Dragon Ball FighterZ, right? But then, during a DBFZ exhibition match against his rival Goichi “GO1" Kishida, SonicFox kept dropping combos and lost several matches in a row. It didn’t seem like the blue fox could turn it around and win it all at Evo 2018 this year. Advertisement The Dragon Ball FighterZ scene is just as dramatic as its source material, though, and the DBFZ finals matches lived up to all the potential promised by SonicFox and GO1’s ongoing rivalry. It kicked off with SonicFox taking out Shoji “Fenritti” Sho first, thereby guaranteeing himself a third-place finish. R ight after that, SonicFox faced GO1 and served up a 3-0, sending GO1 down to the losers bracket after Fenritti. During the final moments of that third match, GO1 saw an opening to turn the round in his favor. He had managed to collect all the Dragon Balls and summoned Shenron, the dragon who can grant him an in-game power-up. He chose to restore health for Vegeta, his lone remaining fighter, but it didn’t even matter. SonicFox cleared the deficit and took the win. Donning his blue fox mask after his big finish, SonicFox raised his fists in triumph, seeming untouchable. GO1 did not look happy. He shook his head in disappointment as he walked off stage, his anger fueling him through his losers bracket match against Fenritti and earning him a second shot at SonicFox. This time, GO1 didn’t mess around. Meanwhile, SonicFox looked like the combo-dropping mess that he had been during their exhibition match. He lost all three of these games in a row, resetting the bracket. GO1 had three more games left to win, and in that moment, he seemed poised to snatch the Evo 2018 trophy from SonicFox’s paws. The drama came to a screeching halt when SonicFox asked Evo staffers a question. At length, the commentators learned that SonicFox had asked to switch chairs and positions from the right side of the screen to the left. After some debate and a coin flip, SonicFox got his way and ended up on the other side of the screen. Advertisement Maybe that side is lucky, or maybe the lost momentum was enough to shake GO1’s winning streak, or enough to snap SonicFox back into his sense. Whatever the reason, the chair switch gave SonicFox renewed strength during his first match in the final set against GO1. In that match, GO1 once again managed to get all of the Dragon Balls, and once again chose to recharge his health bar, and... you can guess what happened next, right? We just saw this episode! SonicFox chipped down every bit of GO1's renewed health and won the match. Of course, after that, SonicFox went on to win the final two matches and take home the trophy. Advertisement As SonicFox donned his blue fox mask again and rapturously rolled around on the stage in delight, the camera swung back to GO1, who was about to overcome the hardest possible challenge of the night: he uncrossed his arms, turned his grimace into a smile and lifted his hands together for a polite clap. Good job, GO1. Maybe, on next year’s episode of Dragon Ball FighterZ, the climax will resolve in a whole new unexpected way. Stay tuned!<doc-sep>
The biggest fighting game tournament in the world, EVO 2018, crowned new champions this weekend, but the three-day Las Vegas event is not just a hub for the best fighting game action. It's also a place where game developers and studios make big announcements in front of the millions of fans watching around the world. EVO 2018 trailers were everywhere as new characters, release dates and information were revealed throughout the event. From Street Fighter V to the upcoming SoulCalibur VI, there wasn't a shortage of news from EVO this year and we've compiled all of the announcements and trailers in one place. SUPER SMASH BROS ULTIMATE Nintendo's premiere fighting game, Super Smash Bros. , didn't have an official reveal to show EVO goers but the company did announce that a Nintendo Direct spotlighting Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will take place Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. EDT. Fans can expect more information on possible game modes as well as a character reveal or two. STREET FIGHTER V Street Fighter always has a huge presence at EVO each year, and the first trailers for two previously announced characters dropped over the weekend. Newcomer G and old favorite Sagat received the Street Fighter V trailer treatment showing off their V-Triggers and combinations. Both characters are part of the Season 3 Character Pass, which included Sakura, Blanka, Falke and Cody. Both Sagat and G will be available to download in Street Fighter V on Aug. 6. TEKKEN 7 Probably the biggest surprise reveal of EVO 2018 was the announcement of a Season 2 for Bandai Namco's Tekken 7. The 2015 fighting game is still going strong and Bandai is rewarding fans with six new characters. The first three were revealed to be Lei Wulong, Anna Williams and, shockingly, Negan from The Walking Dead comic book series. Here's some flavor text on Anna Williams, Lei Wulong and Negan from the official Bandai Namco press release. Negan, beloved by fans of The Walking Dead for his charismatic yet sinister demeanor, is ready to destroy all challengers, regardless of their stature in the TEKKEN universe. Lei Wulong makes his long-awaited return to TEKKEN, this time sporting some new threads, new attitude, and his deadly Tiger, Crane, Leopard, Snake, and Dragon styles. True Lei Wulong fans will also enjoy the return of Lei's Drunken Master style to the TEKKEN 7 arena! Anna Williams returns to wreak havoc in TEKKEN 7 and to drive her sister, Nina Williams, crazy! As the personal bodyguard of Kazuya Mishima and the second-in-command of the G Corporation, Anna doesn't only have the intelligence to run circles around her opponents, she's got the deadly fighting skill to back-up her killer looks as well. SOULCALIBUR VI Bandai's newest fighting game, SoulCalibur VI , will bring back Astaroth and Seung Mi-na. These franchise regulars will add their unique weapons to the upcoming fighting game this October. Here's some backstory on Astaroth and Seung Mi-na from the press release: Astaroth, created by a cult who worshipped the Greek god Ares to locate Soul Edge, returns with his giant axe in-hand and a deadly attitude in tow. Swinging his giant axe with great strength, only the most skilled warriors stand a chance before Astaroth in the arena of battle. Astute opponents may be able to exploit Astaroth's lumbering speed to their own advantage with quick strikes and dodges. Weak opponents should just prepare for destruction. Seung Mi-na was born to battle. Having grown up in the famous Korean Seong Dojang headed by her father, her formative years were spent around weapons of all types, many of which she learned to use quite well or even better than her father. When denied the chance to join the military to protect Korea from invaders due to her gender, she took on the mission to locate Soul Edge to prove herself to her nation. DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ Dragon Ball FighterZ, the game with the most entrants at EVO 2018, received a brand new gameplay trailer showing off Base Goku and Base Vegeta. Bandai Namco also revealed that both characters will be available to download on Aug. 8. The new trailer also shows the next DLC fighter after the latest iterations of Goku and Vegeta. Cooler, Frieza's older brother will be coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ in the future. Check out Cooler in action in the gameplay trailer below. What was your favorite game at EVO 2018? Which announcement were you most shocked by?