{"id":110490,"date":"2020-03-19T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/evo_2020_will_move_forward_with_its_plans_as_it_continues_to_monitor_covid-19"},"modified":"2020-03-19T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T03:30:00","slug":"evo-2020-will-move-forward-with-its-plans-as-it-continues-to-monitor-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/19\/evo-2020-will-move-forward-with-its-plans-as-it-continues-to-monitor-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"EVO 2020 Will &#8220;Move Forward&#8221; With Its Plans, As It Continues To Monitor COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b96f3ccf532fe\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b96f3ccf532fe\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b96f3ccf532fe\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite a number of high profile video games event such as E3 cancelling plans for this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it appears this year&#8217;s EVO Championship series in North America is still &#8220;moving forward&#8221; with its plans.<\/p>\n<p>The official Twitter account for EVO 2020 explained how it would continue to actively monitor updates and said the health of its attendees and staff would be the overriding factor. If the event is postponed or cancelled, all ticket purchases will be refunded.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An important message from the Evo team&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jUuiQSIITz\">pic.twitter.com\/jUuiQSIITz<\/a><\/span>\u2014 EVO (@EVO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EVO\/status\/1240356446367150081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>EVO 2020 previously locked-in its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/full_evo_2020_line-up_revealed_smash_bros_ultimate_will_represent_nintendo\">games line-up<\/a> at the start of February. Apart from Nintendo&#8217;s all-star brawler <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>, the event will feature <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/under_night_in-birth_exelatecl-r\">Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/under_night_in-birth_exelatecl-r\">[cl-r]<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_ball_fighterz\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/samurai_shodown\">Samurai Shodown<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Street Fighter V<\/strong>, <strong>Tekken 7<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> <strong>Soul Calibur VI<\/strong>, <strong>Granblue Fantasy Versus<\/strong> and <strong>Marvel vs. Capcom 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>If there are any updates, we&#8217;ll be sure to let you know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Despite a number of high profile video games event such as E3 cancelling plans for this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it appears this year&#8217;s EVO Championship series in North America is still &#8220;moving forward&#8221; with its plans. 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