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Bandai Namco has canceled its 2020 circuits for Tekken 7, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Soulcalibur VI due to the covid-19 pandemic. Online events are being planned to make up for the lack of competition.

Street Fighter V is getting one final season of downloadable content, according to a recent announcement from Capcom. Players can expect five more characters and three more stages. Additional details are coming this summer.

Evo 2020 has been canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic. The annual fighting game event was previously scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, but will instead shift its focus to online competition. It’s currently unknown if the official lineup will remain intact.

Capcom has canceled the first half of this year’s Capcom Pro Tour due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. The second half of the developer’s official Street Fighter V competition is still set to begin in July, but the schedule will be adjusted further if necessary.

Dominique “SonicFox” McLean and Jon “dekillsage” Coello have signed with esports team Evil Geniuses. These fighting game veterans, often considered two of the best Dragon Ball FighterZ players in the world, were previously part of Echo Fox. SonicFox is also the reigning Mortal Kombat 11 champion.

The SNK World Championship in Japan has been postponed indefinitely over coronavirus concerns. This event, which would have capped off months of Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters XIV competition, was originally scheduled for late March. The CDC recently placed Japan on ’Alert’ in response to the disease’s spread.

A large Granblue Fantasy Versus tournament in Tokyo has been canceled over coronavirus concerns. The CDC added Japan to its list of affected countries yesterday but has not enacted warnings apart from practicing usual precautions like avoiding the sick and thorough hand-washing.