EVO 2012 World Finals will host a record number of competitors and attendees hailing from over 40 countries, as thousands assemble to compete for championships across today’s hottest fighting games.  Are you going to be part of the attendees/competitors?  We are we plan on covering it all its going to be awesome.  Hopefully we can hang with some of our Twitch.tv members and even some of our readers – if you do want to just tweet us (@bifuteki).

If you’re interested in what the payouts are going to be for the games, here are the prize pools for all of the Evo 2012 tournaments.  All these tournaments will pay out to the top 8 finishers.

• $25,000 Super Street Fighter IV, Arcade Edition 2012
• $23,000 Mortal Kombat 9
• $15,000 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• $15,000 for Sega’s Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown event (BYOC event)
• $11,000 King of Fighters XIII
• $9,000 Street Fighter x Tekken
• $5,000 Soul Calibur V

Evo 2012 will be held July 6 – 8 at the Las Vegas Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino. The event is open to the public on July 6th and 7th. You can also tune in online at http://twitch.tv if you can’t make it out to Vegas.