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's EVO Championship series in North America is still "moving forward" with its plans.

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.

EVO 2020 previously locked-in its games line-up at the start of February. Apart from Nintendo's all-star brawler Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the event will feature Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r], Dragon Ball FighterZ, Samurai Shodown, Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, Soul Calibur VI, Granblue Fantasy Versus and Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

If there are any updates, we'll be sure to let you know.

[source twitter.com]