The event featured a major tournament for five fighting games, including Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as well as various smaller-scale competitions.

This livestream was produced as collaborative efforts of fighting game sites iPlayWinner, Team Sp00ky, Offcast, and FinestKO.

[2] Evo 2011 featured major tournaments for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Marvel vs Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat 9, Tekken 6, and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II, as well as a side event for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

[3] The Street Fighter IV tournament was won by Keita "Fuudo" Ai, playing with the character Fei Long.

[5] Evo 2011 featured various panels with people such as Yoshinori Ono,[6] Seth Killian, Daigo Umehara, and Bandai Namco Entertainment.