The 2023 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2023 or EVO 2023) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from August 5 to 7, 2022 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event offered tournaments for various video games, including Guilty Gear Strive, Tekken 7, and Dragon Ball FighterZ. It marks the debut tournament of Street Fighter 6 to the event. With 7,061 unique competitors entering the Street Fighter 6 tournament, it was the fighting tournament with the most participants of all time up to that point.
Venue For the fifth straight tournament, Evo 2023 was held at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas again, with the Mandalay Bay Convention Center hosting the first two days and Michelob Ultra Arena hosting the third day for the sixth consecutive tournament.
Games The lineup was revealed on February 10, 2023. Every game from last year made a return as a mainline game with the exceptions of Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, Granblue Fantasy Versus and Street Fighter V. Street Fighter 6 made its tournament debut this year. The Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising beta had a tournament as an unofficial entrant sponsored by Cygames. There were also demos for upcoming games Project L, Tekken 8 and Mortal Kombat 1.
Participants 9,221 participants were at Evo 2023, setting an attendance record for the event. Street Fighter 6 had 7,061 competitors, also setting a single tournament record for the event.
Broadcast As usual, the tournament was streamed on the streaming site Twitch, broadcast across multiple different streams. All official streams were also streamed live on YouTube.
Reveals Ed Boon revealed a trailer showcasing Reptile, Havik and Ashrah as playable characters to Mortal Kombat 1 as well as Sareena as a Kameo. A teaser trailer was released for new character AKI for Street Fighter 6, with a new set of outfits revealed shortly afterwards. Namco revealed gameplay trailers for returning fighter Raven as well as new character Azucena for Tekken 8. SNK announced the title of Garou 2 as Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. Arc Systems Works released a trailer for Johnny as well as a roadmap of the Season Pass 3 for Guilty Gear Strive. French Bread announced Under Night In-Birth 2 Sys:Celes with a 2024 release time. Riot Games released a gameplay trailer for Yasuo for Project L.
Results
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st Amjad Al-Shalabi Angrybird Ken 2nd Saul Leonardo Mena II MenaRD Blanka, Luke 3rd Victor Woodley Punk Cammy 4th Hajime Taniguchi Tokido Ken 5th Tatsuya Haitani Haitani Chun-Li 5th unknown Kakeru JP 7th Atsushi Fujimura Fukimura Ken 7th Naoki Nemoto Nemo JP
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st William Hjelte Leffen Happy Chaos 2nd Johansson Mattias NBNHMR Nagoriyuki 3rd Kim Jae-won Daru I-No 4th Claire Harrison UMISHO Sol Badguy 5th Shogo Ishimine Tyurara Ky Kiske 5th Ismaila Gueye Verix Nagoriyuki 7th Adam Farmer Setchi Zato-1 7th Atir Yosef Zando Ramlethal
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st Arslan Siddique Arslan Ash Kunimitsu 2nd Akihiro Abe AO Kunimitsu 3rd Lim Soo-hoon ULSAN Bob, Feng, Kasumi 4th Don Brown Genghis D0n Katarina 5th Oh Dae-il Meo-IL Geese 5th Hoa Luu Anakin King 7th Daichi Nakayama Nobi Dragunov, Feng 7th Andreij Albar Douijn Negan, Kazumi, Leo, Julia, Leroy
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st Gabriel Lam Jibrill Zero/Dante/Vergil 2nd Matthew Skuce Evasion Zero/Dante/Vergil 3rd Nicolas Gonzalez Kane Blueriver Hulk/Sentinel/Haggar 4th Adrian Cordova LiberalTerminator Nova/Spencer/Doctor Doom 5th unknown Mundank Nova/Spencer/Magneto 5th unknown Spartan Throne Wolverine/Dormammu/Iron Fist 7th Ryota Fukumoto RF Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Vergil 7th Ethan Escalante Escalante Morrigan/Magneto/Doctor Doom
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st Jo'siah Miller HIKARI Blue Gogeta/Vegito/Android 172nd unknown Yasha Blue Gogeta/Vegito/Android 17 3rd Shamar H. Nitro Gotenks/Android 18/Adult Gohan 4th Daniel Gras Llopis Gropis Super Baby 2/Frieza/Beerus 5th unknown Garlic Bread Super Baby 2/Captin Ginyu/Krillin 5th unknown Kite Lab Coat 21/Base Vegeta/Android 21 7th Keyler Heath KJpixels Jiren/Frieza/Janemba 7th Lenwood Arnold INZEM Gotenks/Base Vegeta/Android 18, Jiren/Piccolo/Android 17
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st Zeng Zhuojun Xiaohai Kyo/B. Jenet/Krohnen, Kyo/Isla/Krohnen 2nd Lin Chiahung E.T. Isla/B. Janet/Krohnen 3rd unknown mok B. Jenet/Luong/Kukri 4th Agustín Escorcia Wero Asamiya Kyo/B. Jenet/Iori 5th Lee Kwang-no MadKOF Geese/Clark/Heidern 5th Kang Myung-gu Lacid Meitenkun/Shermie/Ash 7th Eric Eun Ho Kang FKang Kyo/Chizuru Kagura/Krohnen, Joe/Chizuru/Krohnen 7th Tseng Chia-chen ZJZ Nakoruru/Isla/B. Jenet, Chizuru/Isla/B. Jenet
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st unknown Moai Michael 2nd Damian Fullbright DAI Michael 3rd Jimmy Tran Jimmy Tran Ciel 4th unknown Jing Hisui 5th Kim Jong-jin KoreanWrestlingMan Mario 5th Jose Ballestero ScrawtVermillion Komou 7th Eli Zhu Lunar Dead Apostle Noel 7th unknown ronde Shiki
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st Jarrad Gooden Ninjakilla_212 Fujin 2nd Nicolás Martínez Nicholas Kotal Khan, Johnny Cage 3rd Matías Martínez Scorpionprocs Fujin, Kotal Khan, Johnny Cage 4th Denom Jones A F0xy Grampa The Terminator, Sub-Zero, RoboCop, Kitana, Kung Lao 5th Daniel Taibot TheMightyUnjust Jacqui Briggs, Kano 5th Zoulfikar Dayekh Xombat Johnny Cage 7th Curtis McCall Rewind Kano, Kotal Khan, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage 7th Martin T. MakoraN Skarlet, Cetrion
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