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 tournament, it was the fighting tournament 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.2 There were also demos for upcoming games Project L, Tekken 8 and Mortal Kombat 1.3
Participants
9,221 participants were at Evo 2023, setting an attendance record for the event. Street Fighter 6 had 7,083 competitors, also setting a single tournament record for the event.4
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.5
Results
| Street Fighter 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Guilty Gear Strive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Ramtethal |
| Tekken 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Mundark | Nova/Spencer/Magneto |
| 5th | unknown | Spartan Throne | Wolverine/Dormammu/Iron Fist |
| 7th | Ryota Fukumoto | RK | Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Vergil |
| 7th | Ethan Escalante | Escalante | Morrigan/Magneto/Doctor Doom |
| Dragon Ball FighterZ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
| 1st | Jo'siah Miller | HIKARI | Blue Gogeta/Vegito/Android 17 |
| 2nd | 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 |
| King of Fighters XV | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Melty Blood: Type Lumina | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Mortal Kombat 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
External links
References
"Evo 2023 Breaks Multiple All-time Registration Records". evo. Trevor Lukan. Retrieved July 11, 2023. https://www.evo.gg/news/evo-2023-breaks-multiple-all-time-registration-records ↩
"Cygames Announces Open Beta Sign Up for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising at EVO 2023!". GamesPress. Retrieved June 30, 2023. https://www.gamespress.com/Cygames-Announces-Open-Beta-Sign-Up-for-Granblue-Fantasy-Versus-Rising ↩
"Evo kicks off biggest year ever in Las Vegas". News 3 Las Vegas. Gabrielle Zabat. August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023. https://www.news3lv.com/news/local/evolution-championship-series-kicks-off-biggest-year-ever-in-las-vegas ↩
"Evo 2023 Breaks Multiple All-time Registration Records". evo. Trevor Lukan. Retrieved July 11, 2023. https://www.evo.gg/news/evo-2023-breaks-multiple-all-time-registration-records ↩
"Evo 2023: The big reveals and announcements". Polygon. Michael McWhertor. August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023. https://www.polygon.com/23817761/evo-2023-announcements-mortal-kombat-street-fighter-tekken ↩