Evo 2023: The biggest news and announcements

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Evo 2023, aka the Evolution Championship Series, will bring the best-of-the-best fighting game players to Las Vegas this weekend for a three-day tournament. This year’s Evo promises to be its biggest, with nearly 15,000 registrants competing across the eight games featured in its main competition. More than 7,000 players are duking it out in Street Fighter 6 alone.

On top of being the preeminent fighting game tournament, Evo 2023 has also become a major news event. Publishers and developers like Capcom, Bandai Namco, NetherRealm Studios, and Arc System Works are expected to drop new game reveals, character announcements, and release dates at Evo. Some of those details will be unveiled at the daylong Evo 2023 Industry Showcase on Friday, Aug. 4, but publishers are also expected to drop news after (or during) various games’ finals events happening throughout the weekend.

Here’s everything announced so far at Evo 2023, and when you can expect reveals from Mortal Kombat 1, Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Guilty Gear Strive. (You can check out the official Evo 2023 schedule at the tournament’s official website.)

Riot Games’ fighting game based on the League of Legends franchise is playable at Evo 2023. On Friday, Riot revealed a new Champion who will appear on the Project L roster: Yasuo, the Unforgiven. He’s one of four playable characters featured in a demo at Evo.

Arc System Works and Melty Blood developer French-Bread revealed their next game at Evo 2023 on Friday: Under Night In-Birth 2 Sys:Celes, the follow-up to the frequently updated 2012 original Under Night In-Birth. The 2D “light novel-style action” fighting game will be released in 2024 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows PC. The sequel