The Evolution Championship Series has announced its official lineup of games for 2023.

EVO 2023 will run from August 4th to August 6th 2023 this year, and will feature competitions for the following games:

• Dragon Ball FighterZ (fourth appearance at EVO)
• Guilty Gear: Strive (second appearance at EVO)
• The King of Fighters XV (second appearance at EVO)
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina (second appearance at EVO)
• Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (third appearance at EVO)
• Street Fighter 6 (first appearance at EVO)
• Tekken 7 (seventh appearance at EVO)
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (seventh appearance at EVO)

Notably, Super Smash Bros. is once again absent from the competition, presumably for similar reasons as their absence from the 2022 event. With this, it seems a little less likely that the game will ever return to the competition, likely coming as a bit of a bummer for fans.

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