{"id":131997,"date":"2023-02-22T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-145514"},"modified":"2023-02-22T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T03:30:00","slug":"evo-reveals-its-fighting-roster-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/22\/evo-reveals-its-fighting-roster-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"EVO Reveals Its Fighting Roster For 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0a9e27800cbaf\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0a9e27800cbaf\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Street Fighter 6\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0a9e27800cbaf\/street-fighter-6.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0a9e27800cbaf\/street-fighter-6.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Street Fighter 6\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Capcom<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time again when the Evolution Championship fighting series reveals its lineup for the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Games returning from last year include <strong>Guilty Gear Strive<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_ball_fighterz\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/a>, <strong>Tekken 7<\/strong>, <strong>King of Fighters XV<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/melty_blood_type_lumina\">Melty Blood: Type Lumina<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mortal_kombat_11\">Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>. <strong>Ultimate<\/strong> <strong>Marvel vs Capcom 3<\/strong> is also rejoining the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Capcom&#8217;s <em>new<\/em> title <strong>Street Fighter 6<\/strong> will also be present! And if you&#8217;re wondering about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Smash Bros.<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; it&#8217;s been out of the competition now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/03\/evo-2022-announces-its-smash-free-roster-of-fighting-games\">since last year<\/a>, with Nintendo choosing to take its own pathway.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/evo\/statuses\/1628212520120094720 @ 2023-02-22T07:11:12+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ready to be a part of Evo history?<\/p>\n<p>Get more info at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WgXv1e2Nui\">https:\/\/t.co\/WgXv1e2Nui<\/a> and sign up for the event today via the link below!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SWcrRszxVA\">https:\/\/t.co\/SWcrRszxVA<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Evo2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Evo2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e0uEaoEwSb\">pic.twitter.com\/e0uEaoEwSb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 EVO (@EVO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EVO\/status\/1628212520120094720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Winners of each game will win medals and trophies, and get their share of a $25,000 USD prize pool:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Each tournament has a guaranteed $25,000 prize pool. The prize money is split between the top 6 finalists in each tournament.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In <em>other<\/em> tournament news, Nintendo earlier today announced a new partnership with Generation Esports &#8211; introducing a handful of Switch games (including Super Smash) to the Middle Schools Esports League Spring Major.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:145497 @ 2023-02-22T07:37:46+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>EVO 2023 will take place in Las Vegas between 4th August and 6th August this year. It will also be streamed live on Twitch and YouTube. What do you think of this year&#8217;s roster for EVO? Comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Capcom It&#8217;s that time again when the Evolution Championship fighting series reveals its lineup for the new year. Games returning from last year include Guilty Gear Strive, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, King of Fighters XV, Melty Blood: Type Lumina and Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is also rejoining the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}