There’s going to be a lot of street fighting in Las Vegas next month, when Evo 2023 kicks off at the Mandalay Bay Resort from August 4-6. Event organizers have released the final registration numbers for the annual event, and Street Fighter 6’s first-ever Evo showing has shattered records.
9,182 unique players have registered for Evo 2023, a figure which nearly doubles last year’s 5,052 entrants. 77.7% of those entrants–7,061 to be precise–will throw down in Street Fighter 6 throughout the weekend.
Multiple games saw Evo registration records broken, with Guilty Gear Strive’s 2,481 entrants and the 12-year-old Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3’s 1,346 registered players among them. Every other game featured at Evo saw an increase in attendance from last year’s event, including Tekken 7 with 1,580 entrants–an increase of 382 from last year–and Dragon Ball FighterZ’s 838 players, up from 2022’s 635.