Due to one circumstance or another, some games planned for 2023 got delayed to the following year or didn't offer much in the way of updates.

However, hindsight is 20/20 compared to foresight.

Both the AAA and indie scenes were full of highlights, some of which have taken the genre in interesting new directions. The rest will be ringing in 2024, which has a lot to live up to as 2023 was one of the strongest years for the fighting games in a long time. Updated on November 18, 2023, by David Heath: With the year almost over and done with, there aren't too many fighting games left to look forward to. 2023 promises to continue this upward trend with more promising titles. King of Fighters and Guilty Gear came back in from the cold, Super Smash Bros Ultimate lived up to its name, and the indie scene saw a slew of underrated fighters like Them’s Fightin’ Herds and Punch Planet.

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