While the game is the first in French Bread’s Under Night In-Birth franchise to feature in the tournament, French Bread’s previous Melty Blood: Actress Again, which includes characters from Type-Moon’s Tsukihime franchise, was part of the tournament in 2010.
The tournament will also feature Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] for the first time.
The organizers held Evo Japan, the first Evo tournament to be held in Japan, in January 2018.
Wednesday’s live stream announced that the new entry will have a summer 2019 worldwide release, shortly before the tournament.