We were recently sent a very interesting video produced by James “Gabby_jay” Gowdey for iPlayWinner’s Bread and Butter promo series. Titled “The Little Things,” this piece features Darry “DarryH” Husky discussing the important differences between our community and the wider eSports conglomerate. While it’s definitely a topic that’s been done to death, his thoughts and [...]

Ultra David and James Chen have just gone live with this week’s installment of their Tuesday night show on UltraChen TV. Tonight, they will be discussing a variety of topics, including Injustice: Gods Among Us, Skullgirls, Jefailey, and other recent events and news in the fighting game community, so tune in and check it out. [...]

A brand new year means the beginning of FG@UCI’s new ranking battle season on the University of California Irvine campus. Offcast recently sent over footage and results from the three titles included at their first event of 2013 (Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and King of Fighters [...]

As many of you probably know, this year’s PAX East is quickly approaching. Much like any other convention, it will be full of developer booths and panels on a wide variety of subjects, but this year three well-known figures will be getting in on the action with a presentation on the fighting game community. Ryan “Gootecks” [...]

After a couple of weeks away, Keits and skisonic are back with another installment of Wakeup SRK Live. Tonight, they will be welcoming Chilean competitor Nicolas “KaneBlueRiver” Gonzalez onto the program to discuss South America’s fighting game community, so be sure to tune in early to catch as much of the discussion as possible. The [...]

Last night saw the end of the month-long donation drive for the 8th and final slot for EVO 2013. At the end of the night, which saw massive drives by the Super Smash Brothers Melee and Skullgirls communities, Skullgirls lead designer and longtime tournament player Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont made the following statement over their [...]

East Coast Throwdown event director John Gallagher recently made us aware of Justin Marino, a fellow member of the fighting game community from Long Island who is sorely in need of help. Justin is currently battling cancer after a failed round of chemotherapy, and also requires daily shots to counteract a blood clot that has [...]

Ultra David and James Chen have just gone live with the first installment of the new season of their Tuesday night show on UltraChen TV. Tonight, they will be discussing 2012 and how the multitude of tournaments it hosted shaped the fighting game community as well as SoCal Regionals 2013, which is taking place this [...]

Thanks to the subtle nuances and multitude of layers attached to even the most basic fighting games, jumping into the genre can be a daunting task. In an effort to alleviate some of the stress, Patrick Miller over at Insert Credit wrote up a new article titled ”The Educated Gentleperson’s Fighting Game Primer,” which takes around [...]

The fighting game community is a group that was built from the ground up with face-to-face interaction, but the advent of online play and tournament streams has taken away from the real-life experience necessary to truly understand and appreciate it. While perusing our forums today, we here at Shoryuken stumbled upon a great piece written by [...]

From its beginnings as mock-up images on a messageboard to an exhibition on the EVO 2012 show floor, My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic has certainly come a long way. Gamespot’s Maxwell McGee recently took the chance to speak with MANE6, the development team behind the fan-game, to get a feel for how this independent [...]

Keits and skisonic have just gone live with this week’s installment of Wakeup SRK. AfroCole joins the program tonight to talk about his recently announced DojoSports fighting game league as well as what they’ve set as their 2013 resolutions, in addition to the usual coverage of top news and headlines from around the community. Make [...]

Keits and skisonic have just gone live with this week’s installment of Wakeup SRK. After some technical issues cut last week’s show short, Mike Ross has returned to the program to discuss a variety of topics. He’ll be joining the duo in discussing some of the important headlines from the past week as well as [...]

A couple weeks ago, Peck324 graced us with his Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 combo challenge compilation. Today, he’s back with another challenge. With a 4000 MP / $40 PSN Card on the line, do you have what it takes to complete challenge #2? Full details regarding the rules and the individual challenges have been included [...]

Keits and skisonic have just gone live with this week’s installment of Wakeup SRK. Like always, they’ll be covering all the major news and headlines of the past couple weeks before welcoming their special guest for the night onto the program. The People’s Champion himself, Mike Ross, will be joining the show to discuss his [...]