Shoryuken, long known as the premier website for fighting game discussion, has announced that they will be closing their forums at the end of January due to decreased usage.
The website and community are likely best known for the genesis of the Evolution fighting game tournament, also known as EVO, which started in 1996. The community that has grown out of SRK is dedicated to discussing, learning, and mastering fighting games and tried to encourage a welcoming atmosphere to teach new players.
The announcement today acknowledges that a dedicated genre forum is strange to have in a world with subreddits, streaming, Youtube, and social media. To allow people time to archive content from the forum, it is being kept open until the end of the month. It is unlikely that this affects Shoryuken as a news site or EVO.
Our Take
With major fighting games coming out this month, hopefully the community lands on its feet and finds places to regroup.
from www.GameInformer.com - The Feed http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/01/08/shoryuken-forums-closing-at-the-end-of-january.aspx
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