Rising Up: Ryu Character Tutorial–Optimal Combos, Setups, & Frame Traps

This extensive Ryu tutorial video covers everything the aspiring Ryu player needs to know to go Platinum. Bread and butter punishes and confirms, counter hit setups and damage optimization, fireball answers, frame traps listed by delay, meaty pressure, setups, and more. It should tremendously help existing and prospective Ryu players alike.

My own Street Fighter V bread and butter combo videos are by far my most popular YouTube videos. However, the vast majority of them were made during the third SFV public beta test. While almost no serious balance changes were made between that beta and release, certain damage values were incorrect and the players have had a lot of time to develop. The initial videos were made based on my own training mode findings and nothing else, and were fully featured around combos. I asked around, and have decided to flesh them into full character guides, now including a basic game plan I’ve summarized from watching a lot of pro matches. I hope this video stands as a one-stop-shop for everyone’s Ryu needs.

I’ll be aiming to launch a new character tutorial every Monday, until all 22 characters are covered. Remember to subscribe to the Shoryuken channel, and keep an eye out for future videos!

Guild Wars 2 – Hands on with A Crack in the Ice

Today marks the launch of Guild Wars 2’s A Crack in the Ice, the most recent update to the Living World’s ongoing Season 3. Last week we got our chance to play through the new fractal being launched with the update, as well as taking a tour around the new zone: Bitterfrost Frontier.

– Black Friday’s Coming! Be Prepared!

It’s that time of year, and rather than inundate you with tons of news posts about all the gaming sales we find, we thought it might be good to just have one ongoing forum thread that we’ll add to. Additionally, you guys can post deals and discusss what you find here too. Sound like a plan?