About

Shoryuken.ie is a video-game website with selected news, reviews, previews and articles written by a team of dedicated gamers. The site is primarily based in Ireland, but since this is the internet, a certain international flavour is respected throughout.

Reviews on the site are handled in an “out of 5″ marking basis, but each review is geared towards independently guiding the general public towards a good balanced opinion piece. We will always endeavor to talk about the good as well as any bad in a game, giving a fair score. We do not treat 5/5 as the holy grail either, so a game that gets that score will do so based on the merits of the game itself, not as a comparison to the competition.

If you’re a developer or publisher wishing to add us to a mailing list, or even advertise, email the editor in chief, Kevin, and we can pass you on our details.

One of the future aims of shoryuken.ie is to promote community. Currently we use the disqus system to allow people to register on the site, or to use their twitter/facebook login’s to leave comments and discuss our content. At a later stage we would like to run a forum ourselves as well as organize sponsored “game nights” with tournaments etc. in local venues.

The site was established & went live in early May, and with no advertising we have managed to pull in some impressive stats in terms of visitor numbers and search engine hits, enough to make some publishers pay attention to us as we grow further & further. This growth does not affect how we view advertising. This site was not established to make everyone a millionaire. Instead, it is run by people for the love of gaming and the industry around it. Any money earned from advertising will be re-invested in the site, and hopefully help us to run community activities & grow the brand further in Ireland. Who doesn’t want Shoryuken apparel?

Since the launch, monthly stats have doubled all the way up to September, wherein the numbers quadrupled. Those figures quadrupled again in October, and doubled in November. Such huge stats growth is massive for such a small team of volunteers. Our collective voice now reaches thousands of unique viewers every single week, and that’s without taking re-visits into account!

So stick with us as we grow further & beyond any other Irish games website does. Join us on the journey, as a writer, commenter, developer, publisher or just a viewer!