Last November, Fikra held the first Kuwait Battle Royale, the largest fighting game tournament in the Middle East ever at that time. While KBR will continue to run in the fall of each year, Fikra will be running a “spring edition” of the tournament this week as part of the Road to EVO 2013 International. [...]

Last November, Fikra held the first Kuwait Battle Royale, the largest fighting game tournament in the Middle East ever at that time. While KBR will continue to run in the fall of each year, Fikra will be running a “spring edition” of the tournament this week as part of the Road to EVO 2013 International. [...]

Fikra, organizer of last year’s Kuwait Battle Royale and Tougeki UMvC3 qualifier, and the Lothan Youth Achievement Center (LOYAC), a Kuwait-based non-profit organization focused on youth development, are teaming up to host a special video game, cosplay and charity event. The Kuwait 4 Kenya (K4K) Charity Tournament will feature tournaments for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom [...]

Last month’s K.O. Fighting Gaming Festival in Kuwait brought some of the best Street Fighter players from Japan and beyond to the Middle East. If the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 tournament action wasn’t enough for you, you can find over four hours of casuals footage below. Players featured here include DM.MCZ|Xian, [...]

Last month, K.O. Fighting Game Festival was held in Kuwait, featuring a long list of international competitors, including MCZ|Daigo Umehara, MCZ|Mago, MCZ|Tokido, EG|Justin Wong, WW.MCZ|Ryan Hart and DM.MCZ|Xian, to name a few. Now, you can check out the top 8 matches from the three tournament games on YouTube courtesy of WhiteTowerQ8 if you happened to [...]

ArtificialStar recently uploaded a short clip showing two examples of how to perform an interesting Sakura fireball vortex in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012. This tech was utilized by Gannoon in his first to five set against MCZ|Daigo Umehara at the K.O. Fighting Game Tournament in Kuwait earlier this month. After an EX [...]

If you enjoyed the Daigo Umehara vs. Xian footage from a  few days ago, there’s plenty more content coming from the two players’ time in Kuwait! First up is the second episode of Yaoi TV, pitting Desperation Move’s Xian against Akimo, Japan’s highest-ranked E. Honda in arcades. Can Xian’s Gen penetrate Akimo’s rock-solid defense? Yaoi [...]

Players from Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and all over the Middle East were represented at K.O. Fighting Game Festival in Kuwait earlier this month. Zhi took the task of interviewing many of the players who participated in the event, including Team Mad Catz’ Umehara, Tokido and Mago, Western Wolves’ Ryan Hart [...]

Zhi and Xian of Desperation Move and Mad Catz, along with Tough Cookie TV, are re-launching in 2013 with a new series: Yaoi TV. While the show certainly has an odd name, you don’t want to miss the premiere episode. This initial installment comes from Xian and Zhi’s time in Kuwait, where the two attended [...]

Thursday, February 7 through Saturday, February 9 in the Middle East is what is set to be the biggest tournament yet for Kuwait, K.O. Fighting Game Festival. Organized by the arcade group WhiteTowerQ8, the event is will take place in Mishref at Kuwait International Fair, Kuwait’s first and largest exhibition center. Games Line-up K.O. Fighting [...]

Thursday, February 7 through Saturday, February 9 in the Middle East is what is set to be the biggest tournament yet for Kuwait, K.O. Fighting Game Festival. Organized by the arcade group WhiteTowerQ8, the event is will take place in Mishref at Kuwait International Fair, Kuwait’s first and largest exhibition center. Earlier today, the final [...]

EVO 2013 promises to be the biggest event the tournament series has seen in its many years of operation, and with the constant international presence that increases with every iteration, the organizers have extended this year’s Road to EVO to include more seeding events outside the United States than ever before. From bustling hubs of [...]

White Tower of Kuwait recently released the second trailer for their upcoming tournament, K.O. Fighting Game Festival, showcasing a few of the guests that will attending the event. Tokido and Mago of Team Mad Catz and TOPANGA as well as KichijojiKEN, ☆Shin☆ and -R- of YUBIKEN will making their way out from Japan to compete. [...]

In November of last year, 3 top players of the US and UK, Western Wolves’ Ryan Hart, Evil Genius’s Justin Wong and compLexity’s Filipino Champ, traveled to Kuwait in the Middle East for Kuwait Battle Royale, the largest tournament thus far in the region. In this interview by FikraKW, the players discuss what they liked [...]

White Tower, a gaming and event group in Kuwait featuring some of the country’s best players (particularly in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012), recently announced a new tournament titled K.O. Fighting Game Festival. Set for February 7-9 of next year, the event will feature competitions for AE 2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom [...]