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LPL Breaks Vietnam Viewership Record, Nike Unveils LPL Co-Branded Bomber Jacket, Team Kits, and More 

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Last week, the biggest developments in China’s esports industry revolved around League of Legends esports. The League of Legends nine-year festival concluded in Shanghai, with Chinese teams TOP Esports (TES), Jing Dong Gaming (JDG), Suning Esports (SN), and LGD Gaming (LGD) confirmed to attend the League of Legends World Championship 2020 (Worlds 2020) to represent the League of Legends Pro League (LPL). The U.S. event service company Freeman collaborated with LPL operator TJ Sports to set the grand stage for the event. It should be noted that TES, JDG, and

Tencent Esports and Global Esports Federation to Jointly Launch ‘Worldconnected Initiative’

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Tencent Esports and the Global Esports Federation (GEF) have partnered on a new project called the #worldonnected initiative that was unveiled at the annual Tencent Esports Global Summit held this week at the Hainan Bo Asia International Conference Center. “Today, I’m proud to announce the launch of the #worldconnected initiative, in partnership with Tencent Esports,” said GEF President Chris Chan on a video uplink at the summit. “We invite the world’s esports community – the world’s publishers, developers, athletes, and players, as well as the broader international sporting community.”  Simply

Artist Rights Alliance Takes Aim at Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Over Music Licensing and Twitch

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Non-profit trade group the Artist Rights Alliance (ARA) sent a letter Monday to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos questioning his testimony to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee on July 29, about the use of unlicensed music on the company’s Twitch live streaming service. The answer from Bezos was part of the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on tech and antitrust, which included leaders Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. When asked by Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) if Twitch allowed content creators to stream

How Social VR Helped This Esports Player Overcome Social Anxiety

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Julian Apellanes was never comfortable going out of his house and although he struggled with issues like anxiety and depression, he didn’t want those things to define him. In a trend noticed by others, Apellanes has discovered a new path to reality through social VR. And unsurprisingly, he has dreamed of immersive gaming since he was a child.“I’ve been gaming all my life and I thought how cool it would be to be inside those worlds,” the 27-year-old explained to me in an interview. Once news about the original Oculus

GCX Has Added DrLupo As A Board Member

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The Gaming Community Expo (GCX) has added well-known streamer, Benjamin "DrLupo" Lupo, as a board member. The Florida-based event won't have a physical setup this year, but will go ahead with online fundraising and a digital showcase later this summer. A video was released on the official GCX Twitter account earlier this week, narrated by Lupo himself. It confirmed that he would be joining the event's board and working closely with the Rare Drop organizing team on the GCX experience in the future. Lupo acknowledged that while the event would