China’s gaming giant hits double whammy with Netflix debut and record tourney

The successes have sent Chinese esports stocks surging amid a crackdown on the country’s games industry

10 November 2021 - 19:22 By Zheping Huang and Vlad Savov

Tencent Holdings pulled off a pair of successes for its League of Legends franchise over the weekend, with a raucous esports tournament that drew more viewers than ever before and the strong debut for a new video series on Netflix. ..

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