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In the world of esports, sponsors are very important contributors to players and fans alike. With a good sponsor, a team can afford to compensate its players for events, travel, and even living expenses. All of this lets players spend more time honing their skills, bringing a better and more refined game overall to as many tournaments as they can.

Mineski just recently wrote an article discussing the necessity of unusual sponsors in esports. Team NP, a primarily DOTA 2 team, recently acquired a FYM Hot Sauce sponsorship, which some are questioning as unusual. The article goes on to point out Hot Sauce isn’t that abnormal a sponsor, as other food-related companies like Coca-Cola and Doritos having dipped their toes into the esports scene in the past [not to mention Red Bull of course, and to a lesser degree, Bud Light – Editor]. Sponsors like this also allow esports teams to expand and cover multiple games. A good example of this would be Evil Geniuses, which has players in Dota, Starcraft, Halo, and Street Fighter.

While the primary focus of the article is traditional esports, the fighting game community should be paying attention as it continues on the esports path.

Source: Mineski

Gamepoch has dropped details on the upcoming Premium Edition for the traditional Chinese version of The King of Fighters XIV onto their Weibo page. While these are mostly the same details that we already reported on some time back, there is some new information that might excite players from the rest of the world.

One of the details revealed is that the game–at least in China–will be getting DLC costumes each month starting in December. These costumes will be free for those who purchase the Premium Edition, and purchasable for those who bought the regular edition.

Now whether or not these are the same costumes that have already been released for the rest of the world (Classic Kyo and Nightmare Geese) alongside the Classic Iori, or if they are new costumes for the rest of the cast, is as of yet unknown.

The traditional Chinese version of The King of Fighters XIV launches in China on November 18.

Sources: Gamepoch (Weibo) via Gatoray; HB|John Xuandou