Liquid Media Unveils Advisory Board Led By Digital Entertainment Visionary

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liquid Media Group Ltd. (the “Company,” “Liquid Media” or “Liquid”) (Nasdaq: YVR) proudly announces the formation of an advisory board, led by digital entertainment visionary Wilson J. Tang.

Tang has been involved in massively successful products and companies at the convergence of film and interactive video games for over 20 years. He was a founding member of Kabam Vancouver (formerly Exploding Barrel Games) where his team developed games including Marvel Contest of Champions, the studio’s best-performing title, which has become one of the top mobile games in its category, achieved more than 200-million downloads and earned Editor's Choice honors in 100+ countries. Tang exited Kabam upon its sale to Netmarble in 2017. Prior to Kabam, Tang was Senior Art Director/Creative Director at Electronic Arts/Blackbox where he oversaw the visual and creative development for several of the company’s top intellectual properties. His background also includes work for legendary filmmaker George Lucas, who is best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Tang pioneered the use of game engines for filmmaking while working at Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic visual effects and animation studio.

“I'm proud to join Liquid’s advisory board and to help guide and mentor the team at this extremely exciting time of innovation and convergence,” said Tang. “We believe that the future of digital entertainment will incorporate technologies and teams working in video games, computer vision, augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and digital humans. As the only Canadian-listed pure play on Nasdaq in media and entertainment, Liquid is poised to capitalize on these revolutionary technologies and innovate in the creation of content for today’s streaming wars, as well as tomorrow’s interactive entertainment platforms. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity and I look forward to bringing in the best and the brightest companies, partners, and advisors to our oversight team."

“We believe that having Wilson advise us on our ambitious and innovative plans to create synergy between film and TV production, video game publishing and development, as well as emerging online platforms and products is invaluable,” said Daniel Cruz, CFO of Liquid Media Group. “Wilson’s extensive global experience and contacts at the forefront of technology, film and video games are expected to be  critical drivers contributing to the next phase of our growth.”