Announcing Winners of The Tempest Esports Business Awards
These are the game-changers on the forefront of the industry whose success and initiative ensure great potential and make them a must-watch group.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The best and brightest in esports gathered at the Esports Arena Las Vegas on Tuesday night to celebrate the winners and honorable mentions of the Tempest Esports Business Awards. The inaugural event, presented by Access Intelligence brands: Chief Marketer, Cynopsis and Event Marketer, honored over 60 frontrunners from around the industry, with 19 winners, 12 Watch List honorees and 2 Tempest Hall of Fame inductees. The event kicked off with a networking and cocktail reception, where esports elite were able to mix and mingle in anticipation of the awards program, which was followed by a lively after-party.
On hand to help with presenting duties were: Richard Lewis (Director of Talent, ESP Gaming), Doug "Censor Martin (content creator and professional Call of Duty player), Sheila "Pterodactyl" Weidman (streamer & content director, Optic Gaming), Michele Morrow (host, producer and actress) and Overwatch League's Chris Puckett (deck host) and Christopher "Monte Cristo" Mykles (analyst).
Winners in each category are:
Best Social Experience
Infinite Esports & Entertainment for Houston Outlaws – Band Together
Best Brand Activation
ESL for ESL and Mercedes-Benz
Best License & Merchandising Activation
Red Bull for Red Bull Conquest
Brand of the Year
Dell/Alienware
Best Tech
ELEAGUE for Player Eye-Tracking for ELEAGUE's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive & Street Fighter Five
Best New Event Stream
Major League Soccer for for eMLS All-Star Challenge Presented by Wells Fargo
Esports-themed Program (non-competitive)
ELEAGUE for ELEAGUE The Challenger: Street Fighter Five
Best TV Broadcast
ESPN and Blizzard for Overwatch League Grand Finals
New Game of the Year
Epic Games for Fortnite: Battle Royale
Venue of the Year
Allied Esports for Esports Arena Las Vegas
Streamer of the Year
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins
New Esports Competition – Single Tournament
FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final 2018
New Esports Competition – Season or Series
Blizzard Entertainment for Overwatch League
Esports Competition - Single Tournament or Event
ELEAGUE for The E-League Major Boston
Esports Competition – Season or Series
Riot Games for League of Legends Championship Series
Ambassador Award for On-Air Personality of the Year
Blizzard Entertainment's Chris Puckett
Executive of the Year
Nate Nanzer from Blizzard Entertainment
Outstanding Collegiate Esports Team or Program
The University of California Irvine
Esports Team Organization of the Year
Team Liquid
In addition to celebrating the talented award finalists, the event spotlighted 12 honorees on The Tempest "Watch List." These are the game-changers on the forefront of the industry whose success and initiative ensure great potential and make them a must-watch group. This year's "Watch List Honorees" are:
- Jinhee Ahn Kim – UTU Ltd.
- Julian Castro – Obey Alliance
- Robert Del Papa – Tempo Storm
- Kristen Salvatore – Twitch
- Markel Lee – Infinite Esports & Entertainment
- Mike LaBelle – New York Red Bulls
- Kalie Moore – The Story Mob
- Nicola Piggott – The Story Mob
- Anna Rozwandowicz – The Story Mob
- Siefe – Turtle Beach
- Jonathan Spector – Blizzard Entertainment
- Zorine Te - Player 2
The evening also honored a special recognition of two esports legends, who were inducted into the Tempest Hall of Fame: Kevin Lin (Co-Founder of Twitch) who was presented by Twitch's Nathan Lindberg, and Hector Rodriguez (Founder of OpTic Gaming), who was presented by 100 Thieves Founder Matt "Nadeshot" Haag.
Click here to view the winners and mark your calendars for the Tempest Call-For-Entries, taking place in the Spring of 2019.
Access Intelligence, is a privately held, b-to-b media and information company headquartered in Rockville, MD, serving the marketing, media, PR, cable, healthcare management, defense, chemical engineering, satellite and aviation markets. Leading brands include PR News, Ad Exchanger, AdMonsters, Cynopsis, Cablefax, Folio:, Event Marketer, LeadsCon, Chief Marketer, Defense Daily Network, AviationToday, Studio Daily; Power, and Via Satellite. Market-leading conferences and trade shows include LeadsCon, AdMonsters OPS and Publisher Summits, The Folio: Show, Experiential Marketing Summit, SATELLITE 2018, OR Manager, LDC Gas Forums, Clean Gulf, and Electric Power.
Cynopsis and Cynopsis Sports, are read by more than 100,000 executives in sports and television in over 58 countries. Cynopsis eSports offers exclusive Q&As, expert data insights, the top business stories of the week, hot trailers and coming events in order to connect the dots for the gaming industry, brands, technology, media and audiences.
Chief Marketer's 200,000 annual readers and attendees come from all marketing functions and levels at consumer package goods & manufacturing, retail, media & entertainment, financial, business services, hi-tech, as well as travel & hospitality companies, and the agencies that serve them.
Event Marketer serves the information needs of strategic brand-side event marketers and agency executives across the spectrum of face-to-face marketing. EM's portfolio includes the flagship magazine, EM Buzz enewsletter, the annual Experiential Marketing Summit executive conference, the Ex Awards, the annual EventTech technology conference and Experience Design & Technology Awards and more.
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