Tier One Entertainment Inc. is a Southeast Asian

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and

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-oriented

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. It maintains the

Blacklist International Blacklist International is a Southeast Asian esports organization under Tier One Entertainment. They manage competitive esports divisions in ''PUBG'', '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'', ''Garena Free Fire'', Call of Duty: Mobile , and collaborati ...

team.

History

Tier One Entertainment was founded in 2017 by Filipino cosplayer

Alodia Gosiengfiao Alodía Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao (born March 9, 1988) is a Filipina cosplayer, model, TV presenter, singer, vlogger, actress and co-founder of Tier One Entertainment. She is also known as ''Senpai Alodia of the Philippines''. As a celebrity ...

, esports player Tryke Gutierrez and entrepreneur Brian Lim. It had its launch on April 21, 2017. Registered in Singapore, Tier One was promoted as the Philippines' "first gaming and esports talent agency". The company would establish presence in other countries in Southeast Asia including

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, and Vietnam. Tier One launched its esports brand,

in 2020. The launch followed Tier One's absorption of Evos' ''

Mobile Legends ''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' is a mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed and published by Moonton, a subsidiary of ByteDance. Released in 2016, the game grew in popularity worldwide, most prominently in Southeast Asia, a ...

'' roster. In 2021, Tier One secured pre-Series A funding through the

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firm Gobi Partners. The company also entered a deal with Japanese internet firm KAYAC and the

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marking Tier One's expansion to Japan. In 2023, the team's eSports division Blacklist International's General Manager, Elrasec "Rada Scars" Ocampo departed from the team to "move on to the next chapter of my life." according to his post on Facebook. Furthermore, on November of the same year, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Alodia Gosiengfiao announced her departure from Tier One Entertainment. In a post on Facebook, Gosiengfiao cited that "It has become evident that our visions and values are not aligned." said the co-founder. The label followed with a letter of gratitude for Alodia, citing that "There is no reality where Tier One Entertainment would have reached the heights we have reached without you."

Esports

Tier One Entertainment through Blacklist International runs esports team competing in '' Call of Duty: Mobile'', ''

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'', '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'', ''

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'' and ''

Garena Free Fire ''Garena Free Fire'', also known as ''Free Fire (FF)'', is a Battle Royale game developed and published by Garena for Android and iOS. It became the most downloaded mobile game globally in 2019. , ''Free Fire'' had surpassed 150 million daily ...

''.

Talents

Tier One manages roughly more than 1,000 talents across its main brand and Amplify as of October 2021. Amplify is a

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collective brand. People affiliated with Tier One includes shoutcasters,

players, and

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. Project 4 is Tier One's four-member idol group which was established in 2021.

Media

In June 2021, Tier One launched ''The Gaming House'', a

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open to gaming streamers and content creators. Ten contestants would reside in the house dubbed as the Payamansion for a chance to become a Tier One talent. This reality series was aired via

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every weekends from August to December 2021.

References

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