Disguised Toast, S8UL Esports, and Riot Games are among the finalists revealed live on stream by on-air talent Trevor “Quickshot” Henry and host Jasmine “Veracity” Kanuga.

• The summer ceremony, taking place at the end of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, August 24th, will focus on the Entertainment and Creative categories. The Esports Awards will have a second ceremony in London at the end of the year to give a spotlight to the Pro categories.
• The Esports Awards have partnered with the global gaming and esports festival, Esports World Cup, alongside sports and lifestyle brand Oakley to elevate the ceremony to new heights
• Voting is now open for the Riyadh ceremony finalists, register your vote at esportsawards.com/vote/
• You can register your interest to attend this year’s ceremony at esportsawards.com/register-interest/

The Esports Awards, the most prestigious night in the esports calendar, is excited to unveil the finalists for this year’s Riyadh ceremony. With voting now open for fifteen categories, including Esports Game of the Year, Streamer of the Year, and Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year, fans can expect the biggest ceremony yet. The main event, in partnership with the Esports World Cup, will conclude the tournament circuit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on August 24th.

The finalists were announced live across the Esports Awards broadcast platforms, including their Twitch.tv channel, presented by former LEC caster and seasoned on-air talent Trevor “Quickshot” Henry alongside esports host and interviewer Jasmine “Veracity” Kanuga.

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This year’s Esports Awards will see the return of fan and industry favourite activities, including the Lifetime Achievement Award award, which celebrates individuals who have dedicated their professional lives to improving the industry. The Esports Awards Village and the Red Carpet event will be back as well, which in 2023 featured a Razer-customised 2024 Lexus TX and the iconic Glambot, capturing and creating memorable moments for fans and attendees alike.

The full lineup of categories and finalists for the Esports Awards Riyadh are:

Entertainment

Streamer of the Year

• Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart
• Kai Cenat
• Ibai “Ibai” Llanos
• Cody “Clix” Conrod
• Darren “iShowSpeed” Watkins Jr.
• Case “CaseOh” Baker
• Félix “xQc” Lengyel
• Marc “Caedrel” Lamont
• Victor “Coringa” Augusto
• Alexandre “gAuLeS” Chiqueta
• Samantha “Rivers” Treviño

Esports Personality of the Year

• Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang
• Tarik “tarik” Çelik
• Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag
• Seth “scump” Abner
• Ibai “Ibai” Llanos
• James Banks
• Marc “Caedrel” Lamont
• Naman “Mortal” Sandeep Mathur
• Bruno “Nobru” Goes

Esports Content Group of the Year

• G2 Esports
• Offline TV
• Karmine Corp
• Sentinels
• Fnatic
• T1
• S8UL Esports

Esports Game of the Year

• Counter-Strike 2
• VALORANT
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Dota 2
• Apex Legends
• Rainbow Six Siege
• Rocket League
• PUBG Mobile

Mobile Esports Game of the Year

• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Brawl Stars
• Honor of Kings
• PUBG Mobile
• Call of Duty: Mobile
• Clash Royale
• Free Fire
• Pokémon UNITE

Industry

Esports Content & Coverage Platform of the Year

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• Liquipedia
• Esports Chart
• Dexerto
• HLTV
• Dot Esports
• Sports Business Journal
• Esports Insider

Esports Publisher of the Year

• Riot Games
• Valve
• Epic Games
• Microsoft Gaming
• Ubisoft
• Capcom
• EA
• Moonton

Esports Commercial Partner of the Year

• Red Bull
• Intel
• Logitech G
• Mastercard
• Razer
• Lenovo
• AT&T
• Adidas

Creative

Creative Team of the Year

• ESL FACEIT Group
• Riot Games
• BLAST
• 100 Thieves
• Flyquest
• LOUD
• NRG/Full Squad Gaming
• Sentinels
• Team Liquid
• Team Vitality
• G2 Esports

Esports Content of the Year

• GODS ft. NewJeans (뉴진스) (Official Music Video) | Worlds 2023 Anthem – League of Legends
• Think Like A Pro VALORANT Duelist | Know Your Role
• G2 Esports x Mastercard: Mastercard Gamer Academy Educational Content Series
• Manners maketh man | T1 x Ralph Lauren
• TEAM LIQUID x AURA & ECHO || HELLO INDONESIA & THE PHILIPPINES
• The 3 prodigies of Rocket League | Worlds 2023 documentary

Pro

Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year

• Danil “donk” Kryshkovets – Team Spirit
• Cauan “cauanzin” Pereira – LOUD
• Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak – Team Falcons
• Han “SangJoon” Sang-jun – REJECT WINNITY
• Pedro “swiftt” Gomes – Ninjas in Pajamas
• Daniel “Daniel” Piecenski – G2 Stride
• Wang “UMA” Yuan-hao – Street Fighter player
• Rayan “Sniper” Shoura – 100 Thieves

On-Air

Esports Analyst of the Year

• Emily Rand
• Mimi “aEvilcat” Wermcrantz
• Jacob “Pimp” Winneche
• Tyler “Tbates” Bates
• Mathieu “Maniac” Quiquerez
• Kevin “Purge” Godec
• The7WorldsGaming
• Léo “Alphama” Robine

Fans can also expect upcoming announcements around the beloved Lifetime Achievement award, which is celebrated at its own dedicated moment, alongside additional awards that will be announced live during the main ceremony this

August in Riyadh including:

• Breakthrough Game of the Year
• ONES TO WATCH
• Community Leader

“Year on year, I am amazed at the vast and incredible talent present in the esports industry. It’s an absolute honour to gather everyone across all aspects of the industry to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in esports and foster growth for the industry,” said Michael Ashford, CEO of the Esports Awards, “With the Esports Awards kicking off in Riyadh earlier this year, amidst a calendar brimming with incredible events, we wanted to make sure we give every achievement the spotlight it deserves. This is why for the first time this year we are hosting not one, but two ceremonies! Stay tuned for more details about the London ceremony later this year, where we’ll be shining an even brighter light on the Pro categories.”

This year, for the very first time, the Esports Awards has split its awarding ceremony into two separate events. The first ceremony will take place on August 24th as part of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the second ceremony will take place in London later this year. The second ceremony will feature a heavier focus on the Pro categories, picking up fan favourite awards such as Esports Player of the Year and Esports Team of the Year.

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Fans can stay tuned for more details around the Esports Awards London ceremony at: x

Fans can catch the finalist announcement live stream, and VOD, across Esports Awards official broadcast channels: X, Twitch and youtube.

The 2024 Esports Awards is brought to you in partnership with the Esports World Cup and Oakley. Find out more about the Esports Awards Riyadh at: esportsawards.com/

Global esports organisation Gen.G Esports has announced a partnership with LG U+. The partnership comes on the heels of the two companies’ first collaboration to celebrate the 2023 LoL World Championship. The two companies will work closely together to strengthen fandom and innovate the customer experience. As part of the partnership, Gen.G Esports’ League of Legends pro team will feature the LG U+’s logo on their jerseys during the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Summer season.

“We’re thrilled to be able to renew our partnership with LG U+ in such an innovative way. By leveraging all the data we’ve collected across our pro players and the thousands of students at the Gen.G Global Academy, we’re able to offer an even superior customer experience through our YOUR.GG data analytics platform to the millions of gamers that are customers of LG U+,” Arnold Hur, CEO of Gen.G Esports, said.

Through this partnership, the two companies will provide LG U+’s Uth members with a variety of members-only benefits, including a monthly subscription to Gen.G Crew and YOUR.GG player reports, to enrich their gaming experience.

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Fans will be able to interact directly with the League of Legends players who have led the teams to victory through the Gen.G Crew b.stage platform, as well as receive purchase tickets to fan zones at domestic fan meets and matches. Champion play analyses and player reports based on comparative data will also be provided through YOUR.GG, League of Legends data analytics service.

On June 20, DreamSmart and VSPO held the signing ceremony for their strategic cooperation in Shanghai. Su Jing, CEO of DreamSmart, and Ying Shuling, chairman of the board of directors of VSPO, signed the contract on behalf of the two parties.

The two parties signed a contract for extensive cooperation in the field of e-sports in the future. DreamSmart and VSPO will work together to promote e-sports among young people in a more in-depth manner through various dimensions such as brands and products. Su Jing, CEO of DreamSmart, said that VSPO is an e-sports company that stands for youth, passion, honour and dreams, while DreamSmart is a technology company that keeps boosting creativity through leading technology to provide young people with more personalized and leading high-end products. The brand concepts of the two companies are naturally compatible. DreamSmart will work with VSPO to explore the integration of intelligent travel and e-sports, so as to bring users a new experience. DreamSmart is willing to accompany every talented young person who dares to think and fight for a win to seek F.I.R.S.T in their minds – unbounded integration, endless competition, continuous innovation, teamwork, and continuous growth make champions.

E-sports is rapidly becoming a part of the lifestyle of contemporary young people. It is not only a popular topic in the field of culture and sports, but also represents an emerging industrial economy. As the world’s leading e-sports event operator, VSPO is committed to creating content and products that e-sports fans around the world love, and promoting e-sports to become a more influential new generation of sports and entertainment.

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Ying Shuling, chairman of the board of directors of VSPO, said: “Through this cooperation with VSPO, we will explore more possibilities of linking to the e-sports industry, so as to create more interesting, vivid and pleasing experience scenarios for e-sports fans and jointly promote the new development of e-sports integration.”

Through this cooperation, DreamSmart and VSPO will empower each other to open up a new arena with their rich resources and experience in the fields of intelligent travel and e-sports.

To show the first implementation result of this strategic cooperation, at the signing site, DreamSmart announced that it will sponsor the BLG League of Legends branch, while the BLG League of Legends branch will help DreamSmart and its subsidiary brands enhance their popularity among e-sports fans through IP licensing, fan activities, co-branded products, etc.

BLG (Bilibili Gaming) was founded in 2017 and has set up the League of Legends branch, the VALORANT branch and other branches. It has participated in many high-profile e-sports events around the world, including but not limited to the League of Legends World Championship and the League of Legends Mid-Season Championship. This year, it achieved great performance by becoming the champion in the Spring Season of the League of Legends Pro League and the runner-up in the 2024 Mid-Season Championship.

DreamSmart is a cross-sector platform for full-stack smart terminal technologies. Based on the concept of “smartphones + XR + smart EVs”, DreamSmart promotes the integration and synergy between the two industries of consumer electronics and automotive, aiming to build a global intelligent travel technology ecosystem. In the future, DreamSmart will launch the first intelligent electric vehicle product based on the new product customization ecology derived from e-sports, and join hands with VSPO to continue to innovate in the field of intelligent technology around the integration technology, design aesthetics, brand accumulation and product layout, and connect to young people more deeply to provide users with a multi-terminal, full-scenario and immersive integration experience.

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