2024 Esports Awards Finalists Revealed

2024 Esports Awards nominees announced

The Esports Awards announced Thursday the finalists for this year’s 2024 Esports Awards ceremony being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 24. The 2024 Esports Awards is being sponsored by the Esports World Cup and Oakley.

The Esports Awards announced its partnership with the Saudi Arabian government-funded Esports World Cup last month to some pushback from the community (TEA shared its views on this topic publicly in this social media post).

The finalists were announced on Thursday during an Esports Awards broadcast hosted by former LEC caster Trevor “Quickshot” Henry and esports host and interviewer Jasmine “Veracity” Kanuga.

The Esports Awards noted that a second event will be held in London at the end of this year. Curiously, no journalism category was revealed, but it could be that this part of the awards will take place in London, due to the amount of negative feedback The Esports Awards received from journalists in July after its partnership announcement with the Esports World Cup.

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

• Liquipedia
• Esports Charts
• 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

The Esports World Cup is a multi-week, multi-discipline esports competition running from July 3 – Aug. 25, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, funded by a grant from the Saudi Arabian government, while competitions are being facilitated by ESL FACEIT Group, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Savvy Games Group. Savvy is owned by the Saudi government’s Public Investment Fund and its Chairman of the board is Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler HRH Crown Prince MBS. EFG is home to tournament organizer ESL, Esports Engine, competition platform FACEIT, and esports and gaming festival company DreamHack.