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THE ESPORTS AWARDS PRESENTED BY LEXUS NAMES RIOT GAMES, 100 THIEVES, AND DISCORD AS WINNERS
The Esports Awards presented by Lexus, the most prestigious night in the esports calendar, is excited to share the full list of winners from this year’s star-studded event which saw a return to a live ceremony after 735 days at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas. As the perfect backdrop to celebrate and honour the accomplishments of 2021, the Esports Awards played host to some of the biggest brands, organisations, and influencers from the esports industry and beyond.
Hosted by Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere, James ‘Dash’ Patterson, Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez, Soe Gschwind, Nyvi Estephan and Thom ‘F.’ Badinger, the Esports Awards provided an evening of excellence, celebration and prestige. Key moments from the evening included Lexus showcasing the Gamers’ IS, a one-of-a-kind vehicle designed by and for gamers, and digital appearances from Jürgen Klopp, Luke Combs and Steve Aoki. As well as this, money was raised across the event for Make-A-Wish, with the Truman Factory announcing they were donating $10,000 towards the great cause.
Amongst the biggest winners of the night was Riot Games, picking up awards for both Esports Broadcast/Production Team of The Year and Esports Publisher of The Year, with its FPS title VALORANT taking home Esports Game of The Year In Association With The Koyo Store. 100 Thieves was named winners for both Esports Apparel of The Year and Esports Organisation of The Year Presented by Lexus.
In the Pro and On-Air categories, Marc Robert “Caedrel” Lamont was named Esports Analyst of The Year, Zhu “paraboy” Bocheng took home the Esports Mobile Player of The Year Presented By Verizon trophy and recent PGL CS:GO Major winner Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev was named Esports PC Player of The Year.
The full list of Esports Awards presented by Lexus winners are:
ESPORTS APPAREL OF THE YEAR
- 100 Thieves – WINNER
- Team Liquid
- G2 Esports
- Cloud9
- FaZe Clan
- Ateyo
- Fnatic
- Spacestation Gaming
- Fallen Store
- Team Vitality
ESPORTS CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY ARLINGTON.ORG
- HECZ
- LS
- Ashley Kang – WINNER
- Thorin
- Macie Jay
- UpUpDownDown
- BananaSlamJamma (BSJ)
- Musty
- Sunless Khan
- iFerg
- Coconut Brah
- NadeKing
ESPORTS MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY VERIZON
- PUBG Mobile
- Free Fire – WINNER
- Brawl Stars
- Clash Royale
- LoL Wild Rift
- CoD Mobile
- Arena of Valor
- Mobile Legends
ESPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY COCA-COLA
- HECZ
- Ocelote
- Sjokz
- Nobru – WINNER
- Nadeshot
- FalleN
- Interro
- Perkz
- Goldenboy
- Baiano
- JohnnyBoi_i
STREAMER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY LEXUS
- Valkyrae
- XQC
- MortaL
- Ludwig
- Nickmercs
- TheGrefg
- LOUD Coringa
- Summit1G
- Dr Disrespect
- Ibai – WINNER
- Shroud
- CouRage
ESPORTS CONTENT SERIES OF THE YEAR
- The Process – OpTic Gaming
- G2 Voicecomms
- TSM: LEGENDS
- LORE // VALORANT
- Metagame Documentary – WINNER
- The Eavesdrop Podcast
- Fight for First: EXCEL ESPORTS
- DOTA: Dragon’s Blood
- Liquid Origins | Driven by Honda
ESPORTS COSPLAY OF THE YEAR
- Sneaky
- Glory Lamothe
- Peyton Cosplay – WINNER
- Willow Creative
- Kinpatsu Cosplay
- LittleJem
- Skydaddi
- FusRoFran
ESPORTS CREATIVE OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY ROLAND
- Thorsten Denk – WINNER
- LIQUID Enigma
- Aaron Create
- SesoHQ
- Euller Araujo
- Gabriel Ruiz
- Karina Ziminaite
- Caroline Parker-Stark
- Danny Lopez
- Robert Rogers
ESPORTS CREATIVE PIECE OF THE YEAR
- Introducing Team Liquid VALORANT
- FaZe Clan Enters Rocket League
- LEC Anime Teaser
- No Clue | adidas Partners with G2 Esports – WINNER
- Metagame Documentary
- LEC: Reckless with my heart
- Introducing Your LA THIEVES
- LPL Spring Split 2021 | Break The Silence
- Segue o Fluxo| Nobru and Cerol introduce the new LBFF Team
ESPORTS CREATIVE TEAM OF THE YEAR
- WePlay
- Paper Crowns
- AOE Creative
- 100 Thieves
- G2 Esports
- 1UP Studios
- StreamSpell
- Alex Productions – WINNER
- GETREKT Labs
ESPORTS VIDEO PRODUCTION TEAM OF THE YEAR
- G2 Esports – WINNER
- 100 Thieves
- TSM FTX
- YUNG ELDR
- OpTic Gaming
- 1UP Studios
- FaZe Clan
- Metagame Documentary Team
- LOUD
- Fluxo
ESPORTS BROADCAST/PRODUCTION TEAM OF THE YEAR
- Riot Games – WINNER
- ESL Gaming
- Nerd Street Gamers
- Psyonix
- Esports Engine
- Activision Blizzard
- Beyond the Summit
- BLAST Premier
- Garena
- FACEIT
ESPORTS COMMERCIAL PARTNER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY GRIND GAMING
- Intel – WINNER
- Red Bull
- BMW
- State Farm
- Logitech G
- Mountain Dew
- HyperX
- Alienware
- Verizon
- FTX
- Cash App
- KITKAT
ESPORTS COVERAGE PLATFORM OF THE YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH SIZZLE CREATIVE
- Dexerto
- The Esports Observer – WINNER
- Esports Insider
- Dot Esports
- HLTV.org
- Liquipedia
- Esportmaníacos
- Inven Global
- SiegeGG
- Upcomer
ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE KOYO STORE
- League of Legends
- VALORANT – WINNER
- Free Fire
- CS:GO
- Call of Duty
- Rocket League
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Dota 2
- PUBG Mobile
- Overwatch
ESPORTS HARDWARE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
- Logitech G
- Razer
- Elgato
- HyperX
- NVIDIA
- Intel
- AMD
- Alienware
- Secretlab
- Corsair – WINNER
- SteelSeries
- ASUS ROG
ESPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
- Jacob Wolf
- Richard Lewis
- Adam Fitch
- Ashley Kang
- FionnOnFire
- Kevin Hitt – WINNER
- Liz Richardson
- Wasif Ahmed
- Pablo ‘Bloop’ Suárez
- H.B. Duran
ESPORTS PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
- Riot Games – WINNER
- Tencent
- Garena
- Ubisoft
- Psyonix
- EA
- Activision Blizzard
- Epic Games
- Valve
ESPORTS SUPPORTING SERVICE OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY UNION HOME MORTGAGE
- ESG LAW
- Paper Crowns
- Aftershock Media Group
- Hitmarker
- Discord – WINNER
- The Story Mob
- ESEA
- Creative Artists Agency
- Character Select Agency
- Prodigy Agency
- Mobalytics
ESPORTS COLLEGIATE AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR
- Dr. Chris “Doc” Haskell – WINNER
- Adam Antor
- Chris Turner
- Ariane Lim
- Ryan Johnson
ESPORTS COLLEGIATE PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
- Northwood University
- Boise State University
- Maryville University – WINNER
- Grand Canyon University
- University of Hawai’i
- Buckeye Gaming Collective – Ohio State University
- Longhorn Gaming – University of Texas at Austin
- Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Illini Esports – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Winthrop University
ESPORTS ANALYST OF THE YEAR
- Anthony “NAMELESS” Wheeler
- Emily Rand
- Jacob “Pimp” Winneche
- Jess ‘JessGOAT’ Bolden
- Marc Robert “Caedrel” Lamont – WINNER
- Kyle “melonzz” Freedman
- Jonathan “Reinforce” Larsson
- Sean “sgares” Gares
- Jason “moses” O’Toole
ESPORTS COLOUR CASTER OF THE YEAR
- Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill – WINNER
- Mohan “launders” Govindasamy
- Michael “KiXSTAr” Stockley
- Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson
- Thomas “Chance” Ashworth
- Andrew “Vedius” Day
- Sam “Kobe” Hartman-Kenzler
- John “Johnnyboi_i” MacDonald
- Stephen “Sajam” Lyon
ESPORTS HOST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY ARLINGTON.ORG
- Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere – WINNER
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
- Soe Gschwind
- James “Dash” Patterson
- Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
- Ana Paula ‘Ana Xisdê’ Cardoso
- Loviel “Velly” Cardwell
- Tres “stunna” Saranthus
- Brody “Liefx” Moore
- Ghassan “MiloshTheMedic” Finge
- Caleb “WavePunk” Simmons
- Chris “Puckett” Puckett
ESPORTS PLAY BY PLAY CASTER OF THE YEAR
- Parker “Interro” Mackay
- Alex “Machine” Richardson
- Miles Ross – WINNER
- Trevor “Quickshot” Henry
- Clayton “CaptainFlowers” Raines
- Mitch “Uber” Leslie
- Callum “Shogun” Keir
- Owen “ODPixel” Davies
- Lauren “Pansy” Scott
- BrunoClash
ESPORTS COACH OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY EXPEDIA
- James “Crowder” Crowder
- James “Mac” MacCormack
- Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu
- Andrii “B1ad3” Gorodenskyi
- Dyjair “Mity” Soares
- Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun
- Arthur “TchubZ” Martins
- Emiliano “Sizz” Benny
- Andrey “Engh” Sholokhov
- Byung-chul “Moon” Moon – WINNER
- Mark “MarkyB” Bryceland
ESPORTS CONTROLLER PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCUF
- Chris “Simp” Lehr – WINNER
- Justin “jstn.” Morales
- Eric “Snip3down” Wrona
- Tyler “aBeZy” Pharris
- Joseph “Mang0” Marquez
- Evan “M0nkey M00n” Rogez
- Jack “JBM” Mascone
- Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
- Gavin “Tweek” Dempsey
- Victor “Fairy Peak!” Locquet
ESPORTS CONTROLLER ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCUF
- Jamie “Insight” Craven
- Evan “M0nkey M00n” Rogez – WINNER
- Raúl “DmentZa” Palazuelos
- Eli “Standy” Bentz
- Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez
- Marc “MaRc_By_8.” Domingo
- Andres “dreaz” Jordan
ESPORTS MOBILE PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY VERIZON
- Zhu “paraboy” Bocheng – WINNER
- Mohamed “Mohamed Light” Tarek
- Gabriel “Syaz” Vasconcelos
- Mustafa “SkYRiiKZz” Ibrahim
- Karl Gabriel “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno
- Jash “Learn” Shah
- Piyapon “TheCruz” Boonchuay
- Brian “Tectonic” Michel
- Lucas “LucasXGamer” Vinícius Batista Rocha
- Cauan “Cauan7” da Silva
ESPORTS ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY LEXUS
- LOUD
- 100 Thieves – WINNER
- G2 Esports
- Team Liquid
- FaZe Clan
- NRG
- TSM FTX
- Fnatic
- Cloud9
- T1
- Envy
- OverActive Media
ESPORTS PC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev – WINNER
- Luccas “Paluh” Vinicius Molina
- Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
- Heo “ShowMaker” Su
- Wang “Ame” Chunyu
- Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang
- Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov
- Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin
- Jae-Won “LIP” Lee
ESPORTS PC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY INDEED
- Kyle “Danny” Sakamaki
- Javier “Elyoya” Prades Batalla
- Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
- Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin
- Adam “Adam” Maanane
- Valeriy “B1T” Vakhovskiy – WINNER
- Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov
- Se-hyun “Pelican” Oh
- Robin “Robinsongz” Sung
ESPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH SECRETLAB
- Atlanta FaZe (CDL) – WINNER
- The General NRG (Rocket League)
- Natus Vincere (NAVI) (CS:GO)
- Ninjas in Pyjamas (Rainbow 6)
- DWG KIA (League of Legends)
- PSG.LGD (Dota 2)
- MAD Lions (LoL)
- Gambit Esports (VALORANT)
- Shanghai Dragons (Overwatch)
- Sentinels (VALORANT)
PANEL’S CHOICE AWARD
- Jas “Fizzi” Laferriere – WINNER
ESPORTS PHOTO OF THE YEAR
- Eric Ananmalay – WINNER
ESPORTS PLAY OF THE YEAR
- Virtue – WINNER
“As we conclude our sixth year I think it’s important to sit back and recognise just how far the esports industry has grown and the increased innovation and dedication we see year after year. I am so thrilled that we were able to return to a live event and give our winners the opportunity to be celebrated in true style. At the Esports Awards we pride ourselves on creating a lasting legacy and this year’s event has certainly been one for the history books,” said Michael Ashford, CEO, Esports Awards
North Star Network has acquired Um Dois Esportes, a sports coverage and analysis site created from the merger of Gazeta Do Povo and Tribuna do Paraná in 2020.
Julien Josset, co-founder of North Star Network, said: “Thank you to the team at GRPCOM for their faith in us to take the brand forward. Um Dois Esportes is an established and renowned site in Paraná State, and we’re excited about the challenge of developing this asset.
“We’re happy to maintain the collaboration with the existing editorial team, and look forward to working with them, bringing our unique NSN approach, to take UDE forward.”
NSN’s signing of Um Dois Esportes is the media house’s fourth acquisition of 2024, following the recent deals to purchase UK-based SportsMole and MrFixitsTips, as well as Chilean site AlAireLibre, which was announced in March.
The latest addition to the North Star media portfolio joins existing assets including Top Mercato, Afrik-Foot, and Vringe. The Paris-based company already oversees a significant Brazilian operation, delivering over 6 million sessions per month, from the likes of Trivela, Premier League Brasil and Lakers Brasil.
NSN will retain Curitiba-based journalists from the Um Dois Esportes legacy team to maintain the asset’s unique tone and popular coverage of the Paraná sports scene across site and social.
Rafael Mello, Director of GRPCOM, said: “We were surprised by the interest, and initially had no intention of selling Um Dois, but as the conversations evolved, we realised this was a serious group with good intentions. We were very happy to see our project being valued by a large international group and going global, demonstrating the quality of the content we produced.
“We’re also proud that North Star inherited our journalists, who are truly responsible for the success of the product we offer readers every day.”
Ukrainian esports team L&G won the Dragon EC Cup tournament, held on the 20th of April by Dragon Esports Club. Four teams competed in the tournament’s final: Lazer Cats, L&G, which received a direct invitation to the final stage, EsportsBattle, and ThunderFlash, which had open qualifiers. During the Grand Final, the L&G team competed with Lazer Cats on Mirage, Anubis, and Vertigo maps.
“This victory is a testament to the exceptional talent and commitment of our players, as well as the collective effort of our coaching staff and support personnel,” said Alona Shevtsova, founder of L&G Esports. “We are immensely proud of their accomplishments and grateful for the unwavering support of our fans.”
L&G is among the top 5 Ukrainian teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It was founded in 2021. The previous name was Leogaming, and it was created on the initiative of the famous Alona Shevtsova from the fintech sector.
The team began competing in top tournaments and almost immediately made it to the Advanced division of the ESEA League Europe competition. The team also participated in and took prizes in European tournaments such as the SCL League, WhiteBit Crypto Open, Phoenix League, and local competitions. The team players are marat2k, r0ublE, kr1vda, kL1o, OneUn1que, rji (coach).
The winners received a 50,000 UAH prize. Dragon Esports Club also prepared a 15-skin giveaway for the broadcast’s viewers.
It is worth mentioning that the L&G team created its merch items, which are available for order worldwide. To get more information about the team, visit the L&G Instagram page, Twitch, or Telegram Channel.
iCode, a premier coding and STEM learning program for kids, announced its latest addition to its program offerings: iSports, a one-of-a-kind esports program geared towards young gamers aged 8-13.
Starting the week of June 3, 2024, this innovative 12-week esports course will be offered across the entire iCode franchise and is dedicated to introducing students to the thrilling world of competitive gaming in a safe and secure environment. This season will revolve around the popular game Fortnite, which will feature a special iCode-only map within the platform.
“iSports will serve as a great summer activity for kids to get out of the house, but the overall goal is to foster personal development through the many dynamic skills competitive gaming requires. The iSports program places a strong emphasis on developing important life skills like sportsmanship, teamwork and strategic thinking. It will keep participants engaged and learning while school is out, and parents can rest assured knowing that their children are playing in a controlled environment,” Abid Abedi, founder and CEO of iCode, said.
Throughout the 12-week iSports season, participants will dedicate one hour per week to gameplay and skill development. All sessions are led and supervised by knowledgeable iCode coaches. Their administration along with the exclusive iCode-only map is specifically designed to provide a secure gaming experience with a safe, monitored environment. The program culminates in the opportunity to compete in a tournament-style championship to crown the best gamer across iCode national network.
iCode is partnering with MSI to supply an array of state-of-the-art gaming equipment including high-quality headsets and top-tier gaming computers equipped with speedy processors. Gamers will also have access to advanced gaming chairs for maximum efficiency and comfort. This setup will ensure that every participant enjoys a premium gaming experience, mirroring the standards of professional esports environments. In addition, MSI will provide prizes to the top iSports gamers, including one of their brand new Claw handheld gaming devices.
“MSI has been dedicated to cultivating gaming and esports for years with significant achievements. We’re thrilled and honored to partner with iCode to develop this community to another level,” David Chou, VP of Sales at MSI, said.
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