The Esports Awards returned this month with a live gala ceremony in Arlington, Texas.
The awards are dedicated to showcasing top-class performance and innovation from the players, teams, media, hardware providers, games, events, and personalities within the scene. They recognise excellence, create a legacy and honour the industry, this year across 35 categories.
The Esports Awards 2021 winners:
- Apparel of the Year: 100 Thieves
- Content Creator of the Year: Ashley Kang
- Mobile Game of the Year: Free Fire
- Personality of the Year: Nobru
- Streamer of the Year: Ibai
- Broadcast/Production Team of the Year: Riot Games
- Commercial Partner of the Year: Intel
- Hardware Provider of the Year: Corsair
- Supporting Service of the Year: Discord
- Coverage Platform of the Year: The Esports Observer
- Game of the Year: Valorant
- Journalist of the Year: Kevin Hitt
- Publisher of the Year: Riot Games
- Content Series of the Year: Metagame Documentary
- Cosplay of the Year: Peyton Cosplay
- Creative of the Year: Thorsten Denk
- Creative Piece of the Year: No Clue, Adidas Partners with G2 Esports
- Creative Team of the Year: Alex Productions
- Video Production Team of the Year: G2 Esports
- Coach of the Year: Byung-chul ‘Moon’ Moon
- Controller Player of the Year: Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr
- Controller Rookie of the Year: Evan ‘M0nkey M00n’ Rogez
- Mobile Player of the Year: Zhu ‘paraboy’ Bocheng
- Organisation of the Year: 100 Thieves
- PC Player of the Year: Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev
- PC Rookie of the Year: Valeriy ‘B1T’ Vakhovskiy
- Team of the Year: Atlanta FaZe (CDL)
- Analyst of the Year: Marc Robert ‘Caedrel’ Lamont
- Colour Caster of the Year: Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill
- Host of the Year: Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere
- Play by Play Caster of the Year: Miles Ross
- Collegiate Program of the Year: Maryville University
- Collegiate Ambassador of the Year: Dr. Chris ‘Doc’ Haskell
- Panel’s Choice Award: Jas ‘Fizzi’ Laferriere
- Esports Photo of the Year: Eric Ananmalay
You can view the entire ceremony on Twitch.
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