League of Legends was a force to be reckoned with once more at this years Game Awards after winning Best Esports Game and Best Esports Event, while G2 Esports’ LoL team and Worlds caster Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere also won awards.
Elsewhere, other big names in esports walked away with awards, such as Fortnite World Cup winner Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf and Astralis’ CS:GO coach Danny ‘Zonic’ Sorensen. In the hotly contested Content Creator of the Year award, Mixer star Michael ‘Shroud’ Grzesiek fought off the likes of Jack ‘CouRage’ Dunlop, and Ben ‘DrLupo’ Lupo to win the trophy.
While League of Legends was crowned the best esports game, battle royale titles Fortnite and Apex Legends still managed to take home awards. Fortnite scooped the prize for Ongoing Game of the Year, while Apex Legends was awarded Multiplayer Game of the Year ahead of the likes of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Here is the full list of winners from the competitive gaming and streaming categories at last night’s awards.
- CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Shroud - ESPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Bugha (Sentinels, Fortnite) - ESPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
G2 Esports (League of Legends) - ESPORTS COACH OF THE YEAR
Zonic (Astralis, CS:GO) - ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR
League of Legends - ESPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR
League of Legends World Championship - ESPORTS HOST OF THE YEAR
Sjokz - ONGOING GAME OF THE YEAR
Fortnite - MULTIPLAYER GAME OF THE YEAR
Apex Legends - MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR
Call of Duty: Mobile
