Decade Awards - Esports Awards Tenth Anniversary

🎙️ New Episode! This time @MorganTremaine sat down with @EEvisu to talk about his esports journey: One of the voices of the FGC, lifelong gamer and even some Yu-Gi-Oh #OriginsPodcast

⭐️ Rocket League Celebrating 10 years of soccar, the Rocket League Championship Series concluded its 2025 season this month in Lyon, France, in what turned out to be the most electrifying event in the competition's history. The competition has expanded with the addition of 1v1s

⭐️ Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Will it be award number 3 for MLBB for 'Mobile Esports Game of the Year'? With the highest reported peak viewership of 2025 through all esports titles, Moonton's title continues to expand its spotlight through several in-person tournaments at the EWC

⭐️ VALORANT Could Riot's more recent title go 5 (yes, FIVE) in a row in the 'Esports Game of the Year'? With two energetic Masters events in Bangkok and Toronto won by T1 and Paper Rex respectively, it's currently Championship Week in Paris with VALORANT aiming for another

⭐️ League of Legends Across land and sea, League of Legends continues to thrive within its global culture. Coming off a record-breaking 2024 Worlds in Paris at the adidas arena and the O2 in London, 2025 sets up for an epic conclusion in China after Gen.G's victory in Vancouver

⭐️ Dota 2 Does Valve's other prestige esports title have what it takes to win the 'Esports Game of the Year' award? The 2013 release has just come off its grand annual tournament in The International. With $2.8 million prize pool, the city of Hamburg, Germany witnessed Team

⭐️ Counter-Strike 2 As the era of CS2 has fully settled in, Valve's timeless title delivered yet another stupendous series of events across the globe. With over $20 million in prize pools distributed across the ecosystem, the passion across the Austin Major and IEM events has

Which game has stood out across esports this year for you? 🏆 We're taking a look at the potential titles that may be in the nominations across all 'Game of the Year' categories at the Esports Awards 🧵

🇺🇸 @Tbemercules - Call of Duty Talk about making an immediate impact. Having a breakthrough of a lifetime, Mercules joined @OpTic just a little under 4 months ago in his debut season within the CDL. Coming off a 3rd place finish in his debut Major with @TorontoUltra on loan, the

🇰🇷 @j1hu1V_chovy - League of Legends With the LCK reaching its conclusion and Worlds on the horizon, @GenG is powering through all the competition led by the mid-laner himself, Chovy. With two crucial wins at this year's Mid-Season Invitational and the Esports World Cup, Chovy

🇫🇷 @zywoo - Counter-Strike Can anyone stop The Chosen One and his hive? No one could for a few months of this year, as ZywOo and the crew ended up winning 7 consecutive tournaments they participated in between February and June. ZywOo has the 2nd-highest K/D ratio of 2025 - 1.41

🇷🇺 @donk1337 - Counter-Strike With the highest Rating in 2025 of 1.37, the 2024 HLTV Player and Rookie of the Year continues storming through the scene as the root of a new era in Counter-Strike. Last month's IEM Cologne triumph sets up an epic finale to 2025 with the Budapest

🇲🇦 @dralii897 - Rocket League After winning the 2024 Rocket League World Championship with @TeamBDS, the 17-year-old expanded on his résumé with @KarmineCorp by winning the Birmingham Major and the EWC. His future is now set with a blockbuster move to @FalconsEsport 🐐

Which player impressed you the most this year? ⭐️ We're taking a look at some potential contenders towards this year's iterations of the Player of the Year nominations at the Esports Awards! 🧵

#5 - @TundraEsports All of Tundra's success can be pointed towards their Dota team, finding the important Ws at two consecutive BLAST Slam events 🏆

#4 - @TeamLiquid Mobile gaming thrives for Team Liquid, as their MLBB team captured the gold during the EWC with MSC 2025. Outside of that, their Dota 2 team has won 2 seasons of PGL Wallachia back-to-back 📈

#3 - @FalconsEsport An all-around year for Team Falcons, gathering accomplishments across multiple titles. From becoming the first non-NA/EU team to win an RLCS Major, to coming out on top at the Overwatch Midseason Championship 🦅

#2 - @TeamVitality Carrying the flag of the golden hornets, Team Vitality's success in 2025 can be attributed towards their Counter-Strike roster. With $3 million accumulated by the org, 2.5 of it was by their CS2 squad 🐝

#1 - @Team__Spirit Surrounded by success in Dota 2 through EWC as well as Counter Strike in several events, the Russian esports organisation has accumulated a total of over $3 million in prize pool winnings this year 💪

In a busy calendar year for esports, let's check out some of the orgs that won the most prize money so far in 2025 (excluding the EWC Club Championship) 🧵