This Friday, VALORANT was named the best esports game of the year at The Game Awards 2022. In a night that featured multiple award-winning games, players, and coaches, the Riot FPS Game defeated the other four finalists. The competition for the best esports game of the year had League Of Legends, CS:GO, Dota2, and Rocket League on the list, but the reward was awarded to the newest and youngest of these esports.
A VALORANT player also won the Best Esports Athlete category, Jaccob “yeah” Whiteaker. He stood out and beat out top competitors such as Finn “karrigan” Andersen, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev and Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok.
Here you can see the complete list of winners in esports related categories:
Best esports game
Rocket League (Psyonix)
Dota 2 (Valve)
VALORANT (Riot Games) – WINNER
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Best Esports Athlete
Jeong “ Chovy ” Ji-hoon
Finn “ karrigan ” Andersen
Oleksandr “ s1mple ” Kostyliev
Jacob “yay” Whiteaker – WINNER
Lee “ Faker ” Sang-hyeok
Best esports team
DarkZero Esports
Gen.G
Los Angeles Thieves
LOUD – WINNER
Best Esports Coach
Matheus “bzkA ” Tarasconi – WINNER
Robert “ RobbaN ” Dahlström
Go “ Score ” Dong-bin
Andrii “ B1ad3 ” Horodenskyi
Erik “ d00mbr0s ” Sandgren
Best esports event
VALORANT Champions 2022
Evolution 2022
League of Legends World Championship 2022 – WINNER
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
League Mid-Season Invitational 2022
