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id=\"h-full-list-of-the-nominees-for-each-category-at-the-esports-awards-2025\">Full list of the nominees for each category at the Esports Awards 2025:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports Game of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Apex Legends<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Counter-Strike 2<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">DOTA 2<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Fortnite<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Honor of Kings<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">League of Legends<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Mobile Legends: Bang Bang<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Pokemon Unite<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">PUBG Mobile<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Valorant<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports Mobile Game of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Brawl Stars<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Call of Duty Mobile<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Free Fire<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Honor of Kings<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Mobile Legends: Bang Bang<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">PUBG Mobile<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"game\">Pokemon Unite<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports Personality of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Animesh \u201cThug\u201d Agarwal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corentin \u201cGotaga\u201d Houssein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dan \u201capEX\u201d Madesclaire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ibai \u201cIbai\u201d Llanos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeremy \u201cDisguised Toast\u201d Wang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marc \u201cCaedrel\u201d Robert Lamont<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew \u201cNadeshot\u201d Haag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mossad \u201cMsdossary\u201d Aldossary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seth \u201cScump\u201d Abner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamel \u201cKameto\u201d Kebir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Streamer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Case \u201cCaseOh\u201d Baker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Darren \u201ciShowSpeed\u201d Watkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily \u201cExtraEmily\u201d Zhang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ibai \u201cIbai\u201d Llanos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kai\u201dKai Cenat\u201d Carlo Cenat III<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marc \u201cCaedrel\u201d Robert Lamont<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark \u201cohnePixel\u201d Zimmermann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morgan \u201cAngryGinge\u201d Burtwistle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nick \u201cLacy\u201d Fosco<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicholas \u201cJynxzi\u201d Stewart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Payal \u201cPayal Gaming\u201d Dhare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports Content Group of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fnatic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gentle Mates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Godlike<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karmine Corp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>S8UL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sentinels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Heretics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Liquid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports Content Creator of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alexandre \u201cgAuLeS\u201d Borba Chiqueta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arran \u201cTacticalRab\u201d Francis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cody \u201cClix\u201d Conrod<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donato \u201cTheDonato\u201d Mu\u00f1oz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jack \u201cNiceWigg\u201d Martin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan \u201cJONATHAN GAMING\u201d Amaral<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marc \u201cCaedrel\u201d Robert Lamont<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark \u201cohnePixel\u201d Zimmermann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicholas \u201cJynxzi\u201d Stewart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raj \u201cSnax\u201d Varma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tarik \u201ctarik\u201d Celik<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas \u201cZooMaa\u201d Paparatto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports Breakthrough Player of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brock \u201cbrawk\u201d Somerhalder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Derek \u201cBlaz\u201d Blaz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jann \u201cKirk\u201d Kirk Solcruz Gutierrez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kajetan \u201ckaajak\u201d Haremski<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mason \u201cMercules\u201d Ramsey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meng \u201cDaShuai\u201d Jiajun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rasyah \u201cRasyah\u201d Rasyid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rudy \u201cSkewMond\u201d Semaan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samy \u201cdralii\u201d Hajji<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sodbayar \u201cTechno4K\u201d Munkhbold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zack \u201cStompn\u201d Lamb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AG Super Play \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">Honor of Kings<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Furia \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">Rainbow Six Siege<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gen.G \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">League of Legends<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karmine Corp \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">Rocket League<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LA Thieves \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">Call of Duty<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NRG \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">Valorant<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OpTic Texas \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">Call of Duty<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Falcons \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">DOTA<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Falcons \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">Rocket League<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Vitality \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">Counter-Strike 2<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Vitality \u2013 <strong class=\"game\">MLBB Women<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports PC Player of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brock \u201cbrawk\u201d Somerhalder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danil \u201cdonk\u201d Kryshkovets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jason \u201cf0rsakeN\u201d Susanto<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeong \u201cChovy\u201d Ji-hoon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeong \u201cStalk3r\u201d Hak-yong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jo\u00e3o \u201cJv92\u201d Vitor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mathieu \u201cZywOo\u201d Herbaut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew \u201cWhitemon\u201d Filemon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stanislav \u201cMalr1ne\u201d Potorak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esports Controller Player of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anders \u201cVejrgang\u201d Vejrgang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goichi \u201cGO1\u201d Kishida<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lim \u201cUlsan\u201d Soo-hoon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mason \u201cMercules\u201d Ramsey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miron \u201cEffect\u201d Novikov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samy \u201cdralii\u201d Hajji<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas \u201cScrap\u201d Ernst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wyatt \u201cLastShot\u201d Gowan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yazeed Abdullah \u201cKiileerrz\u201d Bakhashwin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zeng \u201cXiao Hai\u201d 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