Valorant wins best Esports game at The Game Awards 2022: All Esports awards and winners this year
The Game Awards 2022 is finally here. While the ultimate showdown for this year's end-of-year went live some time ago, the show just announced the winner for the best Esports game of 2022.
Competing against four more games, Valorant snatched the crown from League of Legends and became the best Esports game for 2022. The accolade was conferred based on tournaments featuring the title, the community support it has received, content updates, and more.
To learn more about the Valorant Esports scenario, read below.
Last year, League of Legends was the best Esports game in The Game Awards. With VCT (Valorant Champions Tour) becoming one of the biggest events in the Esports and FPS community, it was no surprise that Valorant took the crown and became the best Esports game this year.
Esports has been a large part of the world of gaming for a very long time. With Valorant gaining huge popularity within a year of its release, Riot games started hosting the official tournament circuit VCT in 2021.
Announced on December 10, 2021, VCT's second iteration was immediately one of the most popular global Esports events. Starting on August 31 and ending on September 19, the tournament had a massive prize pool of $1,000,000.
Here is a list of all the nominees that were part of the award for 2022.
Best Esports Game
The Game Awards have also announced the best Esports athlete for 2022. Here is who won it this year.
Best Esports Athlete
The next one's for the best Esports team this year. While they competed against some of the best sides in the world, LOUD's performance in the VCT 2022 was enough to nail their victory.
They were the champions of VCT 2022. Notably, this award also cements Valorant's influence in the world of Esports. Here is a list of
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