The Game Awards 2020 ceremony is taking place tomorrow and Riot Games has quite a few nominations for its games. Both Valorant and League of Legends are nominated in different categories for the Game Awards. Here are all the nominees for the categories that relate to League of Legends.
Best Esports Game
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward/Raven Software/Activision
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve
- Fortnite – Epic Games
- League of Legends – Riot Games
- Valorant – Riot Games
Best Esports Athlete
- Ian “Crimsix” Porter (Dallas Empire, Call of Duty League)
- Heo “Showmaker” Su (Damwon Gaming, League of Legends)
- Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu (Damwon Gaming, League of Legends)
- Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro (Dallas Empire, Call of Duty League)
- Matthieu “ZywOo” Herbaut (Team Vitality, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best Esports Team
- Damwon Gaming (League of Legends)
- Dallas Empire (Call of Duty League)
- G2 Esports (League of Legends)
- San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League)
- Team Secret (Dota 2)
Best Esports Coach
- Danny “zonic” Sorensen (Astralis, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
- Dae-hee “Crusty” Park (San Francisco Shock, Overwatch League)
- Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
- Lee “Zefa” Jae-min (T1, League of Legends)
- Raymond “Rambo” Lussier (Dallas Empire, Call of Duty)
Best Esports Event
- BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
- Call of Duty League Championship 2020 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)
- IEM Katowice 2020 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
- 2020 League of Legends World Championship (League of Legends)
- 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals (Overwatch)
The Game Awards 2020 ceremony commences tomorrow at 11.30CET and will also feature announcements for upcoming and current video games so we might see some League of Legends in there too. We might also get to see more information about Riot Forge’s The Ruined King since its first trailer was first shown during last year’s ceremony. To watch the show, make sure to tune in to The Game Awards’ channels on Youtube, Twitch, Facebook Live, Steam, Oculus Venues, Tik Tok Live and LiveXLive.
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