Esports Game of the Year 2024 nomination at the video game industry's biggest awards show, The Game Awards, will be one of the most exciting nominations to watch at this year's The Game Awards.

It will be a tight competition between the 5 best esports games in 2024, namely Counter Strike-2 (CS2), Dota2, League of Legends (LoL), Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), and Valorant.

But who is the most deserving Esports Game of the Year 2024 nominee among these five games? Let's take a closer look!

Facts on the Esports Game of the Year 2024 Nominees

Mobile Legends is the Only Mobile Game Nominated

MLBB is the only mobile game nominated for Esports Game of the Year 2024 at The Game Awards among 4 other games. This makes MLBB have to compete with 4 other PC games which of course have different market segmentations.

Given the huge mobile game market, and as the only game in this nomination, of course MLBB will be much more favored in terms of popularity. Where, according to Esports Charts data, this game made by Moonton recorded 4,008,662 peak viewers throughout 2024, below League of Legends.

The fact of being the only mobile game in this nomination was also faced by PUBG Mobile at The Game Awards last year. But unfortunately, PUBG Mobile failed to win this nomination from Valorant.

2 Riot Games and 2 Valve Games

Yep, the nomination for Esports Game of the Year at The Game Awards this time is again filled with 2 games from Riot Games and 2 from Valve like last year. This position makes the two big esports game developers have to see their games compete with each other.

Although their games have always been nominated since 2020, along with CS:GO and Dota2, Valve has so far not managed to bring their development games to win a single Esports Game of the Year title at The Game Awards.

Always Won by Riot Games

The Game Awards has been held for the fifth time this year. Since its inception in 2020, Riot Games has managed to have their games win the nomination 4 times in a row, namely League of Legends (2020 and 2021) and Valorant (2022 and 2023).

If the winner of the 2024 Esports Game of the Year Nomination is not one of Riot's games, then this season's The Game Awards will make history with a new winner from Valve games or even Mobile Legends as the first mobile game to win it.

The Development of the International Esports Competition Scene

Mobile Legends' presence in this category will be a scourge for PC games like Dota2 or League of Legends. That's because Mobile Legends has expanded their esports scene to various regions around the world.

The game has even been included in international esports events such as IESF, EWC, and others, even in the male and female categories. And it has invited major esports teams like Team Liquid, Fnatic, Team Falcons, Vitality, and others, to acquire MLBB teams as one of their divisions.

On the other hand, League of Legends has captured the attention of the esports community around the world throughout 2024. Most notably, Worlds 2024 was the culmination of this year's LoL championships.

Who would have thought that Worlds 2024 would make history by breaking the world record for the most-watched game. Esports Chart data recorded that the match between Bilibili Gaming and T1 reached 6,941,610 viewers.

Will this year's Esports Game of the Year be won by Riot games again? Or will Valve and MLBB surprise us? Don't forget to follow DuniaGames on Facebook and Instagram. Get more interesting info from Dunia Games by downloading the Dunia Games app on the Play Store!