Riot Games has been named the Esports Publisher of the Year at the 2025 Esports Awards, recognizing the studio’s continued impact on competitive gaming.
The Esports Awards 2025, which concluded on November 20, 2025, featured major honors across multiple categories in the world of esports. Alongside securing the Esports Publisher of the Year award, Riot also secured the Esports Game of the Year award with its flagship MOBA, League of Legends.
For the uninitiated, Riot Games is the studio behind Valorant and League of Legends, two of the biggest modern-day esports juggernauts. The company has also developed several other popular titles, including Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and the newly released fighting game 2XKO.
Esports Publisher of the Year 2025 Nominees & Winner
Here’s a list of all the nominees for the Esports Publisher of the Year award this year:
- Valve
- Krafton
- Level Infinity
- Epic Games
- Moonton
- Microsoft
- NetEase Games
- EA
- Riot Games (winner)
This marks the seventh consecutive year that Riot Games has won the title of Esports Publisher of the Year in the Esports Awards. The last company to claim the award before Riot’s streak was Blizzard Entertainment, which secured the award in 2018.