ESports Awards, an annual event that brings together different accolades in the esports niche, has now agreed to prolong with EWC, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-based multi-title esports tournament event, for another three years. This makes it that the 2024 Esports Awards will take place on The 24th, of August in all EWC in Riyadh.
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When asked about the partnership in an interview, Michael Ashford, the CEO of Esports Awards, said that the show will co-host the events of 2024, 2025, and 2026 with the EWC “with the plan to have a long-term cooperation. ”introspective even for a short time, but Ashford stressed the importance of this partnership saying that EWC is expected to become the largest event in eSports and competitiveHe highlighted how they get a chance to associate themselves with an event and festival that embodies several of their ideals and propulsive a worldwide outreach which divides East from the West in a way that was previously impossible.
The Esports Awards were established in 2015, and they aim at recognizing talent as well as companies in the field in several categories including competition, content, and media. Thus, the partnership with the EWC is all about facilitating the Esports Awards growth with an enhanced awards. This includes the extended Lifetime Achievement mixer, Red Carpet Event as well as the reintroduction of Esports Village.
The Esports World Cup is a recently launched annual multi-title esports and gaming event in Saudi Arabia which this year includes 19 titles and features, overall, a prize pool of $60 million (~£47,Notable events include the Mobile Legends: Two of them are Bang Bang Mid Season Cup, and Dota 2 Riyadh Masters. First called by the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, the tournament is administered by the Esports World Cup foundation which was founded by the government.
Esports investment in Saudi Arabia has been criticized on merits based on the country’s track record on women’s rights, homosexuals, and democracy. According to some critics, these investments are referred to as ‘esportswashing. ‘ a way for the company to divert attention from its human rights abuses. Ashford insisted they would not be interfering with awards selection or the judging process, and that the Esports Awards will remain an “independently owned and operated entity. ” Speaking about the EWC, Ashford noted that the move will foster a fair representation of guests from the industry at its best while increasing club representation to its peak.
When asked if the partnership could discourage some companies and individuals from attending or accepting awards, Ashford responded: “People have the right to have the rights to accept and represent their win in the way they would prefer it – We always have allowed for a video acceptance of an award ᅳ We will be planning to hold a second event as a part of esport awards Riyadh happening in Q4 of 2024.
The ceremony planned for 2024 will mark the first time that Esports Awards will be held in Saudi Arabia with voting on Award Finalists set for June 27th. Throughout the recent months, several well-known figures and organizations of the esports scene expressed their concerns over the directions the Esports Awards is taking. Addressing potential backlash, Ashford stated: “The Esports Awards as being the global platform for recognition has a rather crucial role and importance in the emerged ecosystem over the eight years of succession The biggest value and idea is to be as global and as encompassing as possible We now have our initial shot at positioning ourselves in the place where both the East and the West markets are equalized as a global hub for esports.
Ashford wrapped up the talk by quoting what the Saudi Esports Federation (SEF) had to say about this and pointed out that numerous other events held in the kingdom in the past successfully ended without any problems or questions raised.
