The 2025 Esports Awards wrapped up over the weekend, revealing which video games are on the prime of the esports ecosystem. Properly, in concept.
PUBG Cell was revealed because the Esports Cell Sport of the 12 months, beating Honor of Kings, Cell Legends: Bang Bang, Free Fireplace, Brawl Stars, Name of Obligation: Cell, and Pokemon: UNITE. I’ve to say, I discover this a bit stunning and it could present that the Esports Awards favors North American and European esports scenes.
Is PUBG Cell the most important cellular esport?
PUBG Cell isn’t any slouch, having held over 130 occasions in 2025. The height viewership this 12 months was over 1.3 million viewers, which reveals the sport’s progress and the fervour of the fanbase.
Nevertheless, this appears to disregard the accomplishments of different cellular esports titles that have been nominated. Honor of Kings, for instance, had the most important esports match in historical past in November 2025. The Kings Professional League Grand Finals in Beijing, China had over 62,000 followers attending in particular person. I assume it wasn’t acknowledged as a result of the sport is massive in China, probably not everywhere in the world.
In the meantime, PUBG Cell has been collaborating with nearly every part below the solar. Whether or not it is Sonic or Skibidi Rest room or Balenciaga, PUBG Cell will principally permit absolutely anything to infiltrate the sport. Whereas this has undoubtedly made the sport really feel low-cost, random, and silly to me (I miss when video games have been critical, gritty, actual, immersive…), I can see how this could have mass enchantment.
PUBG Cell is making an attempt to please audiences in a variety of areas. It is that reputation everywhere in the world that has made it worthy of the highest spot, whether or not we agree or not.
“It is an incredible honor to simply accept the Esports Cell Sport of the 12 months 2025 on behalf of the PUBG Cell workforce. We proceed to ship one of the best competitors to our pushed by the identical ardour we began since 2018,” mentioned James Yang, World Esports Director of Degree Infinite.
“Our greatest occasion, PMGC 2025, will start subsequent week on November twenty first, 2025. Please be part of us to the Grand Finals December twelfth to 14th, in Bangkok as a part of our PUBG United marketing campaign. Come watch, the thrilled matches and benefit from the nice prize.”
