S8UL Esports has delivered a landmark moment at the Esports Awards 2025 in Las Vegas. The organisation celebrated a remarkable double win, lifting the Esports Content Group of the Year award for the fourth time, while Co-Founder Animesh “8Bit Thug” Agarwal was honoured as Esports Personality of the Year. The S8UL emerged as the first and only Indian organisation to win two separate titles at the Esports Awards.
S8UL makes history at Esports Awards 2025, becomes first Indian organisation to win two major awards
S8UL won two awards at The Esports Awards 2025. The organisation's double win comes during a remarkable season in which the organisation also competed at the Esports World Cup. Winning Content Group of the Year again, in a category stacked with giants like T1, Sentinels, Team Liquid, and Fnatic.
This year also marked a proud moment for
Indian creators who featured among some of the world’s most competitive categories. Payal Dhare, widely known as Payal Gaming, was nominated for Streamer of the Year. Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr ultimately won the award. Snax also continued to represent India’s creator and competitive community across the year, contributing to S8UL’s global presence including its run at the Esports World Cup, where the organisation competed in some of the most challenging lineups internationally.
Raj Varma carried the Indian flag into the Esports Content Creator of the Year category, nominated alongside Marc “Caedrel” Lamont, Cody “Clix” Conrod, Alexandre “gAuLeS” Borba, Tarik “Tarik” Celik, Jack “NiceWigg” Martin, and Mark “Ohnepixel” Zimmermann. The award went to Nicholas “Jynxzi” Stewart, yet Raj’s nomination underscored the rise of Indian storytellers who are now being recognised at the highest level of global esports entertainment.
If you are a well-wisher of Indian Gaming, its the time to rejoice: Animesh Agarwal
Animesh “8Bit Thug” Agarwal, Co-Founder, S8UL, said, "This year’s esports awards nominations were already huge for us. Back to back nominations told us we were doing something right. But winning Content Group of the year, for the fourth time running, its just wild. Lets take a moment to celebrate the huge moment that it is! And ‘Esports Personality of the year’, that really is a shared victory! The nights our fans have spent watching us, cheering us and all the votes they cast, together we’ve made this happen. Honestly, if you are a well-wisher of Indian Gaming, its the time to rejoice. Seeing Indian Gaming here, its big. I always knew this can happen, but its surreal when it did. Going back home with so much more determination! "
