From overlooked to undeniable

The founding

GAM starts life in May 2014 as Team Miracle and becomes Boba Marines by October. No sponsors, no spotlight, just a belief that Vietnam belonged.

First titles, a new name

Boba Marines win the 2015 VCS Summer Split, the first domestic title. In 2016 the team becomes GIGABYTE Marines, and the roster that would shock the world takes shape around a young jungler named Levi.

Vietnam arrives

An undefeated domestic run sends the team to MSI 2017, the first Vietnamese team ever at MSI. A first Worlds appearance follows the same year. The world learned to respect the team from Vietnam.

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GAM Esports is born

On June 14, 2018, the team takes the name it would make famous: GAM Esports. A VCS Summer title and a second trip to Worlds follow in 2019, and in 2020 GAM posts the best regular season in the league, 27 and 5.

The bet

On May 12, CMG.ASIA and NRG Esports form NRG Asia and acquire GAM, already a five-time VCS champion. TK Nguyen becomes CEO, Dru Nguyen COO. The roster stays intact. A new era begins.

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It's GAM TIME

SEA Games 31 gold, Vietnam's first ever League of Legends gold medal, with Levi as captain. Then, at Madison Square Garden, GAM stuns TOP Esports at Worlds. Two more VCS titles and a Prime Minister's Certificate of Merit cap the year.

In the locker room after the biggest night of our lives, a phrase was born that a generation would never stop saying. It's GAM TIME.

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Full ownership, national honors

NRG divests and TK takes full ownership. GAM wins both VCS titles and earns TikTok Vietnam's Best of Gaming. Its SEA Games roster and coach are named among Vietnam's first Esports Grandmasters, and Kiaya is honored as a WeChoice Z-Face.

GAM Entertainment

GAM Entertainment is formed: one house for the teams, the media and the movement. Two more VCS titles and a Worlds Swiss Stage Top 12, with a win over MAD Lions KOI, make GAM the biggest mover of Worlds 2024 on Riot's Global Power Rankings, the official ranking of every pro League of Legends team in the world.

Tier 1, record audiences

GAM becomes an LCP Partner Team, Vietnam's only Tier 1 organization, and record audiences follow across the season. Then Riot puts Vietnam in the anthem itself: captain Levi is featured in "Sacrifice," the official Worlds 2025 music video, with an Easter egg of GAM CEO TK Nguyen hidden near the end. For years, Vietnam watched the Worlds anthem. This year, Vietnam is in it.

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The world stage

GAM is named a Club Partner of the Esports World Cup, one of 40 clubs worldwide and the only one from Vietnam. In Paris, GAM goes 4-0 up on T1 in front of 800,000 viewers and beats Movistar KOI, with 30 Super Fans in the front row. Back home, a film with the Jabbawockeez, the world-famous dance crew, reaches 9.4 million views.

A medal for Vietnam

At the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, GAM's Kiaya and Taki, with GAM head coach Naul on the staff, join players from Team Secret Whale and MGN Vikings Esports as one Team Vietnam. They take bronze in League of Legends, one of Vietnam's first esports medals at the Asian Games. Rivals at home, one team for Vietnam.

Selected for the 2027 VCT

GAM Esports is selected as a partner team for the 2027 VALORANT Champions Tour (2027 VCT) season as a representative of Vietnam. For years, Vietnamese fans stayed up late to cheer for teams from somewhere else. From 2027, they have their own: GAM VALORANT.