The esports Industry Awards 2016 finalists are in. Dota 2 has nominations in several of the categories including; esports Game of the year (Dota 2), Broadcaster of the Year (Capitalist/ODPixel), Rookie of the Year (Miracle-), PC Player of the Year (Miracle-/Faith), esports Personality of the Year (SirActionSlacks/Tobiwan), Best Live Event of 2016 (EPICENTER/Manila Major/TI6), esports Team of the Year (Team Secret/Wings Gaming/Evil Geniuses). Winners will be revealed at the esports Industry Awards on November 21st at The Brewery, London.
The esports Industry Awards 2016 finalists have been announced.
The 18 categories and nomination criteria were released back in March, with community members being encouraged to nominate their favorites as a nod of recognition of their work through the year.
The long list has been constructed through public nominations, and a judging panel consisting of respected professionals from a cross section of the eSports industry including ex-players, media and broadcasters will then determine the overall winners in each of the categories
Registrations and voting, except for three categories still open to the public (esports Journalist of the Year, Photographer of the Year and New esports Game of the Year) are officially closed. The winners will be announced at the esports Industry Awards on November 21st at The Brewery, London. Tickets sales are already over.
The event is aimed at recognizing international esports business, performance, teams, media, providers, games, events, and personalities. It will be hosted by games industry commentator and presenter Julia Hardy and Jason Bradbury of the “Gadget Show”. Over 600 industry leaders will attend the event which will be be streamed live.
esports Industry Awards 2016 finalists
eSports Journalist of the Year (public vote still open)
Richard Lewis
Duncan Shields
Jacob Wolff
Tyler Fionne Erzberger
Chris Higgins
Pip Warr
Chris Thursten
Stephen Wen-ji Chiu
eSports Photographer of the Year (public vote still open)
Joe Brady
Stephanie “Vexanie” Lindgren
Helena Kristiansson
Robert Paul
Adela Sznajder
New eSports Game of the Year (public vote still open)
Rocket League – Psyonix
Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
Vainglory – Super Evil Megacorp
Street Fighter V – Capcom
FIFA 16 – EA
Call of Duty Black Ops 3 – Activision
Best eSports Coverage Website 2016
GosuGamers
HLTV.org
Dexerto
ESPN
PC Gamer
Aftonbladet E-sport
Yahoo Esports
Red Bull eSports
The Score eSports
The Daily Dot
Team Liquid
The eSports Observer
Slingshot eSports
Best Hardware Provider
Intel
SteelSeries
BenQ
Creative
Logitech G
Plantronics Gaming
Astro Gaming
Scuf Gaming
AMD
Asus ROG
MSI
Razer
HyperX
Alienware
HP
Acer
Best Streaming Platform
Twitch
YouTube
Azubu
MLG.tv
Hitbox
Facebook
Twitter
eSports Commercial Partner of the Year
G2A
Newegg
Intel
Turtle Beach Europe
AlphaDraft
HTC
Monster
DXRacer
Red Bull
Anheuser-Busch InBev
eSports Game of the Year
CS:GO – Valve
League of Legends – Riot Games
Dota 2 – Valve
StarCraft II – Blizzard Entertainment
Call of Duty – Activision
Smite – Hi-Rez Studios
Halo – Microsoft
Heroes of the Storm – Blizzard Entertainment
Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
Rocket League – Psyonix
Super Smash Bros – Nintendo
StreetFighter V – Capcom
Hearthstone – Blizzard Entertainment
eSports Publisher of the Year
Valve Corporation
Activision
Blizzard Entertainment
Ubisoft
EA
Microsoft
Capcom
Nintendo
Sony Computer Entertainment Codemasters
Psyonix
Riot Games
Streamer of the Year
Spencer Owen
Josh “Steel” Nissen
Saqib “Lirik” Zahid
Alistair “Ali-A” Aiken
Olajide “JJ” Olatunji (KSI)
Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris
Michael “Imaqtpie” Santana
Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar
Broadcaster of the Year
Anders Blume (CSGO)
Rivington Bisland III (LOL)
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere (LOL)
Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski
Alex ‘machine’ Richardson (CSGO, CoD)
Owen “ODPixel” Davis
Austin “Capitalist” Walsh
Josh “Jatt” Leesman
Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner
Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles
Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat
Rookie of the Year
Luka “PerkZ” Perković (G2)
Chres “Sencux” Laursen (Splyce)
Amer “Miracle-” al-Barqawi
Glenn “Hybrid” Doornenbal (G2)
Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett (Team Liquid)
Console Player of the Year
Spencer ‘Gorilla’ Ealing (FIFA)
Sean Allen (FIFA)
Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios (Smash)
Mathew “Royal2” Fiorante (Halo)
Natan “Mister Crimson” Massol (SF)
Ian “Crimsix” Porter
Adam “Armanda” Lindgren (Smash Melee)
Justin Wong (Street Fighter)
HungryBox (Smash)
Mohamed Al-Bacha (FIFA)
Scump (COD)
PC Player of the Year
Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer (CSGO)
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (LOL)
Marcelo “coldzera” David (CSGO)
Thijs “Thijs” Molendijk (HS)
Amer “Miracle” al-Barqawi (DOTA)
Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács (CSGO)
Nikola “NiKo” Kovač (CSGO)
Song “Smeb” Kyung-ho (LOL)
Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong (LOL)
Zhang “Faith_bian” Ruida (DOTA)
UK eSports Player of the Year
James “Bakery” Baker (HotS)
Raymond “kaSing” Tsang (LOL)
Simon “fredy122” Payne (LOL)
Sean Allen (FIFA)
Joshua “Snitch” Bennett (HotS)
Callum “Swanny” Swan (CoD)
Ryan Hart (SF)
Benjamin “Problem X” Simon (SF)
Will “Buk57” Buck (Halo)
Alex “Buk20” Buck (Halo)
eSports Personality of the Year
Duncan “Thorrin” Shields
Patrik “Carn” Sattermon
Ian “Crimsix” Porter
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner
Gabriel “Fallen” Toledo
Tobi “Tobiwan” Dawson
Best Live Event of 2016
MLG Columbus
Epicenter
IEM Katowice World Finals
ESL One Cologne
Mid Season Invitational
Eleague Season 1
Dreamhack Austin
The Manila Major
The International 6 (August)
Evo 2016
Blizzcon (2015)
CoD World League 2016
eSports Team of the Year
fnatic (CSGO)
SK Telekom T1 (LOL)
Team Secret (DOTA)
MVP Black (HotS)
TSM (LOL)
Optic (COD)
Evil Geniuses (DOTA)
Team Liquid (All games)
Luminosity (CSGO)
Natus Vincere (CSGO)
Wings Gaming (DOTA2)
EnvyUs (All Games)
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