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
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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