The International 6 picked up the top prize for “Esports Live Event of the Year” at last night’s first annual Esports Industry Awards ceremony, in London. Amer “Miracle-” al-Barqawi was given the nod as “Esports Rookie of the Year”, while Valve Corporation was honored in two categories: “Esports Publisher of the Year” and “Esports Game of the Year” (CS:GO).
Aimed at recognizing international esports businesses, performances, teams, media, providers, games, events, and personalities, the event was attended by over 600 industry leaders. The ceremony was hosted by games industry commentator and presenter Julia Hardy and Jason Bradbury of the “Gadget Show”.
The 18 categories and nomination criteria were released back in March.
Esports Industry Awards 2016 winners
Esports Industry Awards 2016 gala © eSportsIA
Esports Journalist of the Year (public vote)
- 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)
- Joe Brady
- Stephanie “Vexanie” Lindgren
- Helena Kristiansson
- Robert Paul ✓
- Adela Sznajder
New Esports Game of the Year (public vote)
- 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, 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
ReDeYe attending the Esports Industry Awards ceremony © ReDeYe
- Anders Blume (CS:GO)
- Rivington Bisland III (LoL)
- Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere (LoL)
- Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski
- Alex ‘machine’ Richardson (CS:GO, CoD)
- Owen “ODPixel” Davis (Dota 2)
- Austin “Capitalist” Walsh
- Josh “Jatt” Leesman
- Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner
- Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles
- Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat ✓
Esports 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 (CS:GO)
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (LoL)
- Marcelo “coldzera” David (CS:GO) ✓
- Thijs “Thijs” Molendijk (HS)
- Amer “Miracle” al-Barqawi (Dota 2)
- Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács (CS:GO)
- Nikola “NiKo” Kovač (CS:GO)
- Song “Smeb” Kyung-ho (LoL)
- Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong (LoL)
- Zhang “Faith_bian” Ruida (Dota 2)
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
Tobiwan attending the Esports Industry Awards gala
- Duncan “Thorrin” Shields
- Patrik “Carn” Sattermon
- Ian “Crimsix” Porter
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
- Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner
- Gabriel “Fallen” Toledo ✓
- Tobi “Tobiwan” Dawson
Esports 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 ✓
- Evo 2016
- Blizzcon (2015)
- CoD World League 2016
Esports Team of the Year
- Fnatic (CS:GO)
- SK Telekom T1 (LoL)
- Team Secret (Dota 2)
- MVP Black (HotS)
- TSM (LoL)
- Optic (CoD)
- Evil Geniuses (Dota 2)
- Team Liquid (All games)
- Luminosity (CS:GO)
- Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
- Wings Gaming (Dota 2)
- EnvyUs (All Games) ✓
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