The first round of finalists for the eSports Industry Awards 2016 can now be revealed. <\/p>\n
The initial set of finalists for the eSports Industry Awards 2016 \u2013 taking place Monday 21st November at the Brewery, London \u2013 have been announced.<\/p>\n
Hosted by games industry commentator and presenter Julia Hardy and the Gadget Show\u2019s Jason Bradbury, over 600 of the industry\u2019s leading figures will gather to celebrate achievements and network with each other \u2013 and the event will be streamed to the world live on the night.<\/p>\n
Finalists for the first round of categories are:<\/p>\n
Best eSports Coverage Website 2016<\/strong> HLTV.org<\/p>\n Dexerto<\/p>\n ESPN<\/p>\n PC Gamer<\/p>\n Aftonbladet E-sport<\/p>\n Yahoo Esports<\/p>\n Red Bull eSports<\/p>\n The Score eSports<\/p>\n The Daily Dot<\/p>\n Team Liquid<\/p>\n The eSports Observer<\/p>\n Slingshot eSports SteelSeries<\/p>\n BenQ<\/p>\n Creative<\/p>\n Logitech G<\/p>\n Plantronics Gaming<\/p>\n Astro Gaming<\/p>\n Scuf Gaming<\/p>\n AMD<\/p>\n Asus ROG<\/p>\n MSI<\/p>\n Razer<\/p>\n HyperX<\/p>\n Alienware<\/p>\n HP<\/p>\n Acer<\/p>\n Best Streaming Platform<\/strong> YouTube<\/p>\n Azubu<\/p>\n MLG.tv<\/p>\n Hitbox<\/p>\n eSports Commercial Partner of the Year Newegg<\/p>\n Intel<\/p>\n Turtle Beach Europe<\/p>\n AlphaDraft<\/p>\n HTC<\/p>\n Monster<\/p>\n DXRacer<\/p>\n Red Bull<\/p>\n Anheuser-Busch InBev<\/p>\n eSports Game of the Year<\/strong> League of Legends – Riot Games<\/p>\n Dota 2 – Valve<\/p>\n StarCraft II – Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n Call of Duty – Activision<\/p>\n Smite – Hi-Rez Studios<\/p>\n Halo – Microsoft<\/p>\n Heroes of the Storm – Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n Rocket League – Psyonix<\/p>\n Super Smash Bros – Nintendo<\/p>\n Street Fighter V – Capcom<\/p>\n eSports Journalist of the Year Duncan Shields<\/p>\n Jacob Wolf<\/p>\n Tyler Erzberger<\/p>\n Chris Higgins<\/p>\n Philippa Warr<\/p>\n Chris Thursten<\/p>\n eSports Photographer of the Year<\/strong> Stephanie Lindgren<\/p>\n Helena Kristiansson<\/p>\n Robert Paul<\/p>\n Adela Sznajder<\/p>\n eSports Publisher of the Year Activision<\/p>\n Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n Ubisoft<\/p>\n EA<\/p>\n Microsoft<\/p>\n Capcom<\/p>\n Nintendo<\/p>\n Sony Computer Entertainment<\/p>\n Codemasters<\/p>\n Psyonix<\/p>\n Riot Games<\/p>\n New eSports Game of the Year Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n Vainglory – Super Evil Megacorp<\/p>\n Street Fighter V – Capcom<\/p>\n FIFA 16<\/p>\n Streamer of the Year<\/p>\n Spencer FC<\/p>\n Steel<\/p>\n Lirik<\/p>\n Ali A<\/p>\n KSI<\/p>\n PhantomL0rd<\/p>\n Sodapoppin<\/p>\n Michael “Imaqtpie” Santana<\/p>\n These may be added to in the coming months as seasons and events unfold.<\/p>\n Finalists in the remaining categories – 2016 Broadcaster of the Year, Best Live Event 2016, Console Player of the Year, eSports Personality of the Year, eSports Rookie of the Year, eSports Team of the Year, PC Player of the Year, UK eSports Player of the Year \u2013 will be announced later in the year, to allow for later seasons and tournaments to play out. <\/p>\n An international 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, with some being open to public voting later in the year. More details on this will follow.<\/p>\n The eSports Industry Awards 2016 has already received the backing of Now TV, Twitch and Gfinity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first round of finalists for the eSports Industry Awards 2016 can now be revealed. The initial set of finalists for the eSports Industry Awards 2016 \u2013 taking place Monday 21st November at the Brewery, London \u2013 have been announced. Hosted by games industry commentator and presenter Julia Hardy and the Gadget Show\u2019s Jason Bradbury, … <\/p>\n
\nGosuGamers<\/p>\n
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\nBest Hardware Provider<\/strong>
\nIntel<\/p>\n
\nTwitch<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>G2A<\/p>\n
\nCS:GO – Valve<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Richard Lewis<\/p>\n
\nJoe Brady<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Valve Corporation<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Rocket League – Psyonix<\/p>\n