If you are in for the Oscars of Esports, then you might as well check this out! The finalists are out and you can help to decide who takes the trophy!
Featuring the top of esports players, teams, games, events, media and personalities, the Esports Industry Awards will be held on the 21th of November in the venue The Brewery located in the heart of London. All finalists have been nominated through public voting sessions, and a panel consisting of the industry’s respected professionals will determine the winners in the different categories. The event will be hosted by presenters Julia Hardy and Jason Bradbury.
The categories are the following:
- Esports Journalist of the Year
- Esports Photographer of the Year
- New Esports Game of the Year
- Best Esports Coverage Website 2016 (in which our site GosuGamers has been nominated)
- Best Hardware Provider
- Best Streaming Platform
- Esports Commercial Partner of the Year
- Esports Game of the Year
- Esports Publisher of the Year
- Streamer of the Year
- Broadcaster of the Year
- Rookie of the Year
- Console Player of the Year
- PC Player of the Year
- UK Esports Player of the Year
- Esports Personality of the Year
- Best Live Event of 2016
- Esports Team of the Year
The first three listed categories will be decided by public vote, which you can contribute to here. The voting closes at midnight on the 19th of November.
Overwatch has obviously been featured as New Esports Game of the Year. Since the official release in May this year, 20 million players have been registered in the Overwatch scene, with approximately 15 million active players. Next to the active player count, the competitive Overwatch scene has grown insanely fast. With already a $300,000 tournament, Overwatch will continue the way to reach the top of Esports games.
Surprisingly, no professional Overwatch player or team has been featured in one of the categories. Something to look forward to next year’s Esports Industry Awards for sure!
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