The NowTV Esports Industry Awards nominations were split into two group stages. Stage one is the industry side, encompassing the awards focused around providers in esports whether this is live coverage of events, the latest news or the tools to enable the players to play the game. Stage two is for our player based awards. Group 1 Industry nominations opened in April and were a great success having received over 10,000 nominations.
The nominations have been verified, counted, and compiled into a shortlist of worthy finalists. We see the return of some familiar faces looking to get their hands on a NowTV Esports Industry Award. We also see many newcomers looking for their first taste of real recognition for their commitment to the industry. One thing is for certain, this year’s NowTV Esports Industry Awards will be monumental. The level of competition this year could not be higher and we are immensely grateful to everybody who took the time to nominate for this year’s NowTV Esports Industry Awards. Your finalists for the 2017 NowTV Esports Industry Awards are:
Esports Breakthrough Game of the Year
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
H1Z1
Vainglory
Quake Champions
Rainbow Six Siege
Paragon
Injustice 2
Esports Commercial Partner of the Year
Monster
Gillette
SteelSeries
OMEN by HP
Intel Corsair
ASUS
Scuf Gaming
GFuel
Logitech
Arby’s
ASTRO Gaming
Esports Coverage Website of the Year
HLTV
Team Liquid
theScore esports
DOTEsports
Red Bull eSports
Dexerto
The Esports Observer
GosuGamers
ESPN Esports
PVPLive
Slingshot Esports
Esports Game of the Year
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
League of Legends
Dota 2
Rocket League
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Street Fighter V
EASPORTSFIFA
Overwatch
Esports Journalist of the Year
Richard Lewis
Duncan “Thorin” Shields
Ollie Ring
Aaron Mickunas
Jacob Wolf
Michael Kent
Kelsey Moser
Tyler “FionnOnFire” Erzberger
Tomi “lurppis” Kovane
Steven “stuchiu” Chiu
TravisGafford
Esports Photographer of the Year
Rob Paul
Helena Kristiansson
Patrick Strack
Joe Brady
João Ferreira
Adela Sznajder
Esports Publisher of the Year
Blizzard Entertainment
Valve Corporation
Riot Games
Ubisoft
Super Evil Megacorp
Nintendo
Activision
Psyonix
The Coalition
343 Industries
Esports Hardware Provider
Intel
HyperX
SteelSeries
Corsair
BenQ ZOWIE
DXRacer
ASUS
NVIDIA
Razer
OMEN by HP
Scuf Gaming
Turtle Beach Corporation
Elgato
AMD
ASTROGaming
GTOmega
Esports Videographer of the Year
Lewis Farley
Damian Estrada
Moritz “Moose” Zimmerman
Philipp “OnFirePhilian” Neubauer
Lucas Pasiut
Davis “Hitchariide” Edwards
Rhys Rasmussen
Tom “D1ablo” Newman
Max Olivo
Streamer of the Year
Adam “Loop” Bahriz
Michael “imaqtpie” Santana
Christopher “Sacriel” Ball
Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg
Joshua “steel” Nissan
Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar
Saqib “Lirik” Zahid
Dr Disrespect
Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris
Edwin “Castro_1021” Castro
Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino
Streaming Platform
Twitch
YouTube
Smashcast
So, there we have it – the finalists have been unveiled and their fate could be in your hands with the introduction of the 13th judge being the audience. This means that your vote could make all the difference in ensuring that your favourite finalists have their achievements recognised and immortalised in Esports history. In order to vote simply go to www.esportsindustryawards.com and press the vote button and the on screen instructions will guide you from there.
These finalists were nominated by you, the esports community, And in order for any finalist to lift an award at the 2017 NowTV Esports Industry Awards ceremony in November they will need your support and, most importantly, your vote. When you participate in the voting process you are eligible for a 30-day free trial on NowTV, giving you over 250 box sets of your favourite shows, a glorious catalogue of movies and access to coverage of the biggest sporting events.
