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:   

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Esports Breakthrough Game of the Year

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds

H1Z1

Vainglory

Quake Champions

Rainbow Six Siege

Paragon

Injustice 2

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Esports Commercial Partner of the Year

Monster

Gillette

SteelSeries

OMEN by HP

Intel Corsair

ASUS

Scuf Gaming

GFuel

Logitech

Arby’s

ASTRO Gaming

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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

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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

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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

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Esports Photographer of the Year

Rob Paul

Helena Kristiansson

Patrick Strack

Joe Brady

João Ferreira

Adela Sznajder

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Esports Publisher of the Year

Blizzard Entertainment

Valve Corporation

Riot Games

Ubisoft

Super Evil Megacorp

Nintendo

Activision

Psyonix

The Coalition

343 Industries

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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

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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

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Streaming Platform

Twitch

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

Smashcast

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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.