eSports Industry Awards 2016 Winners

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 17/06/2025

Yesterday evening (November 21st 2016), the eSports world had its sights set on awards galore as London played host to the 2016 eSports Industry Awards. David Hollingsworth recaps the evening.
With our very own editor Dom Sacco in attendance, I stayed at home watching the drama unfold on Twitch eating tomato soup with a fresh roll from my local bakery. I’m not bitter of course, I actually like tomato soup.
The awards themselves are a first for the eSports industry – and the event drew  a large crowd on Twitch, with 6,000 concurrent viewers at peak.
The event had 18 categories covering all aspect of the eSports landscape, from best console eSports title to the best journalist. The event was packed with top eSports talent and a host of celebrities from traditional sport and entertainment.
The event was hosted by Jason Bradbury, Julia Hardy and former Rugby player Martin Bayfield.

Credit: Julia Hardy on Twitter

eSports Industry Awards 2016 Winners

eSports Journalist of the Year – Richard Lewis

eSports Photographer of the Year – Robert Paul

Best eSports Coverage Website – The Score eSports

Best UK Player – Callum “Swanny” Swan

Best Hardware Provider of the Year – Scuf Gaming

New eSports Game of the Year – Overwatch

eSports Rookie of the Year – Amer “Miracle”al-Barqawi

eSports Broadcaster of the Year – Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat

eSport Live Event of the Year – The International 6 (DOTA 2)

eSports Team of the Year – EnVyUs (All Games)

eSports Commercial Partner of the Year – Monster Energy Gaming

Best Streaming Platform – Twitch

Console Player of the year – Seth “Scump” Abner

PC Player of the Year – Marcelo “Coldzera” David

eSports Publisher of the Year – Valve Corporation

Streamer of the Year – Michael ” Imaqtpie” Santana

eSports Game of the Year – CSGO

eSports Personality of the Year – Gabriel “Fallen” Toledo

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Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

In my seven years of esports writing, I've introduced esports coverage to newspapers, interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry, and driven viewers mad with the puns in my YouTube scripts. I'm most proud of the latter.

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