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Video Game Awards: Trending Gamer


The Video Game Awards was an annual event to celebrate everything that’s happen in the industry in 2016. Video games that are nominated are voted by the judges, and Fans can vote for best esports player, team, and game. They can also vote for Trending gamer (which is the focus in this article), Best fan creation, and most anticipated game. The Game Awards will air on December 1, 2016 and will be on every streaming device as it’s to be said the “largest distributed digital event in history.”

But were here to talk about the faces of the gaming community. The Trending gamer. This award is for streamers/influencer/media member who has made an important impact in the gaming industry in 2016. Let’s look at the nominees.

Boogie2988
A Youtuber/streamer with over 3.5 million subscribers. Boogie2988 talks about gaming news, reaction, and unboxings. This isn’t the only thing he does. He talks about what’s happening in the world, his personal life and so much more. He is enthusiastic with every video he post. He’s a guy with a big heart and wants to share with the viewers.

 

Jacksepticeye
Is a Youtuber that has a massive following of 13+ million subscribers. Jacksepticeye creates let’s play videos of the latest games. He has a knack of creativity. From watching his videos, he does great work with animation and music. That all plays together as he makes funny videos of moments in his gameplay. He has all the talent to make amazing videos and music.



LIRIK
Mainly a Twitch streamer with 1.5 million followers. He’s the person that streams every day for his viewers and informative about the game he’s playing. LIRIK has a charismatic attitude, even though we don’t see him on stream. Twitch is his main platform for streaming, in doing so he’s been to a couple of TwitchCons to meet with his fans and gamers alike.


AngryJoeShow
Angryjoeshow for me, is one of the longest video game reviewer on YouTube. And is doing well with 2.6 subscribers on YouTube and have a healthy following on Twitch. Joe has his own website with reviews, previews, and funny videos. Video games aren’t the sole focus for Joe. He also does reviews for comic books, movies, and other products. He is one of the funniest personalities on Youtube. The video game industry is a better place with the AngryJoeShow.


Danny O’Dwyer
A former Gamespot employee, now founder of NoClip. NoClip is funded by gamers and is a series of video game documentary. NoClip has only been with us for a couple of months and they already have a three-part video series of the birth of Rocket League. Now he’s working on a documentary on this year’s Doom and its development. As a former Gamespot member he has the connection to provide the information about the development behind the scenes.





These are our biggest contributer in the gaming industry. To vote for your faveriote “Treding Gamer” go to thegameawards.com, here you can vote under Fan’s Choice column. These group of gamers keeps the game industry thriving. After the awards, there will be a new group of gamers that will have the privliage to become “Trending Gamer”.

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