eSports organizer Northern Enviornment has confirmed that its first-ever Annual Canadian Sport Awards will happen digitally on Friday, September 18th.
An in-person ceremony was initially set to take place in April in Toronto, however later shifted to a pre-recorded show due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quickly after, nonetheless, the new event was indefinitely postponed — till now.
2020 has been a whirlwind however we nonetheless wished to provide recognition to the Canadian gaming trade’s work in 2019. The first Annual Canadian Sport Awards goes digital this Friday, September 18th, 2020!
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— Canadian Sport Awards / Prix du jeu Canadien (@cgameawards) September 14, 2020
Canadians will be capable of tune into the present on September 18th via gaming network Squad State’s Twitch channel.
Because the title suggests, the Canadian Sport Awards will honour a wide range of AAA and indie titles that hail from Canadian builders.
The 5 video games up for Sport of the Yr are:
- Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the Necrodancer — developed by Vancouver-based Brace Your self
- Far Cry New Daybreak — developed by Quebec’s Ubisoft Montreal
- Gears 5 — developed by Vancouver-based The Coalition
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 — developed by Vancouver-based Subsequent Degree Video games
- Pistol Whip — developed by Vancouver-based Cloudhead Video games
In the meantime, the total checklist of classes and nominees might be discovered here.
Whereas that is Northern Enviornment’s first Canadian Sport Awards, it’s not the primary time that such an occasion has been held in Canada. Years in the past, B.C.-based Reboot Communications produced the ‘Canadian Video Sport Awards,’ with the ultimate ceremony happening in 2016.
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