The Gayming Awards (*25*) date has been set for June 25, the place it is going to as soon as once more showcase one of the best in LGBTQ gaming on the event of Pleasure Month.
This 12 months’s present will spotlight one of the best video games with LGBTQ themes from 2023. It is going to additionally award the Gayming Icon (*25*) award to designer Jeremy Crawford, who’s best-known for his work as lead designer on Dungeons & Dragons fifth Version, whereas inducting 5 LGBTQ streamers into the LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class.
The Gayming Awards (*25*)’s main nominees embrace Baldur’s Gate 3, which has swept quite a few main awards exhibits together with the BAFTAs and The Recreation Awards, in addition to Ultimate Fantasy XVI, Thirsty Suitors, and Stray Gods. The complete checklist of nominees may be discovered beneath.
Recreation of the 12 months Award
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
- Ultimate Fantasy XVI – Sq. Enix
- Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo
- Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Video games / Annapurna Interactive
- Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Studios / Sony Interactive Leisure
- Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Humble Video games / Summerfall Studios
Gayming Journal Readers’ Award
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
- Ultimate Fantasy XVI – Sq. Enix
- Goodbye Volcano Excessive – KO_OP
- Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo
- Tchia – Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
- This Mattress We Made – Lowbirth Video games
Business Variety Award
- Humble Video games
- Larian Studios
- Latinx In Gaming
- Qweerty Avid gamers
- Roll7
- Girls in Video games Worldwide
Genuine Illustration Award
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
- Coral Island – Stairway Video games / Humble Video games
- Sims 4 – Maxis / EA Video games
- The Expanse: A Telltale Video games – Telltale Video games / Deck 9
- Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Video games / Annapurna Interactive
- This Mattress We Made – Lowbirth Video games
Greatest LGBTQ+ Character Award
- Aloy – Horizon: Forbidden West – Guerilla / Ps Studios
- Dame Aylin – Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
- Deon Lesange – Ultimate Fantasy XVI – Sq. Enix
- Jala – Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Video games / Annapurna Interactive
- Shadowheart – Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
- Tchia – Tchia – Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
Greatest LGBTQ+ Indie Recreation Award – powered by TikTok
- Coral Island – Stairway Video games / Humble Video games
- In Stars and Time – insertdisc5
- Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Humble Video games / Summerfall
- Studios
- Tchia – Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
- Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Video games / Annapurna Interactive
- This Mattress We Made – Lowbirth Video games
LGBTQ+ Streamer of the 12 months Award
- Apothicdecay
- Eevoh
- Elix
- EspeSymone
- Halfmoonjoe
- Maisy
- Sheilur
- SpringSims
Greatest LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports Award
- Bailey McCann
- Bethany "Indyburgh" Pyles
- Cora Kennedy
- Emma "Emzii" Rose
- Slaypex / Kylie Gabor
LGBTQ+ Geek Leisure Second of the 12 months
- Physician Who: The Star Beast – Dangerous Wolf & BBC Studios
- Harley Quinn – DC Studios & Warner Bros Animation
- Nimona – Netflix & Annapurna Footage
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – Netflix
- The Final of Us: Lengthy, Lengthy Time – HBO in affiliation with Sony
- Footage Tv Studios, PlayStation Productions, Phrase Video games,
- The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Canine
- The Legend of Vox Machina – Season 2 – Amazon Studios, Crucial Position & Titmouse
Final 12 months’s awards noticed Cult of the Lamb take house the Recreation of the 12 months Award, with video games together with Stray and Wylde Flowers additionally honored. The Gayming Awards (*25*) will stream on IGN as a part of our celebration of the Summer season of Gaming, which additionally consists of IGN Stay and extra.
Kat Bailey is IGN’s Information Director in addition to co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Ship her a DM at @the_katbot.