Gayming Awards 2024 Winners: Baldur’s Gate 3 Wins Over Tears of the Kingdom and Spider-Man 2

Recipients of the 2024 Gaming Awards have been revealed, celebrating LGBTQ+ representation in video games, with Larian Studios and its 2023 RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 winning the most awards, including Game of the Year. Revealed online during a virtual ceremony, Baldur’s Gate 3 took home Game of the Year, beating out games such as Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy 16, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the award. As mentioned previously, this year’s Gayming Awards saw Larian Studios nominated six times in five categories and take home an award in almost every category. This includes the Belgian-based studio winning the Gayming Magazine’s Readers’ Award and the Best LGBTQ+ Character award. Additional award winners include Outer Loop Games’ adventure game Thirsty Suitors, which was nominated four times across four categories, including Game of the Year, and won two. Latinx In Gaming won the industry Diversity Award. The third episode in the first season of HBO’s The Last of Us series also won LGBTQ+ Geek Entertainment Moment of the Year.The Gayming Awards 2024: Every NomineeThis list compiles all the nominees for every gaming category at the 2024 Gaming Awards.Five new streamers were also inducted into the Streamer Rising Star. The Gayming Ambassadors selected these creators because all five of them “made incredible strides in their streaming career over the last year and have made significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ world within the gaming space.””2023 and the start of 2024 was an incredibly tough year for the games industry, and we have certainly felt the knock-on effect of that,” said Gayming Magazine and the Gayming Awards founder Robin Gray wrote in a press release. “I am delighted we were able to finally celebrate the achievements of the LGBTQ gaming community. Each year I’m thrilled at what new stories of success we unearth.”You can check out the full list of Gayming Awards winners below. Gayming Awards 2024 Winners: Game of the Year AwardWINNER: Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian StudiosFinal Fantasy XVI – Square EnixLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – NintendoThirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Games / Annapurna InteractiveSpider-Man 2 – Insomniac Studios / Sony Interactive EntertainmentStray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Humble Games / Summerfall StudiosGayming Magazine Readers’ AwardWINNER: Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian StudiosFinal Fantasy XVI – Square EnixGoodbye Volcano High – KO_OPLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – NintendoTchia – Awaceb / Kepler InteractiveThis Bed We Made – Lowbirth GamesGayming Icon Award Jeremy Crawford – Wizards of the Coast – WINNERIndustry Diversity AwardWINNER: Latinx In GamingHumble GamesLarian StudiosQweerty GamersRoll7Women in Games InternationalAuthentic Representation AwardWINNER: Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Games / Annapurna InteractiveBaldur’s Gate 3 – Larian StudiosCoral Island – Stairway Games / Humble GamesThe Sims 4 – Maxis / EA GamesThe Expanse: A Telltale Games – Telltale Games / Deck 9This Bed We Made – Lowbirth GamesBest LGBTQ+ Character AwardWINNER: Shadowheart – Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian StudiosAloy – Horizon: Forbidden West – Guerilla / Playstation StudiosDame Aylin – Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian StudiosDion Lesage – Final Fantasy XVI – Square EnixJala – Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Games / Annapurna InteractiveTchia – Tchia – Awaceb / Kepler InteractiveBest LGBTQ+ Indie Game AwardWINNER: Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Games / Annapurna InteractiveCoral Island – Stairway Games / Humble GamesIn Stars and Time – insertdisc5Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Humble Games / Summerfall StudiosTchia – Awaceb / Kepler InteractiveThis Bed We Made – Lowbirth GamesLGBTQ+ Streamer of the Year AwardWINNER: SpringSims ApothicdecayEevohElixEspeSymoneHalfmoonjoeMaisySheilurBest LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports AwardWINNER: Emma “Emzii” RoseBailey McCannBethany “Indyburgh” PylesCora KennedySlaypex / Kylie GaborLGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2024DEVOGLAER PearlTeese SimplyArethaSinarynn Sukar BabaLGBTQ+ Geek Entertainment Moment of the YearWINNER: The Last of Us: Long, Long Time – HBODoctor Who: The Star Beast – Bad Wolf & BBC StudiosHarley Quinn – DC Studios & Warner Bros AnimationNimona – Netflix & Annapurna PicturesScott Pilgrim Takes Off – NetflixThe Legend of Vox Machina – Season 2 – Amazon Studios, Critical Role & TitmouseTaylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.



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