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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
“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,”\u202fsaid 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\u2019m thrilled at what new stories of success we unearth.”<\/p>\n
You can check out the full list of Gayming Awards winners below. <\/p>\n
WINNER: Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 – Larian Studios<\/strong>Final 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 Studios<\/p>\n WINNER: Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 – Larian Studios<\/strong>Final Fantasy XVI – Square EnixGoodbye Volcano High – KO_OPLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – NintendoTchia – Awaceb \/ Kepler InteractiveThis Bed We Made – Lowbirth Games<\/p>\n Jeremy Crawford \u2013 Wizards of the Coast – WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n WINNER: Latinx In Gaming<\/strong>Humble GamesLarian StudiosQweerty GamersRoll7Women in Games International<\/p>\nGayming Magazine Readers\u2019 Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Gayming Icon Award<\/strong> <\/strong><\/h3>\n
Industry Diversity Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Authentic Representation Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n