The nominations for the 2024 Gayming Awards have been introduced, with Baldur’s Gate 3 being the main contender with 5 nominations alongside different story pushed video games equivalent to Thirsty Suitors, Tchia, and Last Fantasy XVI. Moreover, this 12 months’s occasion will likely be co-hosted by award-winning drag queen and horror content material creator DEERE, alongside the guy content material creator, podcaster, and author Milady Confetti. The award present will likely be including a model new class titled ‘LGBTQ+ Geek Leisure Second of the Yr‘ – drawing consideration to excellent queer content material exterior of gaming.
“The Gayming Awards is the spotlight of our calendar, and I’m excited it’s again greater and higher for 2024!” says founding father of the ceremony, Robin Grey. “It’s our honor to have the ability to have fun the perfect of LGBTQ contributions each in sport and within the business. I’m additionally delighted to be welcoming the powerhouse duo of Milady Confetti and DEERE as our hosts for this 12 months’s Awards. They’re going to be so superior and produce an actual buzz to the present!”
The Gayming Awards will happen on the Margaritaville Resort in Palm Springs, California, on April seventh, the total listing of classes and nominees may be discovered beneath.
Sport of the Yr Award
o Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
o Last Fantasy XVI – Sq. Enix
o Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo
o Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Video games / Annapurna Interactive
o Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Humble Video games / Summerfall Studios
Gayming Journal Readers’ Award – sponsored by Devolver Digital
o Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
o Last Fantasy XVI – Sq. Enix
o Goodbye Volcano Excessive – KO_OP
o Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo
o Tchia – Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
o This Mattress We Made – Lowbirth Video games
Trade Variety Award
o Humble Video games
o Larian Studios
o Latinx In Gaming
o Qweerty Avid gamers
o Roll7
o Girls in Video games Worldwide
Genuine Illustration Award
o Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
o Coral Island – Stairway Video games / Humble Video games
o Sims 4 – Maxis / EA Video games
o The Expanse: A Telltale Video games – Telltale Video games / Deck 9
o Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Video games / Annapurna Interactive
o This Mattress We Made – Lowbirth Video games
Finest LGBTQ+ Character Award
o Aloy – Horizon: Forbidden West – Guerilla / Ps Studios
o Dame Aylin – Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
o Deon Lesange – Last Fantasy XVI – Sq. Enix
o Jala – Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Video games / Annapurna Interactive
o Shadowheart – Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
o Tchia – Tchia – Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
Finest LGBTQ+ Indie Sport Award – powered by TikTok
o Coral Island – Stairway Video games / Humble Video games
o In Stars and Time – insertdisc5
o Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Humble Video games / Summerfall Studios
o Tchia – Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
o Thirsty Suitors – Outer Loop Video games / Annapurna Interactive
o This Mattress We Made – Lowbirth Video games
LGBTQ+ Streamer of the Yr Award
Finest LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports Award
o Bailey McCann
o Bethany “Indyburgh” Pyles
o Cora Kennedy
o Emma “Emzii” Rose
o Slaypex / Kylie Gabor
o Group Overture
LGBTQ+ Geek Leisure Second of the Yr
o Physician Who: The Star Beast – Dangerous Wolf & BBC Studios
o Harley Quinn – DC Studios & Warner Bros Animation
o Nimona – Netflix & Annapurna Footage
o Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – Netflix
o 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
o The Legend of Vox Machina – Season 2 – Amazon Studios, Vital Function & Titmouse