The nominations for the Gayming Awards 2023 have been announced with titles like SIGNALIS, Cult of the Lamb, and Wylde Flowers leading in multiple categories.
For Game of the Year, nominees include Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, Cult of the Lamb, Elden Ring, and God of War Ragnarok. Robin Gray, the founder of the Gayming Awards says, “I’m thrilled by the amazing lineup of nominees this year. It’s a real testament to the work in the LGBTQ+ indie game space that two of the three games leading the way with nominations this year are indies.”
Check below for the full list of nominees.
Game of the Year Award
- Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers – Pqube & Fiction Factory Games
- Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware & Bandai Namco
- God of War Ragnarök – SIE Santa Monica Studio
Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award – sponsored by Devolver Digital
- Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
- Disney Dreamlight Valley - Gameloft
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware & Bandai Namco
- Ghostwire Tokyo – Bethesda Softworks
- Horizon Forbidden West – Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Stray – Annapurna Interactive & Blue Twelve Studio
- Tunic - Finji
- Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock
Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game Award
- Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers – Pqube & Fiction Factory Games
- Butterfly Soup 2 – Brianna Lei
- SIGNALIS – rose-engine & Humble Games
- ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area – Veritable Joy
- We Are OFK – Team OFK
- Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock
LGBTQ+ Streamer of the Year Award – sponsored by Streamlabs
- DragTrashly
- Espé Symoné
- Fox Queen
- Gothika Love
- HiDro
- psoymilk
- Sammy M Jay
- SuperButterBuns
- Toph
- Willow
Authentic Representation Award
- I Was a Teenage Exoconologist – Northway Games & Finji
- Saints Row – Deep Silver
- SIGNALIS - rose-engine & Humble Games
- Tiny Tina's Wonderlands – Gearbox & 2K
- ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area – Veritable Joy
- We Are OFK – Team OFK
Best LGBTQ+ Character Award – sponsored by Rocksteady Studios
- Bones Three-Wood - Tiny Tina's Wonderlands – Gearbox & 2K
- Bridget - Guilty Gear Strive – Arc System Works
- Catalyst - Apex Legends – Respawn & EA
- ELSTER - SIGNALIS - rose-engine & Humble Games
- Lor - New Tales from the Borderlands – Gearbox & 2K
- Tara Wylde - Wylde Flowers - Studio Drydock
Industry Diversity Award
- Code Coven
- GaymerX
- Girls Run These Worlds
- GLITCH
- Qweerty Gamers
Best LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports Award
- Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association
- Team Overture
- Valorant Game Changers
- XSET
Best LGBTQ+ Tabletop Game of the Year Award
- Adventuring with Pride - A Queero's Journey – Jack Dixon
- Pathfinder Lost Omens - Paizo
- Pride Across the Multiverse – Wizards of the Coast
- Tower of the Soul – Awfully Queer Heroes
Best LGBTQ+ Comic Book Moment Award
- Marvel’s Voices ICEMAN – Luciano Vecchio & Marvel Comics
- Rockstar and Softboy – Image Comics
- Superman: Son of Kal-El – DC Comics
- Young Men in Love - Joe Glass and Matt Miner (editors) & A Wave New World
LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of ’23 – sponsored by Logitech G
- To be revealed in 2023
Gayming Icon Award - sponsored by Facebook Gaming
- To be revealed in 2023
The Gayming Awards will be presented in New York City on Broadway in April 2023. IGN will host the show, so check back to see all the winners then.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.