[STEAM] Gayming Awards 2024 Set for June 25

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The Gayming Awards 2024 date has been set for June 25, where it will once again showcase the best in LGBTQ gaming on the occasion of Pride Month.

This year's show will highlight the best games with LGBTQ themes from 2023. It will also award the Gayming Icon 2024 award to designer Jeremy Crawford, who is best-known for his work as lead designer on Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, while inducting five LGBTQ streamers into the LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class.

The Gayming Awards 2024's major nominees include

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, which has swept numerous major awards shows including the

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and

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, as well as

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, and

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. The full list of nominees can be found below.

Game of the Year Award

• Baldur’s Gate 3 - Larian Studios
• Final Fantasy XVI - Square Enix
• Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo
• Thirsty Suitors - Outer Loop Games / Annapurna Interactive
• Spider-Man 2 - Insomniac Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical - Humble Games / Summerfall Studios

Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award

• Baldur’s Gate 3 - Larian Studios
• Final Fantasy XVI - Square Enix
• Goodbye Volcano High - KO_OP
• Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo
• Tchia - Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
• This Bed We Made - Lowbirth Games

Industry Diversity Award

• Humble Games
• Larian Studios
• Latinx In Gaming
• Qweerty Gamers
• Roll7
• Women in Games International

Authentic Representation Award

• Baldur’s Gate 3 - Larian Studios
• Coral Island - Stairway Games / Humble Games
• Sims 4 – Maxis / EA Games
• The Expanse: A Telltale Games - Telltale Games / Deck 9
• Thirsty Suitors - Outer Loop Games / Annapurna Interactive
• This Bed We Made - Lowbirth Games

Best LGBTQ+ Character Award

• Aloy - Horizon: Forbidden West - Guerilla / Playstation Studios
• Dame Aylin - Baldur’s Gate 3 - Larian Studios
• Deon Lesange - Final Fantasy XVI - Square Enix
• Jala - Thirsty Suitors - Outer Loop Games / Annapurna Interactive
• Shadowheart - Baldur’s Gate 3 - Larian Studios
• Tchia - Tchia - Awaceb / Kepler Interactive

Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game Award – powered by TikTok

• Coral Island - Stairway Games / Humble Games
• In Stars and Time - insertdisc5
• Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical - Humble Games / Summerfall
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• Tchia - Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
• Thirsty Suitors - Outer Loop Games / Annapurna Interactive
• This Bed We Made - Lowbirth Games

LGBTQ+ Streamer of the Year Award

• Apothicdecay
• Eevoh
• Elix
• EspeSymone
• Halfmoonjoe
• Maisy
• Sheilur
• SpringSims

Best LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports Award

• Bailey McCann
• Bethany "Indyburgh" Pyles
• Cora Kennedy
• Emma "Emzii" Rose
• Slaypex / Kylie Gabor

LGBTQ+ Geek Entertainment Moment of the Year

• Doctor Who: The Star ****** - Bad Wolf & BBC Studios
• Harley Quinn - DC Studios & Warner Bros Animation
• Nimona -
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  & Annapurna Pictures
• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off -
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• The Last of Us: Long, Long Time - HBO in association with Sony
• Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Word Games,
• The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog
• The Legend of Vox Machina - Season 2 -
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  Studios, Critical Role & Titmouse

Last year's awards saw

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, with games including Stray and Wylde Flowers also honored. The Gayming Awards 2024 will stream on IGN as part of our celebration of the

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, which also includes

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and more.

Kat Bailey is IGN's News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

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