Are you curious to find out the big winners of this year’s Gayming Awards? Keep reading to discover who took home the most prestigious titles and made an impact in the LGBTQ+ gaming community.
💡TL;DR:
- Cult of the Lamb wins Game of the Year
- Stray bags Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award
- Ashly Burch receives Gayming Icon Award
- Wylde Flowers named Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game
- Seven new Gayming Ambassadors inducted
🌟 Gayming Awards 2023: A Night of Inclusivity and Celebration
Our expert Jack Miller brings you the highlights of the Gayming Awards 2023, where Cult of the Lamb emerged as the big winner, beating Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok to clinch the Game of the Year trophy. The awards ceremony, held in New York City, celebrated LGBTQ+ representation within video games.
🎮 Unique Games and Remarkable Achievements
Other noteworthy winners include Stray, which won the Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award, and Wylde Flowers, taking home the title for Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game. Ashly Burch, known for voicing LGBTQ+ characters such as Aloy in Horizon: Forbidden West and Chloe in Life is Strange, was honored with the Gayming Icon Award.
🎤 New Gayming Ambassadors
The event also introduced seven new Gayming Ambassadors, including BetweenTwoGays, Blobarella, itsOnlyVega, MadiDuVernay, Marisol Lords, and TheJustRyan. These streamers were recognized for their significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ gaming community. Robin Gray, founder of Gayming Magazine and the Gayming Awards, expressed pride and gratitude for being able to celebrate the success of the LGBTQ+ gaming community in such a prestigious location.
🏅Complete List of Gayming Awards Winners
Curious to see who else took home awards? Here’s the complete list of winners:
- Game of the Year: Cult of the Lamb
- Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award: Stray
- Gayming Icon Award: Ashly Burch
- Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game: Wylde Flowers
- LGBTQ+ Streamer of the Year: DragTrashly
- Authentic Representation Award: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
- Best LGBTQ+ Character: Lor from New Tales from the Borderlands
- Industry Diversity Award: GLITCH
- Best LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports: XSET
- Best LGBTQ+ Tabletop Game of the Year: Adventuring with Pride– A Queero’s Journey
- Best LGBTQ+ Comic Book Moment: Young Men in Love