Returning for a third year, the Gayming Awards have announced the nominees and categories for 2023!
The 2023 Gayming Awards are set to make their Broadway debut in New York this April. The 2022 awards were watched by more than 320,000 people online alongside a live audience of 400 at London’s Troxy Theatre. In this post, we’re taking a look at some of this year’s nominations.
Game of the Year Award
This award champions the best game released in 2022. Up for GOTY this year are four titles:
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
A romantic visual novel, Arcade spirits The New Challengers is the follow-up to the award-winning first game. Search for friendship and romance whilst playing in an arcade.
Cult of the Lamb
Internet sensation, Cult of the Lamb, is a roguelike where you get to start your own cult in a land of false prophets. Build a loyal community of followers and become the one true cult.
Elden Ring
Without a doubt, this year’s best fantasy action RPG on PC, Elden Ring, has already picked up GOTY at the Game Awards, among countless other awards.
God of War Ragnarök
The sequel to the critically acclaimed God of War, Ragnarök sees Kratos and Atreus journey to each of the nine realms in search of answers.
Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award – sponsored by Devolver Digital
The nominees and winner of this award are chosen by the community of Gayming Magazine. For 2023 a whole host of games, including Cult of the Lamb, Elden ring, Ghostwire Tokyo, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, and more are up for the award.
At the 2022 Gayming Awards, Resident Evil Village took home the award. You can help choose this year’s winner with public voting for this category is open until January 13th.
Authentic Representation Award
Representation in gaming has exploded over the last decade, with more and more games straying from the generic straight white male protagonist cliché. The authentic representation award recognises games that have authentically represented LGBTQ+ characters within their narratives.
Seeing yourself and others like you represented in video games goes beyond immersion, it normalises…
The awards don’t stop here, either. Both the LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 23 and Gayming Icon award nominees are set to be announced in 2023. You can check out the full list of categories and nominees on the Gayming Magazine website. What’s more, public voting for both the Gayming Magazine Reader’s Award and LGBTQ + Streamer of the year categories is open until January 13th.
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When not working, you'll find me in VR or losing in bottom-tier Valorant matches. I write about all topic's tech and gaming with a particular focus on representation in gaming, virtual reality, and LGBTQ+ themes. If you're still not fed up with me, you can also catch me over on the Overclockers UK TikTok and YouTube accounts.
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