The Gayming Awards announced today that it will air its 2024 event on June 25 as part of IGN’s Summer of Gaming event. The 2024 event, which will be produced by Nathan Noyes and Ian Devoglaer, features the Gayming Icon Award and the LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2024 in addition to the main awards. Its sponsors include TikTok, Devolver Digital and Logitech G, with supporters including Humble Games, Zynga, Out Making Games, Qweerty Games and NYC Gaymers. It airs on IGN’s livestreaming channels, as well as Gayming Magazine’s Twitch, YouTube and TikTok channels.

This year, the Gayming Icon Award goes to Dungeons & Dragons lead rules designer Jeremy Crawford. As part of his work at Wizards of the Coast, Crawford designed the 2024 Player’s Handbook, contributed to the design of other sourcebook and co-authored other D&D books. In addition to the Icon Award, the Rising Star Class honors up-and-coming queer content creators. The 2024 Class includes Devoglaer, PearlTeese, SimplyAretha, Sukar Baba, and sinarynn. All of the streamers receive a prize package from Logitech.

Robin Gray, the Gayming Awards creator, said in a statement, “Despite the challenges that 2024 has presented to us and to the wider games industry, I’m thrilled we can finally announce the winners of the Gayming Awards 2024! I’m also honored to be able to celebrate our Gayming Icon 2024, Jeremy Crawford. He has done amazing work at Wizards of the Coast over the years to promote LGBTQ inclusion in Dungeons & Dragons and the fact it is D&D’s 50th anniversary makes it extra special. I’m also delighted to reveal and celebrate our Rising Star Class of awesome streamers whose stars are on the rise.”

The nominations for the 2024 Gayming Awards are as follows:

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 – sponsored by Devolver Digital

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

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Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical — Humble Games / Summerfall Studios

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 Beast — Bad Wolf & BBC Studios

Harley Quinn — DC Studios & Warner Bros Animation

Nimona — Netflix & Annapurna Pictures

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — Netflix

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 – Amazon Studios, Critical Role & Titmouse