The winners of the Gayming Awards 2023 have been announced, with Cult of the Lamb, Stray, Wylde Flowers and more winning big at this year's celebration of LGBTQ+ representation within video games.
Revealed during a live awards show in New York City, Cult of the Lamb beat Elden Ring, God of War: Ragnarok, and Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers to take home the Game of the Year trophy.
Ashly Burch also took home the Gayming Icon Award as recognition for her contributions to the LGBTQ+ community through voicing so many LGBTQ+ characters like Horizon: Forbidden West's Aloy and Life is Strange's Chloe.
Seven more streamers were also inducted into Gayming Magazine's Rising Star Class as Gayming Ambassadors for their "significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ world within the gaming space". The streamers are BetweenTwoGays (Ryan and Jayce), Blobarella, itsOnlyVega, MadiDuVernay, Marisol Lords, and TheJustRyan.
"Making our Broadway debut and celebrating LGBTQ excellence in the global games industry was such a proud moment," said Gayming Magazine and the Gayming Awards founder Robin Gray.
"Coming into our third year of the awards, we’re now firmly established as the leading voice on LGBTQ gaming and to be able to celebrate the success of our community in person, in such a prestigious location, it was truly awesome."
The full list of Gayming Awards winners can be seen below.
● WINNER: Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
● Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers – Pqube & Fiction Factory Games
● Elden Ring – FromSoftware & Bandai Namco
● God of War Ragnarök – SIE Santa Monica Studio
● WINNER: Stray – Annapurna Interactive & Blue Twelve Studio
● Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
● Disney Dreamlight Valley -
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