Nominations are out for the Gayming Awards 2025, with Dragon Age: The Veilguard main the way in which with three nominations throughout the 12 classes.
The Gayming Awards, the world’s solely LGBTQ+ online game award present, broadcasts solely worldwide on World of Surprise’s WOW Presents Plus on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
Life is Unusual: Double Publicity, Dragon’s Dogma 2, The Final of Us Half II Remastered, Paper Mario: The Thousand-12 months Door, Worry the Highlight and Caravan SandWitch even have two nominations every throughout the classes. The organizer of the awards, Gayming Journal, reaches greater than three million folks a month.
Six video games have been nominated for the celebrated Sport of the 12 months together with Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Worry The Highlight, Life is Unusual: Double Publicity, Paper Mario: The Thousand-12 months Door, and The Final of Us Half II Remastered.
And Caravan SandWitch, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth, Life is Unusual: Double Publicity, and The Final of Us Half II Remastered have been nominated by the general public for the Gayming Journal Readers’ Award, the place the general public can vote for his or her favourite.
Different classes embrace Finest LGBTQ+ Indie Sport – celebrating passionate work within the indie house – with nominees together with Beloved Rapture, Kitsune Tails and Sorry We’re Closed; and Finest LGBTQ+ Character with nominees together with Enterprise from Overwatch 2, Rook from Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Vivian from Paper Mario: The Thousand-12 months Door.
The Gayming Awards 2025 are sponsored by W Hollywood, Fireshine Video games, MyNerdLife and Homosexual Water. Supporters embrace The Abbey and Voda: The LGBT+ Psychological Well being App. Extra sponsors and supporters will probably be revealed nearer to the printed in July.
Alongside video games, the Trade Range Award acknowledges constructive contributions to rising variety within the international video games trade with Blizzard Leisure, Code Coven, Restrict Break and Uncommon receiving nominations.
Nominees for the brand new Neighborhood Influence Award, sponsored by Fireshine Video games, which celebrates people or group teams who’ve made a big impression in supporting and uplifting LGBTQ+ avid gamers embrace Boston Gaymers, Charlotte Gaymers Community, NYC Gaymers, QueerVox, Stream for a Trigger and the*gamehers.
On the earth of queer gaming content material creation, eight LGBTQ+ content material creators have been nominated with the general public and judges voting to decide on their favourite, the nominees embrace ChiChi, Ctrlaltquin, DataDave, GaymerONE1, halfmoonjoe, Juice Boxx, Negaoryx and PearlTeese.
Lastly, on the earth of geek leisure, six TV reveals have been nominated for LGBTQ+ Geek Leisure of the 12 months, sponsored by MyNerdLife, with the general public voting for his or her favourite: Agatha All Alongside, Arcane: Season 2, Hazbin Resort, Heartstopper, Interview with the Vampire: Season 2 and The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Useless by Daylight. Plus, in a brand new class celebrating LGBTQ+ voice actors, Erika Ishii, JP Karliak, Katie Cofield, Mila Jam, Kieran Regan and Ciarán Unusual all acquired nominations.
A full listing of classes and nominees will be discovered under. The winners of two classes, Gayming Icon and the LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2025, sponsored by Logitech G, will probably be revealed in June forward of the Awards.
Public voting is now open in 4 of those 12 classes – to have your say, head to gaymingawards.com.
The Gayming Awards will premiere Tuesday, July 8, 2025 solely on WOW Presents Plus, becoming a member of the platform’s intensive catalog of award-winning authentic programming, together with your complete worldwide Drag Race franchise, World of Surprise-produced documentary movies, equivalent to The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Social gathering Monster, in addition to licensed content material together with the just lately premiered scripted comedy I Hate Folks, Folks Hate Me.
Highlights from the Awards will probably be shared throughout Gayming’s social media accounts the place followers can see the important thing moments unfold and successes celebrated.
Robin Grey, Gayming Journal & Gayming Awards founder, mentioned in a press release, “We have an amazingly diverse roster of nominees for this year’s Gayming Awards. From AAA games to impactful LGBTQ+ indie games, there’s truly something for everyone to enjoy.”
Grey added, “Outside of the games themselves, we have an amazing line up of companies, people and community orgs who have all done amazing work over the past year to support, uplift and champion LGBTQ+ gamers, esports players and games industry workers. I’m also thrilled with the nominees we have in our content creator and voice acting categories, these are truly iconic people who add so much to the wonderful world of queer gaming. I cannot wait to see who the judges and the public choose to win”
The total listing of nominees for the Gayming Awards 2025 are as follows:
• Sport of the 12 months
o Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Bioware / EAo Dragon’s Dogma 2 – Capcomo Worry the Highlight – Cozy Sport Friends / Blumhouse Gameso Life is Unusual: Double Publicity – Deck 9 / Sq. Enixo Paper Mario: The Thousand-12 months Door – Clever Techniques / Nintendoo The Final of Us Half II Remastered – Naughty Canine / PlayStation
• Gayming Journal Readers’ Award
o Caravan SandWitch – Studio Airplane Toast / Expensive Villagerso Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Bioware / EAo Dragon’s Dogma 2 – Capcomo Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth – Sq. Enixo Life is Unusual: Double Publicity – Deck 9 / Sq. Enixo The Final of Us Half II Remastered – Naughty Canine / PlayStation
• Trade Range Award
o Blizzard Entertainmento Code Coveno Restrict Breako Uncommon
• Neighborhood Influence Award – sponsored by Fireshine Video games
o Boston Gaymerso Charlotte Gaymers Networko NYC Gaymerso QueerVoxo The*gameherso Stream for a Trigger
• Finest LGBTQ+ Character Award
o Bazz – Harmony – Firewalk Studios / PlayStationo Micah-10 – Future 2: The Closing Form – Bungie / PlayStationo Michelle – Sorry We’re Closed – à la mode video games / Akupara Gameso Rook – Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Bioware / EAo Enterprise – Overwatch 2 – Blizzard Entertainmento Vivian – Paper Mario: The Thousand-12 months Door – Clever Techniques / Nintendo
• Finest LGBTQ+ Indie Sport Award
o Beloved Rapture – Rapturous Studio / 2 Left Thumbso Caravan SandWitch – Studio Airplane Toast / Expensive Villagerso Worry the Highlight – Cozy Sport Friends / Blumhouse Gameso Kitsune Tails – Kitsune Video games / Midbosso Sorry We’re Closed – à la mode video games / Akupara Gameso Tavern Discuss – Light Troll Leisure
• LGBTQ+ Voice Actor of the 12 months Award
o Ciarán Strangeo Erika Ishiio JP Karliako Katie Cofieldo Kieran Regano Mila Jam
• LGBTQ+ Content material Creator of the 12 months Award
o ChiChio Ctrlaltquino DataDaveo GaymerONE1o halfmoonjoeo Juice Boxxo Negaoryxo PearlTeese
• Finest LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports Award
o Bailey McCanno Queer Ladies of Esportso SonicFoxo Steve Arhancet
• LGBTQ+ Geek Leisure of the 12 months Award – sponsored by MyNerdLife
o Agatha All Alongside – Marvel Studioso Arcane: Season 2 – Netflixo Hazbin Resort – SpindleHorse Toons / Amazon Studioso Heartstopper – Netflixo Interview with the Vampire: Season 2 – AMCo The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Useless by Daylight – Shudder
• Gayming Icon Award
o To be revealed in June 2025
• LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class
o To be revealed in June 2025
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