Nominations are out for the Gayming Awards 2025With Dragon age: the veilguard Leading the way with three nominations across the 12 categories.
The Gayming AwardsThe world’s only lgbtq+ video game award show, broadcasts exclusively worldwide on World of Wonder’s WOW PRESENTS Plus on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Dragon’s Dogma 2, The Last of Us Part II Remasted, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Yaar Door, Fear the SPOTLIGHT AND SAPOTLIGHT AND CARAVAN SANDWICH ALESO HAVESO SANSOS Categories. The Organizer of the Awards, Gayming Magazine, Reaches More Than Three Million People a Month.
SIX Games have been nominated for the prestigious game of the year if the vehicle is: The Veilguard, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Fear the Spotlight, Life is Strange: Life is Strange: Dual Exposure, Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door, and the Last of Us Part II Remastered.
And Caravan Sandwitch, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Fantasy VII Rebirth, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, and the Last of Us Part II RemaSTERENE NON NON NOMINATED HEVE Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award, where the public can Vote for their favorite.
Other Categories Include Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game – Celebrating Passionate Work in the Indee Space – With Nominees Including Beloved RAPTURE, Kitsune Tails and Sorry We’re Closed; And Best LGBTQ+ Character with Nominees Including Venture from Overwatch 2, Rook from Dragon age: The Veilguard and Vivian from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
The Gayming Awards 2025 are sponsored by w W Hollywood, Fireshine Games, Mynerdlife and Gay Water. Supporters include the abbey and voda: the lgbt+ mental health app. More sponsors and supporters will be revised closer to the broadcast in July.
AlongSide Games, The Industry Diversity Award Acknowledges Positive Contributes to Increasing Diversity in the Global Games Industry with Blizzard Entertainment, CODE COVEN, CODE COVEN, LIMIT BREAK and RARE RECEIND Nominations.
Nominees for the new communication impact award, sponsored by Fireshine Games, which celebrates individuals or communication groups who have made a significant in support and use LGBTQ+ Gamers Include Boston Gaymers, Charlotte Gaymers Network, NYC GAYMERS, Queervox, Stream for a Cause and the*Gamehers.
In the world of Queer Gaming Content Creation, Eight LGBTQ+ Content Creators have been nominated with the public and judges Voting to choose their favorite, the nominees include chichi, ctrolaltkwin, ctralaltqawin, datada, Gaymerone1, Halfmoonjoe, Juice Boxx, Negaoryx and Pearlteese.
Finally, in the world of geek entertainment, Six tv shows have been nominated for lgbtq+ geek entertainment of the year, sponsored by mynerdlife, with the public voting for their favorite: Along, Arcane: Season 2, Hazbin Hotel, Heartstopper, Interview with the vampire: season 2 and the boulet brothers’ dragula: dead by daylight. Plus, in a new category celebrating LGBTQ+ Voice Actors, Erika Ishii, JP KarLiak, Katie Cofield, Mila Jam, Kierran Regan and Caarán Strange All Received Nominations.
A full list of categories and nominees can be found below. The winners of two categories, gayming icon and the lgbtq+ streamer rising star class of 2025, sponsored by logitech g, will be revised in june ahead of the audits.
Public voting is now open in four these 12 categories – to have your saying, Head to Gaymingawards.com.
The Gayming Awards will Premiere Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Exclusively on Wow Presents Plus, Joining The Platform’s Extensive Catalog of Award-Winning Original Programming, Including The Internet Drag race franchise, World of Wonder-Produced Documentary Films, Such as the eyes of Tammy Faye and Party Monster, as Well as Licenseed Content Including The Recently Premied Scripted COMEDYERED I HATE People, People Hate Me.
Highlights from the awards will be shared across gayming’s social media accounts where fans can see the key lovements unfold and successes celebrated.
Robin Gray, Gayming Magazine & Gayming Awards Founder, said in a statement, “We have an amazingly divese roster of nomines for nominees for this year’s gayming awards. From AaaMing Awards to IPACTIFUL LGBTQ+ Indians, There’s trully something for everyone to enjoy. “
Gray Added, “Outside of the Games Themselves, We have an amazing line up of companies, people and community organ who have all done amazing work over the past year to support, uplift and champion lg. Games, Esports Players and Games Industry Workers. Wonderful World of Queer Gaming.
The full list of nominees for the gayming awards 2025 are as follows:
• Game of the year
o Dragon age: The Veilguard – Bioware / Ea
o Dragon’s Dogma 2 – Capcom
o Fear the Spotlight – Cozy Game Pals / Blumhouse Games
O life is strange: double exposure – Deck Nine / Square Enix
o Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door-Intelligent Systems / Nintendo
o the last of us part II remastered – Naughty Dog / PlayStation
• Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award
O Caravan Sandwitch – Studio Plane toast / Dear Villagers
o Dragon age: The Veilguard – Bioware / Ea
o Dragon’s Dogma 2 – Capcom
o Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Square Enix
O life is strange: double exposure – Deck Nine / Square Enix
o the last of us part II remastered – Naughty Dog / PlayStation
• Industry Diversity Award
o blizzard entertainment
o code coven
o Limit Break
o rare
• Community Impact Award – Sponsored by Fireshine Games
o boston gaymers
O Charlotte Gaymers Network
o nyc gaymers
o Queervox
o the*gameters
o stream for a cause
• Best LGBTQ+ Character Award
O BAZZ – Concord – Firewalk Studios / PlayStation
o Micah-10-Destiny 2: The Final Shape-Bungie / PlayStation
O Michelle – SORRY We’Re Closed – à la mode games / akupara games
O rook – dragon age: The Veilguard – Biower / Ea
O Venture – Overwatch 2 – Blizzard Entertainment
o Vivian-Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door-Intelligent Systems / Nintendo
• Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game Award
o Beloved RATTURE – RAPTURUS STUDIO / 2 Left Thumbs
O Caravan Sandwitch – Studio Plane toast / Dear Villagers
o Fear the Spotlight – Cozy Game Pals / Blumhouse Games
O kitsune tails – kitsune games / midboss
o sory we’re closed – à la mode games / akupara games
o Tavern Talk – Gentle Troll Entertainment
• LGBTQ+ Voice Actor of the Year Award
o Ciarán Strange
o Erika Ishii
o jp karliak
o katie cofield
o Kieran Regan
o mila jam
• LGBTQ+ Content Creator of the Year Award
o chichi
o ctrlaltquin
o datadave
o gaymerone1
o halfmoonjoe
O juice boxx
o Negaoryx
o Pearlteese
• Best LGBTQ+ Contribution to ESPORTS Award
o Bailey McCann
o Queer women of espements
o Sonicfox
o Steve Arhancet
• LGBTQ+ Geek Entertainment of the Year Award – Sponsored by Mynerdlife
o agatha all Along – Marvel Studios
O Arcane: Season 2 – Netflix
o Hazbin Hotel – Spindlehorse Toons / Amazon Studios
o Heartstopper – Netflix
o interview with the vampire: Season 2 – AMC
o the boulet brothers’ dragula: dead by daylight – shudder
• Gayming Icon Award
o to be reveled in June 2025
• LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class
o to be reveled in June 2025