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Gayming Magazine, the home of queer geek culture, has officially revealed the nominees for the Gayming Awards 2025 with Dragon Age: The Veilguard leading the way with three nominations across the 12 categories. The winners of the fifth edition of world’s only LGBTQ+ video game award show will be announced in a special event to be aired exclusively worldwide on World of Wonder’s WOW Presents Plus on July 8, 2025. Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, Dragon's Dogma 2, The Last Of Us Part II Remastered, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Fear The Spotlight and Caravan SandWitch also have two nominations each across the categories.
Six games have been nominated for the prestigious Game of the Year including Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Fear The Spotlight, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and The Last Of Us Part II Remastered while Caravan SandWitch, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, and The Last of Us Part II Remastered have been nominated by the public for the Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award where the public can vote for their favorite. Other categories include Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game - celebrating passionate work in the indie 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. Alongside games, the Industry Diversity Award acknowledges positive contributions to increasing diversity in the global games industry with Blizzard Entertainment, Code Coven, Limit Break and Rare receiving nominations. Nominees for the new Community Impact Award, sponsored by Fireshine Games, which celebrates individuals or community groups who have made a significant impact in supporting and uplifting 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 including ChiChi, Ctrlaltquin, DataDave, 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: Agatha All 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, Kieran Regan and Ciarán Strange all received nominations.
The recipients of the Gayming Icon and the LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2025, sponsored by Logitech G, will be revealed in June ahead of the Awards. Public voting is now OPEN in four of these 12 categories – to have your say, head to gaymingawards.com. The Gayming Awards is slated to join WOW Presents Plus' extensive catalogue of award-winning original programming including the entire international Drag Race franchise, World of Wonder-produced documentary films such as The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Party Monster, as well as licensed content including the recently premiered scripted comedy I Hate People, People Hate Me. The Gayming Awards 2025 is sponsored by W Hollywood, Fireshine Games, MyNerdLife and Gay Water and supported by The Abbey and Voda: The LGBT+ Mental Health App with more sponsors and supporters to be revealed ahead of the awards proper. Highlights from the Awards will be shared across Gayming’s social media accounts where fans can see the key moments unfold and successes celebrated. Gayming Magazine & Gayming Awards Founder Robin Gray said, “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. 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!” Here is the full list of nominees for the Gayming Awards 2025:
Game Of The Year
Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Bioware / EA
Dragon's Dogma 2 – Capcom
Fear The Spotlight – Cozy Game Pals / Blumhouse Games
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure – Deck Nine / Square Enix
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Intelligent Systems / Nintendo
The Last Of Us Part II Remastered – Naughty Dog / PlayStation
Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award
Caravan SandWitch – Studio Plane Toast / Dear Villagers
Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Bioware / EA
Dragon's Dogma 2 – Capcom
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Square Enix
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure – Deck Nine / Square Enix
The Last Of Us Part II Remastered – Naughty Dog / PlayStation
Industry Diversity Award
Blizzard Entertainment
Code Coven
Limit Break
Rare
Community Impact Award – sponsored by Fireshine Games
Boston Gaymers
Charlotte Gaymers Network
NYC Gaymers
Stream For A Cause
QueerVox
The *gamehers
Best LGBTQ+ Character Award
Bazz – Concord – Firewalk Studios / PlayStation
Micah-10 - Destiny 2: The Final Shape – Bungie / PlayStation
Michelle - Sorry We're Closed – à la mode games / Akupara Games
Rook - Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Bioware / EA
Venture - Overwatch 2 – Blizzard Entertainment
Vivian - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Intelligent Systems / Nintendo
Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game Award
Beloved Rapture – Rapturous Studio / 2 Left Thumbs
Caravan SandWitch – Studio Plane Toast / Dear Villagers
Fear The Spotlight – Cozy Game Pals / Blumhouse Games
Kitsune Tails – Kitsune Games / Midboss
Sorry We're Closed – à la mode games / Akupara Games
Tavern Talk – Gentle Troll Entertainment
LGBTQ+ Voice Actor Of The Year Award
Ciarán Strange
Erika Ishii
JP Karliak
Katie Cofield
Kieran Regan
Mila Jam
LGBTQ+ Content Creator Of The Year Award
ChiChi
Ctrlaltquin
DataDave
GaymerONE1
halfmoonjoe
Juice Boxx
Negaoryx
PearlTeese
Best LGBTQ+ Contribution To eSports Award
Bailey McCann
Queer Women Of eSports
SonicFox
Steve Arhancet
LGBTQ+ Geek Entertainment of the Year Award - sponsored by MyNerdLife
Agatha All Along – Marvel Studios
Arcane: Season 2 – Netflix
Hazbin Hotel – SpindleHorse Toons / Amazon Studios
Heartstopper – Netflix
Interview With The Vampire: Season 2 – AMC
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Dead by Daylight – Shudder
