The second annual Gayming Awards have wrapped and Life is Strange: True Colors has been awarded game of the year alongside two other big categories. Life is Strange: True Colors beat out Boyfriend Dungeon, Psychonauts, and Unpacking to take home the coveted title, while Alex Chen won the award for Best LGBTQ Character. Life is Strange: True Colors also took home the title for Authentic Representation, giving the game a trifecta of awards.
This year marked the second Gayming Awards but the first-ever live ceremony where the winners were announced in the Troxy Theater in London. Hosted by Julia Hardy and streamed live on both Twitch and YouTube, the hour-long ceremony doled out awards in eleven categories, including Gayming Icon, Industry Diversity, and LGBTQ Streamer of the Year.
"It was such an honor to celebrate these amazing creatives tonight," said Robin Gray, CEO and founder of Gayming Magazine. "In our second year of the awards, it was important for us to again recognize all the LGBTQ representation in-game and in the industry."
Here is the full list of winners for the 2022 Gayming Awards:
- Game of the Year – Life is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine / Square Enix
- Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award – Resident Evil Village – Capcom
- Gayming Icon Award – Tanya DePass
- Industry Diversity Award – Ukie’s #RaiseTheGame pledge
- Authentic Representation Award – Life is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine / Square Enix
- Best LGBTQ Character Award – Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine / Square Enix
- Best LGBTQ Indie Game Award – Unpacking – Witch Beam and Humble Games
- LGBTQ Streamer of the Year – Aimsey
- LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class of ’22 – It’s Me Holly, cruuuunchy, CoderGirlChan, AwkwardishPanda, LuciaEverblack, Luke_Boogie
- Best LGBTQ Contribution to Esports – Emi “CaptainFluke” Donaldson
- LGBTQ Tabletop Game Award – Adventuring With Pride: Queer We Go Again – Jack Dixon
- Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment – The Pride Omnibus – ComiXology/Dark Horse Comics
These aren't the only awards Life is Strange: True Colors has picked up recently. At the Accessibility Awards last month, True Colors also won the award for the best game that allows players to bypass portions that aren't comfortably engaged with.
Life is Strange: True Colors received a full five out of five from our reviewer Jade, who called True Colors "truly something special."
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