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昨年、クィアなキャラクターが重要な役割を担った人気シリーズ最新作“Life is Strange: True Colors”がGOTYを獲得した“Gayming Awards”ですが、本日クィアなビデオゲームを専門に扱うGayming Magazineがプレスリリースを発行し、今年度の優れたLGBTQ+ゲームを選出する「Gayming Awards 2023」の部門別ノミネート作品をアナウンスしました。

Logitech GとStreamlabsが支援する“Gayming Awards 2023”の授賞式は、2023年4月に放送予定で、授賞式の開催に向けて“LGBTQ Streamer of the Year”と“Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award”の勝者を選出する一般投票の受付がスタートしています。

なお、今年のアワードは、1983年のアタリショックが起こらなかった世界を舞台とするロマンティックなビジュアルノベル“Arcade Spirits”の続編「Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers」やMassive Monsterの可愛いカルト教団運営ゲーム「Cult of the Lamb」、フロム・ソフトウェアの新たな傑作「Elden Ring」、PlayStationのファーストパーティタイトルとして史上最速のローンチを記録し話題となった「God of War Ragnarök」がGOTY候補となったほか、Studio Drydockが手がけたアドベンチャー「Wylde Flowers」とrose-engineの独創的なサバイバルホラーゲーム「SIGNALIS」、“New Tales from the Borderlands”と“Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands”を含む「Borderlands」シリーズがそれぞれ3部門で最多ノミネートを果たしています。

■ Game of the Year Award

• Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers – Pqube & Fiction Factory Games
• Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
• Elden Ring – FromSoftware & Bandai Namco
• God of War Ragnarök – SIE Santa Monica Studio

■ Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award – sponsored by Devolver Digital

• Cult of the Lamb – Devolver Digital & Massive Monster
• Disney Dreamlight Valley – Gameloft
• Elden Ring – FromSoftware & Bandai Namco
• Ghostwire Tokyo – Bethesda Softworks
• Horizon Forbidden West – Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Stray – Annapurna Interactive & Blue Twelve Studio
• Tunic – Finji
• Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock

■ Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game Award

• Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers – Pqube & Fiction Factory Games
• Butterfly Soup 2 – Brianna Lei
• SIGNALIS – rose-engine & Humble Games
• ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area – Veritable Joy
• We Are OFK – Team OFK
• Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock

■ LGBTQ+ Streamer of the Year Award – sponsored by Streamlabs

• DragTrashly
• Espé Symoné
• Fox Queen
• Gothika Love
• HiDro
• psoymilk
• Sammy M Jay
• SuperButterBuns
• Toph
• Willow

■ Authentic Representation Award

• I Was a Teenage Exoconologist – Northway Games & Finji
• Saints Row – Deep Silver
• SIGNALIS – rose-engine & Humble Games
• Tiny Tina's Wonderlands – Gearbox & 2K
• ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area – Veritable Joy
• We Are OFK ­– Team OFK

■ Best LGBTQ+ Character Award – sponsored by Rocksteady Studios

• Bones Three-Wood – Tiny Tina's Wonderlands – Gearbox & 2K
• Bridget – Guilty Gear Strive – Arc System Works
• Catalyst – Apex Legends – Respawn & EA
• ELSTER – SIGNALIS – rose-engine & Humble Games
• Lor – New Tales from the Borderlands – Gearbox & 2K
• Tara Wylde – Wylde Flowers – Studio Drydock

■ Industry Diversity Award

• Code Coven
• GaymerX
• Girls Run These Worlds
• GLITCH
• Qweerty Gamers

■ Best LGBTQ+ Contribution to Esports Award

• Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association
• Team Overture
• Valorant Game Changers
• XSET

■ Best LGBTQ+ Tabletop Game of the Year Award

• Adventuring with Pride – A Queero's Journey – Jack Dixon
• Pathfinder Lost Omens – Paizo
• Pride Across the Multiverse – Wizards of the Coast
• Tower of the Soul – Awfully Queer Heroes

■ Best LGBTQ+ Comic Book Moment Award

• Marvel’s Voices ICEMAN – Luciano Vecchio & Marvel Comics
• Rockstar and Softboy – Image Comics
• Superman: Son of Kal-El – DC Comics
• Young Men in Love – Joe Glass and Matt Miner (editors) & A Wave New World

■ LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of ’23 – sponsored by Logitech G

• To be revealed in 2023

■ Gayming Icon Award – sponsored by Facebook Gaming

• To be revealed in 2023