Gayming Awards 2021: All The Winners

The inaugural Gayming Awards, which was presented by EA Games and streamed exclusively on Twitch, have awarded Supergiant Games' Hades its first Game of the Year. Hades, Tell Me Why, and If Found... all led the way with two wins each at the Gayming Awards 2021, and most of the winners were chosen by an international judging panel of LGBTQ+ video game industry professionals. The LGBTQ Streamer of the Year Award and the Readers' Award were decided by public vote. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/21/hades-igns-2020-game-of-the-year"] "I am so proud to be able to say we have held the world's first LGBTQ video game award show," The Gayming Magazine founder and editor Robin Gray said. "2020 was truly a watershed moment for LGBTQ inclusion in games and to be able to celebrate it with everyone, although virtually, was amazing! Congratulations to all the winners, well done to all the nominees and thank you again to all our sponsors! See you in 2022!" The full list of winners of the Gayming Awards 2021 are as follows;

• Game of the Year: Hades
• Gayming Icon Award: Robert Yang
• Gayming Magazine Readers' Award: Hades
• Best LGBTQ Indie Game Award: If Found...
• Industry Diversity Award: I Need Diverse Games
• LGBTQ Streamer of the Year: DEERE
• Best LGBTQ Character Award: Tyler Ronan - Tell Me Why
• Authentic Representation Award: Tell Me Why
• Best LGBTQ Narrative Award: If Found...

Hades was IGN's Game of the Year for 2020, and it also took home the Best Indie Game and Best Action Game awards at The Game Awards 2020. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-and-worst-reviewed-games-of-2020&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

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