Life Is Strange: True Colors snapped up the Game of the Year award along with two more trophies at The Gayming Awards 2022 last night.
The awards, presented by Gaymingmag.com, celebrate LGBTQ+ video games and the people behind them. The ceremony was presented from the Troxy Theatre in London, and streamed live on Twitch.
Along with the official Game of the Year and Reader’s Awards, categories at the Gayming Awards include the Best LGBTQ+ Character, the Industry Diversity award, the Best LGBTQ Contribution to Esports, and more.
With the full list of winners confirmed, we’ve included the full Gayming Awards 2022 winners below.
The Gayming Awards 2022 winners

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Game of the Year – Sponsored by PlayStation
Winner: Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine / Square Enix
Nominees:
- Boyfriend Dungeon – Kitfox Games
- Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix
- Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios
- Unpacking – Witch Beam and Humble Games
Gayming Magazine Readers’ Award – Sponsored by EA
Winner: Resident Evil Village – Capcom
Nominees:
- Boyfriend Dungeon – Kitfox Games
- Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
- Metroid Dread – MercurySteam/Nintendo
- Resident Evil Village – Capcom
- Sable – Shedworks/Raw Fury
- Shin Megami Tensei V – SEGA
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/SEGA
- The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles – Capcom
Gayming Icon Award – Sponsored by Facebook Gaming
Winner: Tanya DePass
Industry Diversity Award – Sponsored by Hangar 13 and 2K
Winner: Ukie’s #RaiseTheGame pledge
Nominees:
- I Need Diverse Games
- London Gaymers
- Ukie’s #RaiseTheGame pledge
- Women in Games International
Authentic Representation Award – Sponsored by Marvelous Europe
Winner: Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine / Square Enix
Nominees:
- Boyfriend Dungeon – Kitfox Games
- Life Is Strange: True Colours – Deck Nine/Square Enix
- Unpacking – Witch Beam and Humble Games
- Unsighted – Studio Pixel Punk and Humble Games
Best LGBTQ Character Award – Sponsored by Rocksteady
Winner: Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine / Square Enix
Nominees:
- Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix
- Helmut Fullbear & Bob Zanotto, Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios
- Steph Gingrich, Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix
- Meredith Weiss, Lake – Gamious/Whitethorn Digital
Best LGBTQ Indie Game Award – Sponsored by Xbox
Winner: Unpacking – Witch Beam and Humble Games
Nominees:
- A Year of Springs – npckc
- Boyfriend Dungeon – Kitfox
- Lake – Gamious/Whitethorn Digital
- Sword of the Necromancer – Grimorio of Games
- Unpacking – Witch Beam and Humble Games
- When The Night Comes – Lunaris Games
LGBTQ Streamer of the Year – Sponsored by Twitch
Winner: Aimsey
Nominees:
- Aimsey
- BlizzB3ar
- CriticalBard
- Eevoh
- Eret
- Nihachu
- ReadySetBen
- RekItRaven
- Sammy M Jay
- Shaaba and Jamie
- Shawn
- Toph
LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class of ’22 – Sponsored by Twitch
Winners:
- It’s Me Holly
- cruuuunchy
- CoderGirlChan
- AwkwardishPanda
- LuciaEverblack
- Luke_Boogie
Best LGBTQ Contribution to Esports – Sponsored by Esports Technologies Inc
Winner: Emi “CaptainFluke” Donaldson
Nominees:
- Amanda Stevens
- Cloud9 White Valorant Team
- Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association [CMSA]
- Emi “CaptainFluke” Donaldson
LGBTQ Tabletop Game Award – Sponsored by It Gets Better UK
Winner: Adventuring With Pride: Queer We Go Again – Jack Dixon
Nominees:
- Adventuring With Pride: Queer We Go Again – Jack Dixon
- The House Doesn’t Always Win – Michael ‘Wheels’ Whelan
- Thirsty Sword Lesbians – Evil Hat Productions
- Wanderhome – Possum Creek Games
Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment – Sponsored by Square Enix
Winner: The Pride Omnibus – ComiXology / Dark Horse Comics
Nominees:
- DC Pride #1 – DC Comics
- Killer Queens – David Booher / Dark Horse Comics
- The Pride Omnibus – ComiXology / Dark Horse Comics
- X-Factor #10 – Leah Williams / Marvel