Highlights

  • Baldur's Gate 3 continues its winning streak with nominations for 5 awards, including Game of the Year and LGBTQ+ representation accolades.
  • The game's inclusive character creation and diverse NPCs have garnered praise from advocacy groups and players alike.
  • Baldur's Gate 3 stands out in the gaming industry for its respectful representation of the LGBTQ+ community.

Developer Larian Studios has announced that Baldur's Gate 3 is now up for five more awards, continuing the game's stream of success into 2024. Baldur's Gate 3 dominated 2023's gaming awards after its release, taking home many of the awards it was nominated for, including The Game Awards' coveted Game of the Year.

Since the full release of Baldur's Gate 3 in August 2023, the game has gone on to experience both critical and commercial success. Most recently, Baldur's Gate 3 came away from AIAS's 37th DICE Awards as Game of the Year, with wins in four other categories as well. A peek at the Baldur's Gate 3 Steam page is all one needs to see how favorably players have responded to the game, which currently sits at a 96% positive review score despite having over half a million total reviews.

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Larian Studios announced on Twitter that Baldur's Gate 3 has been nominated in five categories for Gayming Magazine's Gayming Awards 2024, which seeks to showcase and celebrate LGBTQ+ representation in gaming and other forms of geek culture. Baldur's Gate 3 finds itself up for yet another Game of the Year award, as well as the Authentic Representation Award and Gayming Magazine Reader's Award, with Larian Studios nominated for the Industry Diversity Award. The game then has two nominations for the Best LGBTQ Character Award for Dame Aylin and Shadowheart.

Baldur's Gate 3 Up For 5 More Awards

  • Game of the Year​​​​​​
  • Gayming Magazine Reader's Award
  • Authentic Representation Award
  • Best LGBTQ Character (Dame Aylin and Shadowheart)
  • Industry Diversity Award

The Gayming Awards' recognition of Baldur's Gate 3 echoes the game's recent GLAAD Awards 2024 nomination for Outstanding Video Game. Baldur's Gate 3 has been commended for its LGBTQ+ representation by not only advocacy groups and award nods, but by players as well. The game's inclusive character creation features non-gendered body types and gives players the ability to choose what pronouns they can be referred to in the game. Players using any combination of body type and gender can pursue relationships with any of the Baldur's Gate 3 romanceable characters, providing players with a much less restrictive experience than many games have offered in the past.

Outside of playable characters and romance options, Baldur's Gate 3 contains its fair share of LGBTQ+ representation in its NPCs. YouTuber Abigail Thorn voices Nocturne, one of the game's trans characters, who is central to one of the companions' storylines. Visiting the circus in Rivington, players can meet the glamorous necromancer Lucretious, the circus's leader, who also happens to be a drag queen. Players meet and interact with an abundance of queer characters while wandering the Sword Coast in Baldur's Gate 3, each written and portrayed respectfully by Larian Studios and their performers.

While the LGBTQ+ representation in Baldur's Gate 3 has no doubt helped the game win a devoted fanbase, it's also seen its detractors. Despite that, Baldur's Gate 3 continues to cement itself as a force to be reckoned with in the gaming industry--and in its respectful representation of the LGBTQ+ community.