GEM Awards is an international video game convention held in

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, which rewards the best video games in 2024 and is formed by fifteen categories, including "La Gema del Año". It was organized by DFW Creative CEO and founder Charina Widjaja, Personaje Studio

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Pedro David García, and Beon Worldwide

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Michelle Sayago. It was revealed on January 2025 at the FITUR

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. The first edition took place on 25-26 April 2025 at Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Sevilla (FIBES). It was hosted by Mister Jägger and Maya Pixelskaya, and it had different activities, talks, arcade game area, merchandising, musical performances including Mind Traveller, Z Orquestraand, Alex White, Elesky, Carlos Viola and Noly, which are ''

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'' BSO creators, and also humorous performances by content creators Borja Pavón, Zorman and ZellenDust. It was attended by 4.000 people, and it was also streamed online, where it got more than 450.000 unique viewers. Among the winners, James Sunderland won Best Character for '' Silent Hill II'',

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'' won Best Villain, ''

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'' won Worst Video Game, ''

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'' won three awards each, and '' Black Myth: Wukong'' won Best Video Game among three other wins.

List of Winners

2024

The ceremony was presented in Seville and was held on the 25th and the 26th of April 2025.

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