Gaming's most slaptastic personalities are honored at the year's most opulent event

The dust has settled on the year's most prestigious and anticipated gaming awards program: the 2024 Slappy Awards, also known as The Slappies. Yesterday, gaming's most elite personalities turned out for this exclusive event to see who took home the prize in that most noble of pursuits: slapping. Featuring eight categories that span the diverse spectrum of slapping talents, the 2024 Slappy Awards can be seen in their entirety right here.

Award winners includes:

•Best Slap with a Foreign Object: Winn Bourbon
•Best Backhand: Shizuka Tsubakikoji
•Best Slapping Attire: Seiko the Slapittarius
•Most Slappable Non-Human: Mecha-Tsubaki
•Most Elegant Slapper: Saori Tsubakikoji
•Best Tortilla Slap: Cristina Vee vs. James Montagna
•Best Slapping Duo: Leftie Mita and Rightie Mita
•2024 Queen of All Slaps: Reiko Tsubakikoji

"I've slapped many a person in my time," said Lady Hanae Tsubakikoji, mother-in-law to 2024 Queen of All Slaps winner Reiko Tsubakikoji, "and borne witness to many superb slappers, but this year's crop of winners may have outclassed them all. It serves only to reinforce the strength and grace of the Tsubakikoji family."

The 2024 Slappy Awards are brought to the plebeian masses by Rose & Camellia Collection, the absurd one-on-one high-society slap battle anthology, developed by NIGORO and published by WayForward. Offering five games' worth of slaptastic action and more than 24 characters, it is rated T and available exclusively on Nintendo Switch in the eShop for $19.99. For more information about Rose & Camellia Collection and other WayForward titles, please visit the rest of wayforward.com and follow @wayforward on Twitter and Facebook, @wayforwardtech on Instagram, and @wayforward.bsky.social on Bluesky.