Thursday, January 13, 2011

Fallout New Vegas, God of War 3 Make Writers Guild Game Award Nominations



 From Stephen Johnson of G4


The Writer's Guild of America West, that union of entertainment writers, has revealed its nominees for outstanding achievement in videogame writing in 2010.
The Guild's goal is to "promote storytelling excellence in videogames, improve the status of gaming writers, and encourage uniform standards within the gaming industry." Laudable goals. Sadly, the only wirters eligible for the title are those who "have applied to become members of the WGA’s Videogame Writers Caucus at the time scripts were submitted. Work that was not produced under WGA jurisdiction was also eligible for submission." That means, not everyone. But still, the nominees are under the "Read More" tag.

  • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Story by Patrice Desilets, Jeffrey Yohalem, Corey May; Lead Script Writer: Jeffrey Yohalem; Script Writers: Ethan Petty, Nicholas Grimwood, Matt Turner; Ubisoft
  • Fallout: New Vegas, Creative Design Lead/Lead Writer: John Gonzalez; Writers: Chris Avellone, Eric Fenstermaker, Travis Stout; Additional Writing: Tess Treadwell, George Ziets, Jason Bergman, Nick Breckon, Matt Grandstaff, Will Noble, Andrew Scharf; Bethesda Softworks
  • God of War III, Written by Marianne Krawcyzk; Additional Writing by Stig Asmussen, Ariel Lawrence, William Weissbaum; Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Singularity, Written by Marc Guggenheim, Lindsey Allen, Emily Silver; Additional Story and Writing: Jason Henderson, Adam Foshko, Michael Cassutt; Story and Script Consultant: Adam Foshko; Activision
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Executive Producer-Writer: Haden Blackman; In-Game Script: David Collins, John Stafford, Cameron Suey; Additional Writing: Tid Cooney, Ian Dominguez, Tony Rowe; LucasArts
What do you think of this list? Anything missing that should have been included? Is any nominees unworthy?

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