The
Writers Guild of America East website has the nominees for the WGA's eighth
annual award for Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing (thanks
GamePolitics). The four games in the running are
Alien: Isolation,
Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry,
Assassin’s Creed: Unity, and
The
Last of Us: Left Behind. Here's word:
The Writers Guild of America,
West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced
nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for videogames during 2014.
Winners will be honored at the 2015 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February
14, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN VIDEOGAME WRITING
Alien: Isolation, Writers Dan Abnett, Dion Lay, Will
Porter; SEGA
Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry, Lead Scriptwriter Jill Murray;
Scriptwriter Melissa MacCoubrey; Story by Jill Murray, Hugo
Giard, Wesley Pincombe; Ubisoft
Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Story by Alexandre Amancio, Sylvain
Bernard, Travis Stout; Scriptwriting Alexandre Amancio,
Travis Stout, Russell Lees, Darby McDevitt, Ceri Young;
Additional Scriptwriting Jeffrey Yohalem; Ubisoft
The Last of Us: Left Behind, Written by Neil Druckmann; Sony
Computer Entertainment
Now in its eighth year, the WGA’s Videogame Writing Award honors the best
qualifying script from a videogame published in the previous year. To be
eligible for WGA consideration, games must have been released between December
1, 2013 and November 30, 2014, and feature on-screen writing credit(s). Credited
videogame writers must have been or must have applied to become members of the
WGA Videogame Writers Caucus at the time scripts were submitted. Work that was
not produced under WGA jurisdiction was also eligible for submission. Judging
for the WGA Videogame Writing Award is conducted by panels comprised of
Videogame Writers Caucus members and/or Writers Guild members active in
videogame writing.