Travicity
01-09-2011, 02:55 AM
The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for this year's Video Game Writing award, and among them are the brutally violent God of War 3 and the satirically dystopic Fallout: New Vegas.
Rounding out the list of six nominees are Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Singularity, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (the second year in a row an Assassin's Creed game was nominated, as Assassin's Creed 2 received a nod last year).
But where, we hear you asking, is Mass Effect 2? Or Red Dead Redemption? The answer may lie in the WGA's rules for nominations. To be considered for the award, a game must have separate writing credits, and the writers also have to be members of the WGA (or applied to become members upon submitted a game's script for consideration). The group makes no qualms about using the award "to encourage storytelling excellence in videogames, to improve the status of writers, and to encourage uniform standards within the gaming industry."
There will be two simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on January 5, for both the WGA West and WGA East groups. And considering recognition is kind of the entire point of the award, you can see the credited writers for each of the nominees below.
* 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
* Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Writer: Benjamin McCaw; Story Dialogue Editor: Marianne Krawczyk; Ubisoft
* 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
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Rounding out the list of six nominees are Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Singularity, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (the second year in a row an Assassin's Creed game was nominated, as Assassin's Creed 2 received a nod last year).
But where, we hear you asking, is Mass Effect 2? Or Red Dead Redemption? The answer may lie in the WGA's rules for nominations. To be considered for the award, a game must have separate writing credits, and the writers also have to be members of the WGA (or applied to become members upon submitted a game's script for consideration). The group makes no qualms about using the award "to encourage storytelling excellence in videogames, to improve the status of writers, and to encourage uniform standards within the gaming industry."
There will be two simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on January 5, for both the WGA West and WGA East groups. And considering recognition is kind of the entire point of the award, you can see the credited writers for each of the nominees below.
* 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
* Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Writer: Benjamin McCaw; Story Dialogue Editor: Marianne Krawczyk; Ubisoft
* 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
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