The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in videogame writing during 2010. The winner of this year’s WGA Videogame Writing Award, which recognises writers as key creative talent in today’s gaming industry, will be presented at the upcoming 2011 Writers Guild Awards to be held on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
Videogame Writing
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.
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.
God of War III
Written by Marianne Krawcyzk.
Additional Writing by Stig Asmussen, Ariel Lawrence, William Weissbaum.
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Wii)
Writer: Benjamin McCaw.
Story Dialogue Editor: Marianne Krawczyk.
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.
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.
Whilst Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Fallout: New Vegas might be deserving of recognition for their script writing, the other nominees are rather strange to say the least.
God of War III was great fun, with stunning visceral graphics, but the dialogue was mostly Kratos shouting about revenge and his intent to kill stuff, and then the screaming of his victims as he killed them. How did the Wii version of The Forgotten Sands get singled out and wind up in there? It makes one wonder how many game script writers are actually members of the Writers Guild of America – it must be a pretty small pool if Singularity managed to snag a nomination.
Not having played The Force Unleashed II, I can’t comment on whether the narrative is able to stand on its own – game critics certainly agreed that the game as a whole was mediocre at best.
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