WGA Announces Videogame Writing Nominees
Despite the ongoing strike putting the brakes on Hollywood, the Writers Guild of America is still moving forward with the inclusion of videogame writing as a part of its annual Writers Guild Awards show. The nominees for the Guilds” inaugural Videogame Writing Award, honoring outstanding achievement in videogame writing during 2007 include:
Crash of the Titans (Sierra Entertainment): Written by Christopher Mitchell
Dead Head Fred (D3 Publisher): Written by Dave Ellis and Adam Cogan
The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts): Lead Writer Matt Selman, Written by Tim Long and Matt Warburton, Dialogue by Jeff Poliquin
The Witcher (Atari): Lead Story Designer Artur Ganszyniec, Dialogue Sebastian Stepien, Additional Dialogue Marcin Blacha, Writers Sande Chen and Anne Too
World in Conflict (Sierra Entertainment): Story Design Christofer Emgard, Story Consultant Larry Bond, Script Consultant Ed Zuckerman
According to the WGA’’s statement, the WGA’’s inaugural Videogame Writing Award was developed by the WGA and spearheaded by the Guild’’s New Media Caucus to encourage storytelling excellence in videogames, improve the status of writers, and foster uniform standards within the gaming industry, spotlights quality work by videogame writers, raising their profiles, and validating their contributions to this rapidly maturing medium.
Due to the ongoing strike, the show for the WGA Writers Awards has been canceled, but the winners will still be announced at a press event on Feb. 9.
