The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for this year’s “Writers Guild Award for Videogame Writing.”
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Telltale’s Batman: The Enemy Within – Episode 5: Same Stitch, Sony’s God of War, Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, and Insomniac’s Spider-Man will all be competing for the honor, and the winner will be revealed on February 17.
The complete list of nominated writers can be found after the break.
2019 Writers Guild Award for Videogame Writing
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec)
Associate Narrative Directors: Matthew Zagurak, Joel Janisse, James Richard Mittag
Narrative Director: Melissa MacCoubrey
Story: Jonathan Dumont, Melissa MacCoubrey, Hugo Giard
Scriptwriters: Madeleine Hart, Betty Robertson, Jesse Scoble, Diana Sherman, Kelly Bender, Jojo Chia, Ian Fun, Zachary M. Parris, Ken Williamson, Daniel Bingham, Jordan Lemos, Simon Mackenzie, Katelyn MacMullin, Susan Patrick, Alissa Ralph, Stephen Rhodes
Team Lead Writer: Sam Gill
AI Writers: Jonathan Flieger, Kimberly Ann SparksBatman: The Enemy Within – Episode 5: Same Stitch (Telltale Games)
Lead Writers: James Windeler, Meghan Thornton
Written By: Ross Beeley, Lauren Mee
Story: Meghan Thornton, Michael KirkbrideGod of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Written By: Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog
Story and Narrative Design Lead: Matt Sophos
Story and Narrative Design: Richard Zangrande Gaubert
Narrative Design: Orion Walker, Adam DolinSpider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Story Lead: Jon Paquette
Writers: Benjamin Arfmann, Kelsey Beachum
Co-Written By: Christos Gage
Additional Story Contributions: Dan SlottPillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment)
Narrative Designers: Alex Scokel, Eric Fenstermaker, Kate Dollarhyde, Megan Starks, Olivia Veras, Paul Kirsch
Additional Writing: Tony Evans, John Schmautz, Casey Hollingshead, Nitai Poddar
Narrative Design Leads: Carrie Patel, Josh Sawyer
