Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 nominated for video game writing
The Writers Guild of America has nominated six games in its 2013 writing awards; others nominated include 007 Legends and Disney Epic Mickey 2.
The Writers Guild of America has nominated six video games for its 2013 outstanding achievement in writing awards.
Nominated in the video-game writing category are 007 Legends (Activision); Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft); Halo 4 (Microsoft Studios); Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Disney Interactive Studios); Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (Ubisoft); and Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Sony Computer Entertainment America).
This is the sixth year that the video-game writing award has been presented by The Writers Guild of America, honouring the best qualifying script of a video game published in the previous year. The labour union organisation represents writers in motion pictures, television, cable, digital media, and broadcast news.
The winners will be announced at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
Laura Parker is the Associate Editor of GameSpot Australia. She loves adventure games, sparkly stuff, Trivial Pursuit, cake, Master Chief, earthworms, and rhetorical questions. She once stole a sandwich from Peter Molyneux.
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