Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Nominated For Writers Guild of America Award

The Writers Guild of America are hosting their annual awards ceremony commemorating the greatest writers of the 2010 on Saturday, February 5. Among the nominees for this year's Videogame Writing Award is Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

The writers involved with Brotherhood include: Patrice Desilets, Jeffrey Yohalem and Corey May who all worked on the story. Lead Script Writer: Jeffrey Yohalem and script writers: Ethan Petty, Nicholas Grimwood, Matt Turner. All at Ubisoft.

The other nominees are:
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 (Wii), 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

I don't mean to be biased but I think Brotherhood has a good chance of winning. With Yohalem's willingness to be political when so many others are scared to even try I think it has a good chance.

2011 Writers Guild Awards Videogame Writing Nominees Announced Via WGA