Writers Guild Announces the New Media and Videogame Nominees

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Videogamers have something to cheer about as the Writers Guild of America announced the best written videogames of 2012. Members of both the WGA West and East branches narrowed the field to six contenders for the annual WGA Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing award. The finalists are:
 
007 Legends, Written By Bruce Feirstein; Activision
 
Assassin’s Creed III, Story By Alex Hutchinson, Corey May, Matt Turner; Multiplayer Story By Richard Farrese, Jeffrey Yohalem; Lead Scriptwriter Corey May; Scriptwriter Nicholas Grimwood, Russell Lees, Matt Turner, Danny Wallace, Ceri Young; Ubisoft
 
Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, Scriptwriting by Richard Farrese, Jill Murray; Ubisoft
 
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, Writing Consultant Marv Wolfman; Disney Interactive Studios
 
Halo 4, Narrative Design Christopher Schlerf; Microsoft Studios
 
Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Written By John Garvin; Sony Computer Entertainment America
 
The WGA also released the list of nominees in the New Media categories of Outstanding Achievement in Writing Original New Media and Writing Derivative New Media. The nominees are:
 
ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA
 
“The Compromises, Episode 1,” “The Pest, Episode 3,” The Snake, Episode 4,” “The Bonding, Episode 6,” “The Future, Episode 7/Series Finale” (Jack in a Box), Written by Michael Cyril Creighton; jackinaboxsite.com
 
“Episode 1, The Report,” “Episode 2, The Third Man,” “Episode 3, The Suck” (Lauren), Written by Jay Rodan; youtube.com/wigs
 
“Assistants, Episode 104,” “Photo Shoot, Episode 105,” “Ten Per Cent, Episode 106,” “Hashtags, Episode 107,” “The Contract, Episode 108” (Model Wife), Written by Cory Cavin, Bill G. Grandberg & Josh Lay; modelwifeshow.com
 
“Babyshower,” “Stendhal Syndrome,” “A Very Important Call,” “Think,” “Emma” (The Untitled Webseries That Morgan Evans Is Doing), Written by Morgan Evans; UntitledWebseries.com
 
DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA
 
“All in the Family; Chapter 1,” “All in the Family; Chapter 2,” “All in the Family; Chapter 3,” “All in the Family; Chapter 4,” “All in the Family; Chapter 5” (Dexter Early Cuts), Written by Scott Reynolds; SHO.com
 
“Hide And Seek,” “Keys to the Kingdom,” “The Chosen Ones,” “Parting Shots” (The Walking Dead: Cold Storage), Written by John Esposito; amctv.com
 
Winners will be announced on February 17, 2013.
 
Source: WGA

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