The Writer’s Guild of America handed out its awards on Saturday night, including its prize for video-game writing. The winner: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood from Ubisoft—Story by Patrice Desilets, Jeffrey Yohalem, Corey May; Lead Script Writer: Jeffrey Yohalem; Script Writers: Ethan Petty, Nicholas Grimwood, Matt Turner.
(I admit, I’m still only partway through Assassin’s Creed II and haven’t played Brotherhood yet. Got a quick review of the game to share?)
Brotherhood contended with Fallout: New Vegas, God of War III, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (the Wii version), Singularity, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II this year. To be eligible for the award, games needed to be written by Guild members or Guild applicants. See this article at Gamasutra for more on this year’s award.