Game Writers to be Recognized by Guild Award

The Writer’s Guild of America announced that from now on, game writers will be eligible for their very own Guild Award.

The WGA today announced the creation of a Videogame Writing Award, to be presented at the guild’s Los Angeles ceremony on February 9, 2008. According to the WGA, the idea is “to encourage storytelling excellence in videogames, to improve the status of writers, and to begin to encourage uniform standards.”

“Videogames are written and many are written very well,” said WGAW president Patric Verrone. “By recognizing the skill and craft of videogame writing, the Writers Guilds intend to raise the profile of these writers so that they can get WGA contracts and benefits for this work. We aim, we shoot, we score.”