[B]The stories in videogames can often be a thinly veiled way to get to the gameplay quickly; little substance as a way to string together missions or objectives. However, some games break that mold, and story is an integral part of the experience.[/B]

The Writers Guild of America has released its list of nominees for oustanding achievement in videogame writing, with the winner to be announced at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 10.

The nominees:

[LIST]
[*][B]Assassin’s Creed II:[/B] Story by Corey May, Script Writers Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem; Ubisoft Entertainment
[*][B]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: [/B]Written by Jesse Stern, Additional Writing Steve Fukuda, Story by Todd Alderman, Steve Fukuda, Mackey McCandlish, Zied Rieke, Jesse Stern, Jason West, Battlechatter Dialogue, Sean Slayback; Activision
[*][B]Uncharted 2: Among Thieves:[/B] Written by Amy Hennig; Sony Computer Entertainment
[*][B]Wet:[/B] Written by Duppy Demetrius; Bethesda Softworks
[*][B]X-Men Origins: Wolverine:[/B] Script Writer Marc Guggenheim; Activision
[/LIST]The requirements to be nominated:

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