The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for video games during 2014.

The finalists are:

◆ Alien: Isolation, Writers Dan Abnett, Dion Lay, Will Porter; SEGA
◆ Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry, Lead Scriptwriter Jill Murray; Scriptwriter Melissa MacCoubrey; Story by Jill Murray, Hugo Giard, Wesley Pincombe; Ubisoft
◆ Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Story by Alexandre Amancio, Sylvain Bernard, Travis Stout; Scriptwriting Alexandre Amancio, Travis Stout, Russell Lees, Darby McDevitt, Ceri Young; Additional Scriptwriting Jeffrey Yohalem; Ubisoft
◆ The Last of Us: Left Behind, Written by Neil Druckmann; Sony Computer Entertainment

The awards celebrate the best scripts written for a video game released between December 1, 2013 and November 30, 2014. To be eligible, writers must be fully paid up members for the Writers Guild. Writers must also submit their work to the Guild for consideration. In other words, many other great scripts and writers are not eligible.

The Writers Guild Awards will be held on February 14 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.