Rise of the Tomb Raider Wins Writing Award, Beating Witcher 3 and Others
Square Enix's action-adventure game takes the top video game honor at Writer's Guild Awards.
And the winner is...Rise of the Tomb Raider. Square Enix's action-adventure game took home the "outstanding achievement" award for video game writing at last night's Writer's Guild Awards.
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It beat out The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, and Pillars of Eternity for the honor.
Games were judged by a panel of Video Game Writers Caucus members and/or Writers Guild members from the video game field. Below are the official writing credits for Rise of the Tomb Raider:
Rise of the Tomb Raider:
- Lead narrative designer: John Stafford
- Narrative designer: Cameron Suey
- Lead writer: Rhianna Pratchett
- Additional writer: Philip Gelatt
Last year's winner was Naughty Dog's The Last of Us: Left Behind, written by Neil Druckmann. It beat out Alien: Isolation, Assassin's Creed Unity, and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry.
Rise of the Tomb Raider was released for Xbox One and Xbox 360 in November 2015. The PC edition arrived in January, while a PlayStation 4 version will come out later this year.
Beyond that, Square Enix has suggested a follow-up is also in the works.
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