The nominations for this year’s Writers Guild Awards have been announced by the Writers Guild of America, with God of War III, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, two Ubisoft titles, an Activision game and a title from Bethesda Softworks all becoming finalists for what is becoming an impressive award, and which aims to recognise the best story and dialogue writing in 2010.

Here’s the full nominations list:

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)

• Story by Patrice Desilets, Jeffrey Yohalem, Corey May
• Lead Script Writer: Jeffrey Yohalem
• Script Writers: Ethan Petty, Nicholas Grimwood, Matt Turner

Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)

• Creative Design Lead/Lead Writer: John Gonzalez
• Writers: Chris Avellone, Eric Fenstermaker, Travis Stout
• Additional Writing: Tess Treadwell, George Ziets, Jason Bergman, Nick Breckon, Matt Grandstaff, Will Noble, Andrew Scharf

God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment)

• Written by Marianne Krawcyzk
• Additional Writing by Stig Asmussen, Ariel Lawrence, William Weissbaum

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft)

• Writer: Benjamin McCaw
• Story Dialogue Editor: Marianne Krawczyk

Singularity (Activision)

• Written by Marc Guggenheim, Lindsey Allen, Emily Silver
• Additional Story and Writing: Jason Henderson, Adam Foshko, Michael Cassutt
• Story and Script Consultant: Adam Foshko

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (LucasArts)

• Executive Producer-Writer: Haden Blackman
• In-Game Script: David Collins, John Stafford, Cameron Suey
• Additional Writing: Tid Cooney, Ian Dominguez, Tony Rowe

The 2011 Writers Guild Awards will take place on February 5th this year at two separate locations, namely the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City.

Source: WGA Website