The Writers Guild of America drops games writing category from its 2020 awards

The Writers Guild of America has confirmed it will not be including a video game writing category in its 2020 awards.

In a statement to our friends at USGamer, the organisation - which has included games writing since at least 2008 - said the category would be "reinstated when there is a critical mass" of eligible video games.

"There won't be a Videogame Writing Award in 2020; however, the category will be reinstated when there is a critical mass of videogames covered by the WGA in order to provide a meaningful award selection process," the WGA said.

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