Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree gets Nebula Awards nom

The Nebula Awards, a long-running honor for excellence in science fiction and fantasy writing, has included video game writing since 2018. It previously bestowed its top prize in game writing to Elden Ring in 2023. FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki has now received the honor of a nomination once again this year, this time for Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree.

Although Shadow of the Erdtree might be one of the more recognizable names on the list, it’s perhaps more impressive and just plain cool to see indie darling 1000xResist getting a nomination (especially given its snub at The Game Awards 2024), as well as Pacific Drive, which was nominated for Best Debut Indie Game at TGAs but did not take home that prize. All three games made Polygon’s own Top 50 Games of the Year list last year.

Here’s the full list of the Nebula Awards’ video game writing nominees:

• A Death in Hyperspace by Stewart C Baker, Phoebe Barton, James Beamon, Kate Heartfield, Isabel J. Kim, Sara S. Messenger, Naca Rat, Natalia Theodoridou, and Merc Fenn
• Wolfmoor by Infomancy.net
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree by Hidetaka Miyazaki
• The Ghost and the Golem by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• Pacific Drive by Karrie Shao and Alexander Dracott
• 1000xRESIST by Remy Siu, Pinki Li, and Conor Wylie
• Restore, Reflect, Retry by Natalia Theodoridou

For the full list of nominations, including for novels, novelettes, short stories, and so on, check out Nebula Awards’ website.