Giles Armstrong is an experienced game writer, narrative designer and editor. He’s worked on more than 50 games to date covering indie, AAA and VR, for games appearing on all current gaming platforms.
What’s your story?
Giles Armstrong is among the UK's most experienced writers for video games.
Giles has worked in the games industry since 2007, with contributions to more than 50 commercial games in various capacities, released across all major games platforms, including multiple games published by Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Studios.
Giles is the Narrative Director for Wushu Studios, who are working in partnership with Rebellion on the forthcoming Sniper Elite: Resistance, currently in development.
In recent years, Giles was a Senior Scriptwriter on multiple titles in the Assassin's Creed series, including the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows developed by Ubisoft Quebec, Assassin's Creed Mirage developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök developed by Ubisoft Sofia.
His many previous projects include being part of the Nebula Award-nominated writing team behind the critically-acclaimed Horizon Forbidden West, made by the BAFTA-winning Guerrilla Games; working on the multi-award-winning Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy developed by Eidos-Montréal, the BAFTA-winning My Child Lebensborn, the TIGA award-winning Velocity 2X, and being the Lead Writer on The Spectrum Retreat - for which Giles received a Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards nomination for ‘Best Writing in a Video Game’.
Giles was a co-founder and co-director of Talespinners, a writing and narrative company dedicated to helping studios, publishers and dev teams of all shapes and sizes to craft their game's story.
Giles is a full member of BAFTA, has served on multiple BAFTA juries for their Games Awards and for their Young Game Designer Awards and -- since September 2023 -- is now a co-opted member of the BAFTA Games Committee.
Career Summary
February 2024 to present
Narrative Director
Wushu Studios
July 2019 to February 2024
Writer, Editor and Narrative Designer
Various (freelance), including:
January 2023 to February 2024
Lead Writer
TBA
July 2023 to February 2024
Senior Scriptwriter
Ubisoft Sofia
January 2022 to December 2022
Senior Scriptwriter
Ubisoft Bordeaux
February 2021 to January 2022
Senior Scriptwriter
Ubisoft Sofia
July 2020 to September 2020
Senior Writer (Pre-production, Contract)
Deck13 Interactive
February 2020 to January 2022
Lead Writer
Lucid Games
September 2019 to February 2020
Senior Writer
Lucid Games
February 2020
Senior Writer (Contract)
OtherSide Entertainment
July 2018 to June 2019
Senior Writer
Guerrilla Games
October 2013 to July 2018
Writer, Editor and Narrative Designer
Various (freelance), including:
November 2017 to March 2018
Senior Writer (Contract)
Eidos-Montréal
December 2016 to July 2018
Co-Founder and Co-Director
Writer, Editor and Narrative Designer
Talespinners
April 2015 to December 2016
Lead Writer
Gaming Corps
September 2012 to August 2014
Senior Game & Narrative Designer
Gamesys
October 2009 to September 2012
Narrative Designer & Junior Game Designer
Relentless Software
March 2008 to October 2009
Assistant Content Coordinator / Designer
Relentless Software
August 2007 to December 2007
European Certification Group Tester
Electronic Arts
Personal Awards & Recognition
The Spectrum Retreat
Nominated for Best Writing in a Video Game - Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 2019
Project Awards & Recognition
Horizon Forbidden West
Nominated for the 2022 Nebula Award for Game Writing
WINNER - Best Storytelling in the Golden Joysticks Awards 2022
Nominated for Best Narrative in The Game Awards 2022
Nominated for Most Anticipated Game - The Game Awards, 2021 and 2020
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Nominated for Best Narrative in the BAFTA Game Awards 2022
WINNER - Best Narrative - The Game Awards, 2021
WINNER - Outstanding Achievement in Story and Adventure Game of the Year - D.I.C.E. Awards 2022
Destruction AllStars
Nominated for the Diversity Award - the TIGA UK Games Industry Awards 2021
Tropico 6
Nominated for Best Strategy Game - The Game Awards, 2019
Avo!
Shortlisted for the Creativity Award - TIGA Games Industry Awards, 2019
My Child Lebensborn
WINNER - Game Beyond Entertainment - BAFTA Games, 2019
WINNER - Best Narrative - Tap Tap, 2019
Nominated for Best Storytelling - Pocket Gamer Mobile Awards, 2019
Game of the Month - The Guardian, June 2018
Further Training
September 2021 (ongoing)
Scott Snyder’s Comic Writing 101
April 2013
Robert McKee’s Story Seminar
April 2010
Beyond Structure - Screenwriting, Development and Fiction Workshop