Darby McDevitt

Darby McDevitt
Born	Darby Christopher Mcdevitt August 16, 1975 Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater	National University of Ireland
Occupation	Screenwriter, game designer
Years active	1999–present

Darby Christopher McDevitt (born August 16, 1975 in Spokane, Washington) is an American creative scriptwriter and lead writer of Assassin's Creed at Ubisoft Montreal. He was born in Spokane, Washington, educated in Bellingham and Dublin, and lived in Seattle briefly.

With a diverse professional profile spanning more than a decade, he has worked as a writer, film maker, musician, and game designer. As an employee of Ubisoft, McDevitt has been the script writer for both the story and dialogue in Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, Assassin's Creed: Embers and Assassin's Creed Unity, as well as was the lead writer for Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.^[1] In 2014, Darby was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for his work in Black Flag.^[2] Darby is also recognized as a spokesperson for Ubisoft in regards to the Assassin's Creed franchise.^[3]

Video Gameography

As Lead Writer:

• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
• The Sims 2 DS
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• The Urbz: Sims in the City
• Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
• The Sims: Bustin' Out

As Writer and Designer:

• Where the Wild Things Are
• Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers GBA

As Producer and Writer:

• Cluefinders: The Incredible Toy Store Adventure

Other Notable Works

Music Videos:

• "Threes" by Autographic
• "Change" by Sneaky Thieves
• "When I Die" by Sneaky Thieves
• "Quarry" by Sneaky Thieves
• "Lesser" by Sneaky Thieves
• "Brotherly" album medley by Sneaky Thieves

Narrative and Documentary Films:

• "Recital" (Short)
• "Proscenium" (Short)
• "Day Fable" (Short)
• "The Making of Cowards Bend The Knee" (Documentary Featurette )

Music:

Sneaky Thieves

• "Brotherly" 2010 Other Electricites
• "Accidents" 2007 Other Electricites

Autographic

• "Technoir Classics" 2012
• "The Attic" 2009

Articles:

• "Digital Future, Invisible Past" - Gamasutra, 2014
• "Reality Bytes: Pondering the limits of Realism" - Gamasutra, 2013
• "Are Game(r)s Art(ists)?" - Gamasutra, 2013
• "A Practical Guide to Game Writing" - Gamasutra, 2010
• "The Deaths of Game Narrative" - Gamasutra, 2010

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Award Category	Title of Work	Result
2012	Writers Guild of America Award	Achievement in Videogame Writing	Assassin's Creed: Revelations	Nominated
2012	Canadian Video Game Award	Best Writing	Assassin's Creed: Revelations	Nominated
2013	Canadian Video Game Award	Best Writing	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Won
2014	Writers Guild of America Award	Achievement in Videogame Writing	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Nominated

References

1. Gilbert, Ben (July 14, 2011). "Assassin's Creed Lost Legacy's Concept Found in Revelations". Joystiq. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
2. Rodriguez, David (January 10, 2014). "Neil Druckmann and Darby McDevitt among writers guild of america awards". Dualshockers. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
3. Karmali, Luke (November 19, 2013). "Ubisoft hasn't really planned the end of Assassin's Creed". IGN. Archived from the original on November 19, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

External links

• Darby McDevitt at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Darby McDevitt at Scripts & Scribes