List of books based on video games

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The following is a list of books based on video games. See also: List of books about computer and video games.

Contents

[edit] Alan Wake

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Alan Wake
Rick Burroughs

[edit] Army of Two

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Army of Two: Dirty Money
John Ney Rieber (ISBN 978-0-76-155744-9)

[edit] Assassin's Creed

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Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
Oliver Bowden (ISBN 978-0-241-95172-9) - Based on the Game Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
Oliver Bowden (ISBN 978-0-14-104630-3) - Based on the Game Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Oliver Bowden (ISBN 978-0-241-95171-2) - Based on the Game Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Oliver Bowden (ISBN 978-0-241-95173-6)-Based on the Game Assassin's Creed Revelations

[edit] Battlefield 3

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Battlefield 3: The Russian
Andy McNab & Peter Grimsdale

[edit] Bioshock

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Rapture
John Shirley

[edit] Bot Colony

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Bot Colony
Eugene Joseph (ISBN 978-0-9865804-0-6)

[edit] Brute Force

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Betrayals
Dean Wesley Smith

[edit] Crimson Skies

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Crimson Skies
Eric Nylund. Michael B. Lee, Nancy Berman, Eric S. Trautmann (ISBN 978-0-345-45874-2)
Wings of Fortune: Pirate's Gold
Stephen Kenson.
Wings of Justice: Rogue Flyer
Loren L. Coleman.

[edit] Crysis

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Legion
Peter Watts

[edit] Dead Space

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Dead Space: Martyr
Brian Evenson (ISBN 978-0-7653-2503-7)

[edit] Deus Ex

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Deus Ex: Icarus Effect
James Swallow (ISBN 978-0-85768-160-7) and (ISBN 978-0-34552-359-4)

[edit] Dragon Age

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Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne
David Gaider
Dragon Age: The Calling
David Gaider
Dragon Age: Asunder
David Gaider

[edit] Driver: San Francisco

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Nemesis
Alex Sharp

[edit] Doom

Doom

Doom 3

[edit] The Elder Scrolls

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The Infernal City
Greg Keyes (ISBN 978-0-345-50801-0)
Lord of Souls
Greg Keyes (ISBN 978-0-345-50802-7)

[edit] Elemental: War of Magic

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Elemental: Destiny's Embers
Bradley Wardell (ISBN 0-345-51786-5)

[edit] Fable

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The Balverine Order
Peter David

"Blood Ties" {Peter David}

[edit] Gabriel Knight

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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Jane Jensen (ISBN 0-451-45607-6)
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
Jane Jensen (ISBN 0-451-45621-1)

[edit] Gears of War

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Gears of War: Aspho Fields
Karen Traviss (ISBN 978-0-345-49943-1)
Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant
Karen Traviss (ISBN 978-1-84149-738-9)
Gears of War: Coalition's End
Karen Traviss
Gears of War: Anvil Gate
Karen Traviss
Gears of War: The Slab
Karen Traviss

[edit] God of War

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God of War (novel), a 2010 novelization of the 2005 video game God of War written by Matthew Stover and Robert E. Vardeman

[edit] Guild Wars / Guild Wars 2

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Guild Wars : Ghosts of Ascalon
Matt Forbeck, Jeff Grubb (ISBN 978-1-4165-8947-1)
Guild Wars : Edge of Destiny
J. Robert King (ISBN 978-1-4165-8960-0)

[edit] Halo

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Six licensed novels based on the Halo series have been published:

Halo: The Fall of Reach
Eric S. Nylund (ISBN 1-84149-420-8)
Halo: The Flood
William C. Dietz (ISBN 1-84149-421-6)
Halo: First Strike
Eric S. Nylund (ISBN 1-84149-422-4)
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Eric S. Nylund (ISBN 0-7653-1568-8)
Halo: Contact Harvest
Joseph Staten (ISBN 0-7653-1569-6)
Halo: The Cole Protocol
Tobias S. Buckell (ISBN 978-0-7653-1570-0)
Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales from the Halo Universe
Halo: Cryptum
Greg Bear
Halo: Primordium
Greg Bear
Halo: Glasslands
Karen Traviss

[edit] Hellgate London

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Hellgate: Exodus (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1)
Mel Odom (ISBN 1-4165-2579-3)
Hellgate: Goetia (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1)
Mel Odom (ISBN 1-4165-2580-7)
Hellgate: Covenant (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1)
Mel Odom (ISBN 1-4165-2581-5)

[edit] Hitman

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Enemy Within
William C. Deitz

[edit] Homefront

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Homefront: The Voice of Freedom
Raymond Benson and John Milius

[edit] Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death

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Dredd Vs. Death
Gordon Rennie

[edit] Killzone

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Ascendency
Sam Bradbury

[edit] Mass Effect

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Mass Effect: Revelation
Drew Karpyshyn (ISBN 978-0-345-49816-8)
Mass Effect: Ascension
Drew Karpyshyn (ISBN 978-0-345-49852-6)
Mass Effect: Retribution
Drew Karpyshyn (ISBN 978-0-345-52072-2)
Mass Effect: Deception
William C. Dietz

[edit] Metal Gear Solid

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Metal Gear Solid, written by Raymond Benson, the author of nine James Bond novels, was published in 2008.[1]

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, also written by Benson, was published the next year.[2]

[edit] Perfect Dark

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Perfect Dark: Initial Vector
Greg Rucka (ISBN 0-7653-1571-8)
Perfect Dark: Second Front
Greg Rucka (ISBN 0-7653-1572-4)

[edit] Planetfall

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Planetfall
Arthur Byron Cover (ISBN 0-380-75384-7)

[edit] Resident Evil

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Resident Evil: Zero Hour (Resident Evil)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-78511-7)
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy (Resident Evil #1)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-02439-6)
Resident Evil: Caliban Cove (Resident Evil #2)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-02440-X)
Resident Evil: City Of The Dead (Resident Evil #3)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-02441-8)
Resident Evil: Underworld (Resident Evil #4)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-02442-6)
Resident Evil: Nemesis (Resident Evil #5)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-78496-X)
Resident Evil: Code: Veronica (Resident Evil #6)
S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-78498-6)

[edit] Resistance

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Resistance: The Gathering Storm
William C. Dietz (ISBN 0-345-50842-4, ISBN 978-0-345-50842-3)
A Hole In The Sky
William C. Dietz

[edit] Rogue Trooper

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The Quartz Massacre
Rebecca Levene (ISBN 1-84416-110-2)

[edit] RuneScape

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RuneScape: Betrayal at Falador
T.S. Church (ISBN 978-0-9559078-0-7)
RuneScape: Return to Canifis
T.S. Church (ISBN 978-1848567276)

[edit] Shadow Warrior

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For Dead Eyes Only
Dean Wesley Smith (ISBN 0-671-01879-5)

[edit] Sonic the Hedgehog

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A series of six Sonic Adventures gamebooks were published in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Puffin under the Fantail label:

Book 1 - Metal City Mayhem
James Wallis (ISBN 0-14-090391-7)
Book 2 - Zone Rangers
James Wallis (ISBN 0-14-090392-5)
Book 3 - Sonic v Zonik
Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0-14-090406-9)
Book 4 - The Zone Zapper
Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0-14-090407-7)
Book 5 - Theme Park Panic
Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (ISBN 0-14-037847-2)
Book 6 - Stormin' Sonic
Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (ISBN 0-14-037848-0)

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Stay Sonic
Mike Pattenden developed a detailed origin for the character later used as the basis of most subsequent UK Sonic stories.

James Wallis, Marc Gascoigne and Carl Sargent (under the pseudonym of Martin Adams) wrote four Sonic the Hedgehog novels based on the origin established in Stay Sonic. They were published in the UK by Virgin Publishing.

Book 1 - Sonic the Hedgehog in Robotnik's Laboratory 
(ISBN 0-426-20401-8)
Book 2 - Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension 
(ISBN 0-426-20402-6)
Book 3 - Sonic the Hedgehog and the Silicon Warriors 
(ISBN 0-426-20403-4)
Book 4 - Sonic the Hedgehog in Castle Robotnik 
(ISBN 0-426-20405-0)

Michael Teitelbaum has also written a series of Sonic novels:

Sonic the Hedgehog 
(ISBN 0-8167-3199-3)
Robotnik's Revenge 
(ISBN 0-8167-3438-0)
Fortress of Fear 
(ISBN 0-8167-3582-4)
Friend or Foe? 
(ISBN 0-8167-3672-3)
Sonic & Knuckles 
(ISBN 0-8167-3781-9)
Sonic X-Treme

Two novels have been written based on the Second/Third season of Sonic X:

Meteor Shower Messenger
Spaceship Blue Typhoon
Where's Sonic?
Using a similar idea to the Where's Wally?/Where's Waldo? books, each page presented the reader with a different puzzle, each one inspired by a different level from Sonic 2 on the Genesis / Sega Mega Drive. Published by Ladybird Books Ltd.
Where's Sonic Now?

Picture books:

Robotnik's Oil
The Invisible Robotnik

[edit] S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Southern Comfort
John Mason (ISBN 978-1466220720)

[edit] StarCraft

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Many, many books based on this game. (list is incomplete)

Liberty's Crusade (StarCraft, Book 1)
Jeff Grubb (ISBN 0-671-04148-7)
Shadow of the Xel'Naga (StarCraft, Book 2)
Gabriel Mesta (ISBN 978-0-9559078-0-7)
Speed Of Darkness (StarCraft, Book 3)
Tracy Hickman (ISBN 0-671-04150-9)
Uprising (StarCraft, Book 4?)
Jeff Grubb (ISBN 0-671-04148-7)
Queen Of Blades (StarCraft)
Tracy Hickman (ISBN 0-671-04150-9)
Nova (StarCraft: Ghost)
Keith R. A. DeCandido (ISBN 0-7434-7134-2)
Firstborn (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 1)
Christie Golden (ISBN 0-7434-7125-3)
Shadow Hunters (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 2)
Christie Golden (ISBN 0-7434-7126-1)
Twilight (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 3)
Christie Golden (ISBN 0-7434-7129-6)
I, Mengsk (StarCraft)
Graham McNeill (ISBN 1-4165-5083-6)

[edit] Manga

Fontline: Volume 1 (StarCraft)
Naohiro Washio, Paul Benjamin, Richard A. Knaak, Ramanda Kamarga, Joshua Elder (ISBN 1427807212)
Fontline: Volume 2 (StarCraft)
Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Kieron Gillen, Simon Furman (ISBN 1-4278-0831-7)
Fontline: Volume 3 (StarCraft)
Dave Shramek, Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Paul Benjamin, Ren Zatopek (ISBN 1-4278-0832-5)
Fontline: Volume 4 (StarCraft)
Chris Metzen, David Gerrold, Joshua Elder (ISBN 1-4278-1698-0)

[edit] Stationfall

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Stationfall
Arthur Byron Cover (ISBN 0-380-75387-1)

[edit] Star Wars The Force Unleashed

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The Force Unleashed
Sean Williams
The Force Unleashed II
Sean Williams

[edit] Street Fighter

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Street Fighter: Dream Never Ends
Talyn Rahman-Figueroa (available online www.dreamneverends.com)

[edit] Tom Clancy's EndWar

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EndWar
David Michaels
The Hunted
David Michaels

[edit] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

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Ghost Recon
David Michaels
Combat Ops
David Michaels

[edit] Tom Clancy's HAWX

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HAWX
David Michaels

[edit] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

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Splinter Cell
David Michaels
Operation Barracuda
David Michaels
Checkmate
David Michaels
Fallout
David Michaels
Conviction
David Michaels
Endgame
David Michaels

[edit] Uncharted

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The Fourth Labyrinth
Christopher Golden

[edit] Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

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Dawn of War
C S Goto
Ascension
C S Goto
Tempest
C S Goto
Blood Ravens: The Dawn of War Omnibus
C S Goto

[edit] Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior

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Fire Warrior
Simon Spurrier

[edit] X-COM

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X-Com UFO Defence
Diane Duane

[edit] References

  1. ^ Metal Gear Solid. Del Rey. 2008. p. 336. ISBN 0345503287. 
  2. ^ Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Del Rey. 2009. p. 320. ISBN 0345503430. 
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