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.

Alan Wake

Novels

Alan Wake

Rick Burroughs

Army of Two

Graphic Novels

Army of Two: Dirty Money

John Ney Rieber (ISBN 978-0-76-155744-9)

Assassin's Creed

Novels

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

Battlefield 3

Novels

Battlefield 3: The Russian

Andy McNab & Peter Grimsdale

Bioshock

Novels

Rapture

John Shirley

Bot Colony

Novels

Bot Colony

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

Brute Force

Novels

Betrayals

Dean Wesley Smith

Crimson Skies

Novels

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.

Crysis

Novels

Legion

Peter Watts

Dead Space

Novels

Dead Space: Martyr

Brian Evenson (ISBN 978-0-7653-2503-7)

Deus Ex

Novels

Deus Ex: Icarus Effect

James Swallow (ISBN 978-0-85768-160-7) and (ISBN 978-0-34552-359-4)

Dragon Age

Novels

Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne

David Gaider

Dragon Age: The Calling

David Gaider

Dragon Age: Asunder

David Gaider

Driver: San Francisco

Novels

Nemesis

Alex Sharp

Doom

Doom

• Knee Deep In The Dead
• Hell on Earth
• Infernal Sky
• Endgame

Doom 3

• Worlds on Fire
• Maelstrom

The Elder Scrolls

Novels

The Infernal City

Greg Keyes (ISBN 978-0-345-50801-0)

Lord of Souls

Greg Keyes (ISBN 978-0-345-50802-7)

Elemental: War of Magic

Novels

Elemental: Destiny's Embers

Bradley Wardell (ISBN 0-345-51786-5)

Fable

Novels

The Balverine Order

Peter David

"Blood Ties" {Peter David}

Gabriel Knight

Novels

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)

Gears of War

Novels

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

God of War

Novels

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

Guild Wars / Guild Wars 2

Novels

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)

Halo

Novels

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

Hellgate London

Novels

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)

Hitman

Novels

Enemy Within

William C. Deitz

Homefront

Novels

Homefront: The Voice of Freedom

Raymond Benson and John Milius

Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death

Novels

Dredd Vs. Death

Gordon Rennie

Killzone

Novels

Ascendency

Sam Bradbury

Mass Effect

Novels

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

Metal Gear Solid

Novels

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

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

Perfect Dark

Novels

Perfect Dark: Initial Vector

Greg Rucka (ISBN 0-7653-1571-8)

Perfect Dark: Second Front

Greg Rucka (ISBN 0-7653-1572-4)

Planetfall

Novels

Planetfall

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

Resident Evil

Novels

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)

Resistance

Novels

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

Rogue Trooper

Novels

The Quartz Massacre

Rebecca Levene (ISBN 1-84416-110-2)

RuneScape

Novels

RuneScape: Betrayal at Falador

T.S. Church (ISBN 978-0-9559078-0-7)

RuneScape: Return to Canifis

T.S. Church (ISBN 978-1848567276)

Shadow Warrior

Novels

For Dead Eyes Only

Dean Wesley Smith (ISBN 0-671-01879-5)

Sonic the Hedgehog

Gamebooks

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)

Novels

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

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series

Novels

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Southern Comfort

John Mason (ISBN 978-1466220720)

StarCraft

Novels

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)

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)

Stationfall

Novels

Stationfall

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

Star Wars The Force Unleashed

Novels

The Force Unleashed

Sean Williams

The Force Unleashed II

Sean Williams

Street Fighter

Novels

Street Fighter: Dream Never Ends

Talyn Rahman-Figueroa (available online www.dreamneverends.com)

Tom Clancy's EndWar

Novels

EndWar

David Michaels

The Hunted

David Michaels

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Novels

Ghost Recon

David Michaels

Combat Ops

David Michaels

Tom Clancy's HAWX

Novels

HAWX

David Michaels

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Novels

Splinter Cell

David Michaels

Operation Barracuda

David Michaels

Checkmate

David Michaels

Fallout

David Michaels

Conviction

David Michaels

Endgame

David Michaels

Uncharted

Novels

The Fourth Labyrinth

Christopher Golden

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Novels

Dawn of War

C S Goto

Ascension

C S Goto

Tempest

C S Goto

Blood Ravens: The Dawn of War Omnibus

C S Goto

Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior

Novels

Fire Warrior

Simon Spurrier

X-COM

Novels

X-Com UFO Defence

Diane Duane