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

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: 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 (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: Stolen Throne
David Gaider
Dragon Age: Calling
David Gaider

Driver: San Francisco

Novels

Nemesis
Alex Sharp

Doom

Doom

Doom 3

The Elder Scrolls

Novels

The Infernal City
Greg Keyes (ISBN 978-0-345-50801-0)

Elemental: War of Magic

Novels

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

Fable

Novels

The Balverine Order
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: Evolutions Volume II: Essential Tales of 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.[1]

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

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

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

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.