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The Well-Spoken Horror Of Video Game Novel Audiobooks

If you need help sleeping tonight, why not curl up and listen to a man with a very proper accent read you a novel based on a video game about men with giant necks shooting monsters in the face.


August 3, 2011
Xbox

The Hand That Guides The Gears Of War Universe

In 2006 when science fiction author Karen Traviss’ editor asked her if she wanted to do a military video game tie-in novel, it was the first she’d heard of Epic Games’ Gears of War. Today she’s responsible for the entire fictional universe, steering the adventure of Marcus Fenix and company to its inevitable conclusion and beyond.


July 19, 2011
PC

Battlefield 3 Is Also Coming To The Book Platform

If more story is what you crave from DICE’s big first-person shooter due in the Australian spring, you’ll have to crack a book. Battlefield 3 is coming to paper and ebooks, courtesy of writer Andy McNab, who’s penning the first-person shooter inspired novel.


July 20, 2010

Kotaku’s 2010 Summer Reading List

As sure as spring gives way to summer, Kotaku’s 2010 Summer Reading List is here to help you get your portable video game fix during the sunny, sandy situations where gaming isn’t an option.


July 16, 2010
News

A Novel Introduction To The World Of Guild Wars 2

The novel Ghosts of Ascalon attempts to bridge the 250-year gap between fantasy MMO Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, but is it a bridge too far? We speak to co-author Jeff Grubb about bringing Tyria’s fiction up-to-date.


May 10, 2010
In Real Life

Ten Reasons Why Teenage Girls Become Otaku

Everyone has their reasons. What’s yours, sister?


April 16, 2010
News

Gears Novelist Is Lead Writer On Gears Of War 3

After penning two novels based in the world of Epic Games’ hit series, science-fiction author Karen Traviss plunges headlong into the story as the lead writer for Gears of War 3.


February 6, 2010
News

World Of Warcraft: The Audio Book

Richard Knaak’s World of Warcraft Stormrage is getting the audio book treatment, BlizzPlanet points out.


December 5, 2009
In Real Life

Star Wars: The Old Republic Reaches Beyond The Game

With a setting more than 3,500 years before the movies begin, The Old Republic filled with untold Star Wars stories, and LucasArts and BioWare are taking advantage, with new novels, comics, and short stories expanding the Old Republic universe.


November 13, 2008
News

Big Game Plans For Robert Jordan’s Wheel Of Time

Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time Series is one of those fantasy series that I always wanted to read but never gotten around to. Now might be a good time though, as film studio Red Eagle Entertainment readies not only big-screen adaptations of the novels, but video games as well. They’ve just launched Red Eagle Games, a video game publishing company that will oversee the release of video games to coincide with the launch of the movies. Red Eagle producer Rick Selvage explains the company’s plans. “We’ve got a huge running start with this property,” Selvage said. “We expect to have a game based on every movie, and we expect no less than three movies, though that depends on how well each does.”