Mysterious Battlefield 3 paperback/eBook spotted online

Listings for a book (potentially) based on Battlefield 3 have started cropping up at various literary outlets around the web, in both paperback and eBook flavors. Amazon lists the book as a 400-page "Mass Market Paperback" by Andy McNab, an author and war-vet who, according to Gamersbook, has been advising BF3 developer DICE on their motion-capture techniques. Barnes & Nobel also has a listing for Battlefield 3, this time in as a Nook eBook, with both McNab and BF3 Executive Producer Patrick Bach cited as authors.

We can also assume that these listing aren't for a strategy guide, as the "Mass Market Paperback" classification is reserved for novels and the like, whereas strategy guides are classified as "Paperbacks." The tremendously tantalizing tome is available for pre-order at both outlets, with Amazon listing the release date as October 25 and B&N reporting a November release window. We've reached out to the book's registered publisher, Grand Central Publishing, for more information.

Reader Comments (24)

I'd love it if when you opened the book, there would be a voucher for an achievement which said
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
You read a book.

@Andrew12h A better achievement would be 'read a proper book'

@Andrew12h

eh 4/10

@Andrew12h

How sweet would it be if each time you opened the book the (Terminator-esque) base sound effect at the end of all the trailers played.

*Duv duv, duv du duv duv*

@Andrew12h
And then pay EA 10 bucks to import it to your Xbox/PS3 profile to get the achievement points/trophy.

Well, this could be cool.

Probably just another war book but to promote it they but battlefield 3 on it.

@byaboy

most likely

we should expect some awesome singleplayer story then. Andy McNab must be doing this for the money though, hes books are already too popular. Unless he worked with them on the story from day one.

Exclusive excerpt:

"ccrrrssshHRRRAAAFROWWWWWWWWWWWWWWwww."

The gun went "BANG. BANG BANG BANG BANG," it said. "BLAM BLAM BLAM DUG-A-DUG-A-DUG-A click click click."

John was shot and all bloody and stuff. "Enemy submarine spotted!" he screamed.

"KABOOM. CRAAKNclank clank." "vvreeoooOOOOOOM."

The jeep jumped over the dead body and onto the tank. The tank exploded and all the bodies flew out and hit the guy with the sniper rifle in the face.

@Once known as Shadsy

the book is probably made for media attention about attacking Iran and stuff.

I'm at the edge of my seat ove here

(btw awesome post 10/10!)

@Once known as Shadsy He knew he had to find other people, he knew he couldn't do it alone. It was then that he entered the 16 digit code located on the back of his field manual. Suddenly, other places seemed open to him, he felt a bit of nostalgia sweep over him. "Back to Karkand..." he muttered.

"I can read you like a book, Lynn. And not a very good book. Certainly not Bravo-Two-Zero by Andy McNab."

campaign win

@adr916
The main campaign in this book isn't that long.
The multiplayer is what it's all about.

BOOOORING!!!

However in even more intersting news related directly to Battlefield 3

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/gate

It's the legit site, (IP checked etc) but no one can log in. However its in Alpha (as it says) so we're not exactly entering into a CoD Elite type beta for a website.

@Red Deer

Oh, forgot to mention the reason the websites interesting is the whole:

"Try battlefield 3 before anyone else."

But nobody can log in to find out how...

@Red Deer nice! This is gonna be awesome!

know what my favorite thing about video games is? not playing them and reading their spin-off books instead.

@zhongkyl

Rudeness will get you nowhere, silly spambot.

Wow, that's interesting. At first, I thought it might be the strategy guide. The one for Bad Company 2 was only $14.99 and was spiral bound and the size of a "mass market paperback". When I checked amazon, however, I was an actual full magazine-sized strategy guide.
Now, I'm curious.

@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my

Yeah, A well written book about war is great, Im sure one that is fiction could be great too.

I read the title as:

Mysterious Battlefield 3 paperbackleBook

I was like WTF is a paperbackle book?

Battlefield 3

Mysterious Battlefield 3 paperback/eBook spotted online

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