The Big List of Books About Games: History (2000 – Present)

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Amos, Evan – The Game Console: A Photographic History from Atari to Xbox – 2018

▶ Republished with additional material as The Game Console 2.0: A Photographic History from Atari to Xbox in 2021

Bell, Matt – Baldur’s Gate II – Boss Fight Books #8 – 2015

Castro, Ludovic – Sekiro: The Second Life of Souls – 2020

Courcier, Nicholas and Others – The Legend of Final Fantasy IX – 2021

Craddock, David L. – Shovel Knight – Boss Fight Books #19 – 2017

Custodio, Alex – Who Are You?: Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance Platform – Platform Studies #11 – 2020

Dockery, Daniel – Monster Kids: How Pokemon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All – 2022

Drucker, Mike – Silent Hill 2 – Boss Fight Books #27 – 2020

Durham, Gabe – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Boss Fight Books #26 – 2020

Goldberg, Daniel and Linus Larsson – Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus “Notch” Persson and the Game That Changed Everything – 2013

▶ Republished with additional material as Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus “Notch” Persson and the Game That Changed Everything (Second Edition) in 2015

Harris, Blake J. – The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality – 2019

Herman, Leonard – Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Home Videogames – 1994

▶ Republished with additional material as Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Videogames (Second Edition) in 1997

▶ Republished with more additional material as Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Videogames (Third Edition) in 2001

▶ Republished with more additional material as Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry in 2016

Jones, Steven E. and George K. Thiruvathukal – Codename Revolution: The Nintendo Wii Platform – Platform Studies #2 – 2012

Kane, Alex – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Boss Fight Books #20 – 2019

Kent, Steven L. – The Ultimate History of Video Games Volume 2 – The Ultimate History of Video Games #2 – 2021

Kushner, David – Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto – 2012

Li, Roland – Good Luck Have Fun: The Rise of eSports – 2016

Lisi, Daniel – World of Warcraft – Boss Fight Books #12 – 2016

Peyron, Baptiste and Pierre Maugein – Devolver Behind the Scenes: Business and Punk Attitude – 2021

Ramsay, Morgan – Gamers At Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play – 2012

Ramsay, Morgan – Online Game Pioneers At Work – 2015

Russell, Jamie – Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood – 2012

Ryan, Jeff – Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America – 2011

Salter, Anastasia and John Murray – Flash: Building the Interactive Web – Platform Studies #4 – 2014

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Schreier, Jason – Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made – 2017

Schreier, Jason – Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry – 2021

Suttner, Nick – Shadow of the Colossus – Boss Fight Books #10 – 2015

Takahashi, Dean – Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft’s Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution – 2002

Takahashi, Dean – The Xbox 360 Uncloaked: The Real Story Behind Microsoft’s Next-Generation Video Game Console – 2006