Battlefield Blog: Battlefield 3: The Russian News Coverage

Posted August 2, 201113 yr

Yesterday we had announced the upcoming novel Battlefield 3: The Russian. Written by former SAS operator and Battlefield 3 consultant Andy McNab (co-authored with Peter Grimsdale), it is set to coincide with the Battlefield 3 launch on October 25th. Let's take a look at what the experts had to say...

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"It's the emotion and the grit and the physicality ... all of these small things -- everything from movement to lingo to storylines -- have to have emotion."

- CNN

"These guys know what they're doing, they've been doing it for years in different games. But what they want to do is get it right. The meat was already there. And the beauty of it is, unlike film - where you have a point where the creativity has got to stop because you've got to film - you can still be creative and change and adapt, and everybody wants to as well. So the process was good."

- Eurogamer

"It's definitely better than working in the movies, because that is an industry where the business is heard a lot. What video games, however, is an area where you can breathe a lot of enthusiasm.The film is like a machine, video games as a well of creativity."

- Videogame.it

"Like the game, the novel is charged with documentary intensity, high octane action, and ripped-from-the-headlines incursions. Battlefield 3: The Russian paints a picture of a soldier struggling to do whatever it takes to keep himself, and his platoon, alive."

- Worth Playing

More coverage:

- IGN

- CVG

- Fan Boy Gaming