Epic Games and Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, have announced that Del Rey will publish three novels set in the gritty world of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Gears of War video game series.
The first novel, Gears of War: The Battle of Aspho Fields, written by New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss, will go on sale October 28th, 2008. The Gears of War 2 video game, the highly anticipated sequel to the genre-defining third-person shooter that won over 30 game of the year awards, will be released worldwide exclusively for the Xbox 360 on November 7th, 2008.
