GameDev.net is pleased to provide a hand-picked collection of books you may find useful for game development. All books are offered in association with the largest and most reputable online retailers, such as Amazon.com. In addition to a brief description of the book or other product, you'll find reviews from the GDNet staff and your peers in the community to help you decide if something is right for you. Just follow the links below.
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Books
Book Reviews(1 listing) Featured reviews of important books for game developers. A wider selection of reviews - including peer reviews - can be found in our Books section.
For Beginners(33 listings) Our recommendations for people just getting started in programming and/or game development.
Game Audio(22 listings) Topics for the musicians and audio engineers.
Game Business and Production(26 listings) This topic includes both information about how to run your game business, and information about the industry as a whole.
Hacking(2 listings) Anything dealing with the various forms of hacking
Novels(2 listings) Books written about the game industry or that feature computer games in their plot
Out of Print(19 listings) This section contains books which were at one point listed on GameDev.net, but which have since gone out of print, or have been replaced with significantly different newer editions. The information and reviews are kept for archival purposes.
Visual Arts(73 listings) Everything from traditional art theory to techniques for the latest modelling, animation, and other tools used in the creation of game art Subcategories:3ds max, Art Collections, Lightwave, Maya, Poser, XSI
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