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03 February 2025

We understand that you love games, but this time, we encourage you to discover fictional worlds in a slightly different way. Join BookBeat and enjoy 70 days (40 hours) of free access to its enormous library of audiobooks and e-books.

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BookBeat

BookBeat is a streaming service for audiobooks and e-books that will help you experience captivating stories when you’re away from the keyboard. The app has a vast array of advantages.

  • An impressive library of 1 million books including crime, non-fiction, romance, biographies, fantasy, children’s books, science fiction, and all other genres you can think of.
  • Possibility to listen offline so you can enjoy books whenever and wherever you like.
  • If you feel overwhelmed by gripping stories and need to take a break, you can easily cancel your BookBeat subscription – no commitments.

Promo and eligible countries

Thanks to this offer, new users from the following countries can join BookBeat and enjoy a free trial period of 70 days (40 hours).

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom

If you live in another region, stay tuned for future deals and promotions. If BookBeat is available in your region, feel welcome to take advantage of its standard trial period.

How to join

Embarking on your journey around the world in 70 days is fast and easy. You only have to follow those steps.

  1. Create your BookBeat account via this link.
  2. Download the application from Google Play or the App Store
  3. Start listening or reading

Audiobooks for gamers

You can easily find titles that any gamer would enjoy among over a million books available on Bookbeat. Here are a few of them.

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

In this book, esteemed video game journalist Jason Schreier describes the trials and tribulations of creating, releasing, and fixing memorable video games, including Stardew Valley, Diablo III, and The Witcher 3.

Console Wars

In Console Wars, Blake Harris covers an incredibly compelling part of video game history, a rivalry between market-leading Nintendo and determined contender Sega. You will witness the birth of Sonic the Hedgehog from the people behind the character and learn how bold ideas shook the balance of power and shaped the gaming market we know today.

Doom Guy: Life in First Person

A biography of John Romero, one of the most notorious video game developers. You will learn stories that led to the release of such groundbreaking titles as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake.

Journey to the West

Black Myth: Wukong, one of the best video games released in 2024, was based on this 16th-century Chinese novel. Reading or listening to it would let you discover legends and creatures that appear in the game.

Life Is Strange: Heatwaves

It’s a LiS: True Colors spin-off that follows Alex and Steph’s adventure in a small town they reach by accident. Initially, they only want to find a garage to fix their car. However, it quickly turns out that locals need their help in dealing with an unnatural heatwave.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Path of the Apocalypse

In Path of Apocalypse, Lara Croft embarks on an original adventure tied in with the Survivor trilogy. She will explore mysterious caves in Colombia and beat the Trinity forces in the race to discover an ancient secret. Hence, it’s a typical Tomb Raider adventure.

StarCraft: Evolution

This novel portrays events in the Koprulu sector after the Starcraft II events. It’s noteworthy that StarCraft: Evolution was written by Timothy Zahn, the author of the fan-favorite Star Wars sub-series, the Thrawn trilogy.

The Witcher

A series of short stories and novels by Andrzej Sapkowski follows Geralt of Rivia, the famous witcher, who was turned into one of the most iconic video game characters by CD Projekt Red. Learning Geralt’s original adventures should let you have even more fun and find otherwise missable Easter eggs while playing the Witcher games.

The list of available books may differ by country.

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