Strategy guides are instruction books that contain hints or complete solutions
to specific video games. The line between strategy guide and walkthrough is somewhat
blurry, with the former often containing or being written around the latter. They are
often published in print, both in book form and articles within video game magazines.
The strategy guide books or booklets are typically sold through game retailers.
In cases of exceptionally popular game titles, they are sold through more mainstream
publication channels, such as bookstores or even newsstands.
Strategy guides may be published by game distributors themselves, or licensed to
a specialty publishing house. Prima Games, a division of Random House, is a well known
example, known for their Prima "Official" Game Guides. Brady Games, a division of
Pearson Education, is another publisher which is well known for their Brady Games
Official Strategy Guides. These kind of guides are fully licensed from the game makers,
and are thus marketed as the "official" strategy guides. There are also a number of
publishers who make third-party, unlicensed, "unofficial" strategy guides, and many
of today's's mainstream publishers, such as Brady Games and Prima Games, began by
making third-party guides.
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