Editing Strategy guide (section)

{{Short description|Instruction book that contains hints or complete solutions to a specific video game}}
'''Strategy guides''' are instruction books that contain hints or complete solutions to specific [[video game]]s.  The line between strategy guides and [[video game walkthrough]]s is somewhat blurred, with the former often containing or being written around the latter. Strategy guides are often published in print, both in book form and also as articles within [[video game journalism|video game magazine]]s. In cases of exceptionally popular game titles, guides may be sold through more mainstream publication channels, such as bookstores or even newsstands. Some publishers also sell [[E-Book]] versions on their websites.

Strategy guides marketed as "official" are written by game distributors themselves or licensed to a specialty publishing house; [[Prima Games]] and Piggyback Interactive specialise in writing official guides for various companies. There are also a number of publishers who make unlicensed, "unofficial" strategy guides, and many of today's mainstream publishers began by making such guides.