Editing Strategy guide (section)

==Publishing before game release==
In order to be released at the same time as the game, commercial strategy guides are often based on a pre-release version of the game, rather than the final retail version; BradyGames' guide for ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' included misplaced item locations and a slightly different map, which made some directions impossible to follow. BradyGames rectified such mistakes by offering free [[errata]] pages for download from their [[website]].

Strategy guides are sometimes published before the game itself is published. This can be risky because there is always the chance that a game will end up not being released. For example, in January [[2001 in video gaming|2001]], Prima published a guide ({{ISBN|0-7615-3125-4}}) for the [[Dreamcast]] version of ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'', which was canceled late in development when [[Sega]] discontinued the [[video game console|console]].