Prima Games

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Prima Games
Type Limited
Founded 1990s
Headquarters Roseville, California
Area served Video game industry
Website http://www.primagames.com/

Prima Games, a division of Random House, is the largest publishing company of video game strategy guides in the United States.[1] It is an imprint of the Random House Information Group, based in Roseville, California.[2] They normally feature in-depth walkthroughs to completing the game and the characters.

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[edit] Notable titles

The company has produced over 1,400 titles and boasts over 90 million guides in print.[1] In 2005, Prima introduced electronic distribution of gaming guides.[3] For some guides, like Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar it worked directly with the developers themselves in producing the guide.[4]

[edit] Contributors

Writers of strategy guides for Prima Games include

  • Eric Mylonas
  • David S.J. Hodgeson
  • Fernando Bueno
  • Rusel DeMaria
  • Dan Birlew

[edit] List of Prima Games Guides

Main article: List of Prima Games Guides

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b About Prima Games. Prima Games. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
  2. ^ Prima Publishing To Be Realigned Within The Crown Publishing Group. Random House. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
  3. ^ IGN's Direct2Drive to Offer Downloadable Prima Guides. IGN. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
  4. ^ Snider, Mike. "Strategy guides are as hot as video games." USA Today. December 10, 2004.

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