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RIP, Prima Books--and Strategy Guides, a Cornerstone of Game Culture

WIRED

For a long time, my most prized possession was a strategy guide. A lush, thick booklet of information and art devoted to the first game I ever beat: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I would look lovingly at the concept art and screenshots on the pages as I learned how to find all the Gold Skulltulas and forge the Big Goron's Sword--and discovered, definitively, that the Triforce was not a collectible item. Years later, short on cash, I sold that strategy guide at a used games store. They gave me three dollars for it.


This week in games: Mythological Assassin's Creed monsters, Prima Games plans its last strategy guide

PCWorld

November's got quite a few releases though, so there are a handful of launch trailers below for Hitman 2 and Battlefield V, plus a release date for Tannenberg, more monsters for Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, and an obituary for strategy guide printer Prima Games. This is gaming news for November 5 to 9. I already sunk 60-plus hours into Assassin's Creed: Odyssey so the prospect of going back for more is...daunting. If you're looking to extend your stay in Ancient Greece however, Ubisoft's adding a bunch of stuff to the game in November--new questlines, a new mythological creature, more items, and a level cap bump. Check out the video below for more details. Sunset Overdrive's all-but-confirmed for a PC release at this point, but in case you needed further confirmation: PC Gamer spotted this listing on SteamDB that quite clearly features Sunset Overdrive key art, despite no other details.