Prima Games Releases New Line of Strategy Products for Halo 4

ROSEVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prima Games, an imprint of Random House Inc., has announced the upcoming release of their line of fully-authorized strategy guides for Halo 4. The line of products includes: Halo 4 Collector’s Edition Prima Official Game Guide, Halo 4 Prima Official Game Guide (standard edition) and Halo 4 Prima Official eGuide. Developed in conjunction with 343 Industries and Microsoft Studios, this robust line of products is also the first in a series of collaborations between Prima Games and Major League Gaming. Each of the Halo 4 guide products includes multiplayer strategy and tactics from Major League Gaming tournament champions.

The standard edition guide is over 400 pages and contains MLG Pro strategies for every War Games map, a complete walkthrough of the Campaign with tips for Legendary difficulty and an easy to reference appendix complete with a full list of medals, Achievements, unlockables, terminals and skulls. In addition to all of the content from the standard guide, the Collector’s Edition guide also contains 48-pages of exclusive behind-the-scenes content, dry-erase War Games map cards, a code to download the Cryptum Avatar T-Shirt, and is beautifully wrapped in a hardcover.

Every print guide for Halo 4 comes with free access to the Halo 4 Prima Official eGuide on PrimaGames.com. The eGuide will feature all of the content from the print guide in an easy to use web-based format as well as weekly updates to coincide with the release of Spartan Ops episodic campaign missions.

The Collector’s Edition guide, standard edition guide and eGuide are available now for pre-order and will be released on November 6, 2012. You can purchase the standard and Collector’s Edition print guides wherever games are sold and the eGuide on www.primagames.com.

About Prima Games

Prima Games, an imprint of Random House, Inc., is the world’s leading publisher of strategy content for PC and console video games. Prima Games is a leader in the digital video game strategy realm, offering interactive strategy maps, streaming video, searchable online guides and strategy apps. www.primagames.com

About Halo

The Halo franchise is an award-winning collection of properties that has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon. Beginning with the original Halo: Combat Evolved (2001), the critically acclaimed and record-shattering series of games has since inspired multiple New York Times bestselling novels, comic books, action figures, apparel and more.

Published by Microsoft Studios, the Halo franchise of games is exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network. To date, more than 43 million copies of Halo games have been sold worldwide, driving more than 3.3 billion hours of gameplay by people connected to Xbox LIVE.

About 343 Industries

343 Industries is the publisher and developer of the blockbuster Halo series of video games and, as part of Microsoft Studios, oversees the Halo franchise, including novels, comics, licensed collectibles, apparel and more. 343 Industries is home to world-class developers working on the Reclaimer Saga, which commences with the arrival of Halo 4 on Nov. 6, 2012, exclusively on Xbox 360.