BradyGames: version 1

Saved 2026-09-17 11:05 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/09780744001051 — Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide** (BradyGames, 2001), taken from the wanted queue, plus the new stub **brand/bradygames**. **Identity.** Settled on the OCLC MARC re. Current is v2.

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# BradyGames <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: BradyGames
disambiguation: American video game strategy guide imprint, Indianapolis
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name        | type   | locale | from | until |
| ----------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Brady Games | search |        |      |       |
| BRADYGAMES  | search |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                                                                                 | title                                                            | accessed   | publisher          | kind        | published  | record_id  | locator                                       | licence | attribution   | upstream |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------- | -------- |
| marc        | https://ia601001.us.archive.org/12/items/diabloiiultimate0000fark/diabloiiultimate0000fark_meta.mrc | MARC record for Diablo II ultimate strategy guide, OCLC 48226867 | 2026-09-17 | Internet Archive   | catalogue   |            | 48226867   | fields 020, 050, 082, 100, 245, 246, 260, 300 |         |               | OCLC     |
| nobleknight | https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147442432/Diablo-II---Ultimate-Strategy-Guide                        | Noble Knight Games: Diablo II - Ultimate Strategy Guide          | 2026-09-17 | Noble Knight Games | retailer    |            | 2147442432 |                                               |         |               |          |
| gamedev     | https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/bradygames-strategy-guides-move-to-dorling-kindersley  | BradyGames Strategy Guides Move To Dorling Kindersley            | 2026-09-17 | Game Developer     | publication | 2006-05-19 |            |                                               |         | David Jenkins |          |
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## About <!--about-->
BradyGames was an American publisher of video game strategy guides based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the imprint under which player's guides such as the 2001 Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide appeared; library cataloguing records the publication statement simply as "Indianapolis, Ind. : BradyGames".[^marc] Game Developer reported in May 2006 that Penguin was moving the label, then the largest publisher of strategy guides in the United States and the holder of exclusive book licences for series including Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy and World of WarCraft, out of Pearson Education to become an imprint within Dorling Kindersley, with UK sales passing to the Penguin key account team and US sales to the Dorling Kindersley key account group.[^gamedev] Retailers still catalogue its out-of-print guides under the BradyGames name.[^nobleknight]
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