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Bloodborne Official Strategy Guide Gets Huge Discount At Amazon

The 744-page Bloodborne Complete Edition Guide is on sale for $45.50 at Amazon. Published last fall by Future Press, the official guidebook rarely is discounted by more than a few bucks. The 25% price cut is already a terrific deal, but shoppers in the Midwest and potentially elsewhere can score an additional 25% discount. With that factored in, you'll only pay $34.12--nearly 50% off the book's $60 MSRP. Click the coupon box under the price to get the extra discount at checkout. If you don't see a coupon box to click, the offer isn't available in your region.

The Complete Edition is roughly 200 pages longer than the 2017 Collector's Edition Guide. This is because the Complete Edition also includes The Old Hunters expansion, which received its own 224-page physical guide in 2015. Along with everything you need to 100% the base game and DLC, the guide includes concept art, a deep dive into the lore of Yharnam, an interview with director Hidetaka Miyazaki, and a reference index for in-game lore.

You could use some of the money you're saving to pick up Bloodborne's official art book, which is on sale for $32 (was $45) at Amazon. If you already own the art book, check out the upcoming Deluxe Edition of Bloodborne's first graphic novel for $25.

From Software Official Hardcover Guidebooks

• Armored Core 6 Pilot's Manual (Hardcover) -- $45
• Bloodborne Complete Guide Anniversary Edition (Hardcover) -- $45.50 ($60) | $34.12 with coupon
• Dark Souls Trilogy Compendium Anniversary Edition (Hardcover) -- Sold out
• Elden Ring Nightreign: Official Companion Guide (Hardcover) -- $42.74 ($45) | Releases September 30
• Elden Ring: The Lands Between - Books of Knowledge, Volume 1 (Hardcover) -- $50
• Elden Ring: Shards of the Shattering - Books of Knowledge, Volume 2 (Hardcover) -- $50
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - Books of Knowledge, Volume 3 (Hardcover) -- $45

Physical guidebooks aren't all that common these days, and they generally double as art books and/or have a collectible component to their designs. From Software fans who like strategy guides are quite fortunate, as the studio consistently collaborates with Future Press to produce gorgeous guides for its games. Just last week, Future revealed an official guidebook for Elden Ring Nightreign. Slated for publication on September 30, Elden Ring Nightreign's Official Companion Guide is available to preorder for $42.74 at Amazon.

Nightreign's guide will be the fourth Elden Ring book from Future Press following its three-part Books of Knowledge series covering the original game and Shadow of the Erdtree. Books of Knowledge Volume 1 and Volume 2 had been sold out more often than not since early 2024, but both books are back in stock now. Armored Core 6's Pilot Manual is also back in stock after being sold out since last holiday season.

From Software Art Books

Bloodborne Complete Edition Guide has a ton of official artwork from From Software artists, but for even more, you'll want to check out Bloodborne Official Artworks, a 256-page paperback published by Udon Entertainment. The publisher has also released a pair of Elden Ring art books and three Dark Souls art books.

• Elden Ring: Official Art Book Volume I (Hardcover) -- Sold out
• Elden Ring: Official Art Book Volume II (Hardcover) --$42.73 ($60)
• Bloodborne Official Artworks (Paperback) -- $32 ($45)
• Dark Souls: Design Works (Hardcover) -- Sold out
• Dark Souls II: Design Works (Hardcover) -- $50
• Dark Souls III: Design Works (Hardcover) -- $58
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice: Official Artworks (Hardcover) -- $36.44 ($50)

Bloodborne & Dark Souls Graphic Novels

Bloodborne also has an official graphic novel adaptation with six volumes. You can pick up the first three volumes in box set format for $29 at Amazon. Preorders for Bloodborne's Slipcase Set with Volumes 4-6 are available for $50 at Amazon ahead of its October 14 release. Titan Comics is also releasing a premium hardcover version of Volume 1 on September 2. Fans can preorder Bloodborne Vol. 1: The Death of Sleep Deluxe Edition for $25 at Amazon

Bloodborne Graphic Novels at Amazon

• Bloodborne Vol. 1-3 Box Set -- $28 ($50)
• Bloodborne Vol. 4-6: Box Set -- $50 | Releases October 14
• Bloodborne Vol. 1: The Death of Sleep Deluxe Edition (hardcover) -- $25 | Releases September 2
• Bloodborne Vol. 1: The Death of Sleep -- $13.59 ($18)
• Bloodborne Vol. 2: The Healing Thirst -- $15.59 ($18)
• Bloodborne Vol. 3: A Song of Crows -- $15.85 ($18)
• Bloodborne Vol. 4: The Veil Torn Asunder -- $18
• Bloodborne Vol. 5: Lady of the Lanterns -- $15.84 ($18)
• Bloodborne Vol. 6: The Bleak Dominion -- $10.15 ($18)

Dark Souls Graphic Novels & Manga at Amazon

From Software's Dark Souls series also has an official graphic novel adaptation as well as a manga that debuted last year. Volume 2 of the Dark Souls: Redemption manga will be published on July 22.

• Dark Souls: The Complete Collection -- $24 ($35)
• • Includes The Breath of Andolus, Winter's Spite, Legends of the Flame, Tales of Ember, and Age of Fire
• Dark Souls 1-3 Slipcase Set -- $28.49 ($50)
  • Includes The Breath of Andolus, Winter's Spite, Legends of the Flame
• Dark Souls Vol. 1: The Breath of Andolus -- $18
• Dark Souls Vol. 1: The Breath of Andolus - Artist's Edition -- $30
• Dark Souls Vol. 2: Winter's Spite -- $16.79 ($18)
• Dark Souls Vol. 3: Legends of the Flame -- $16.50 ($18)
• Dark Souls Vol. 4: The Age of Fire -- $12.51 ($22)
• Dark Souls Vol. 5: The Willow King -- $13.48 ($18)

• Dark Souls: Redemption, Vol. 1 (Manga) -- $14 ($15)
• Dark Souls: Redemption, Vol. 2 (Manga) -- $15 | Releases July 22
• Dark Souls: Masque of Vindication (Fiction Novel) -- $20.66 ($25)

Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree Manga

Speaking of From Software manga, Elden Ring has a manga adaptation, too, but it's decidedly different from the game, as it's a comedy. Volume 6 will be published on the same day as Volume 2 of Redemption. You can also preorder Volume 7, which is scheduled to hit shelves on October 28.

• Volume 1 -- $11.39 ($13)
• Volume 2 -- $11.70 ($13)
• Volume 3 -- $10.30 ($13)
• Volume 4 -- $10.30 ($13)
• Volume 5 -- $10.30 ($13)
• Volume 6 -- $13 | Releases July 22
• Volume 7 -- $13 | Releases October 28

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Manga at Amazon

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice hasn't received as much love in terms of official books, but it did receive an excellent manga titled Sekiro Side Story: Hanbei the Undying. Published by Yen Press in 2020, Sekiro Side Story is discounted to $11 (was $15) at Amazon.

• Sekiro Side Story: Hanbei the Undying -- $11 ($15)