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Guides of the Year
Nearly 250 guides battle it out for the prestigious honor.
It's been a long year and we at IGN Guides have busted our humps to make sure all of the big games have the strategy guides they deserve. We've put up nearly 250 guides in 2003 across all five platforms and we look to do even more next year. Our staff of overpaid and underworked editors and freelancers work hard to make sure our
In a year filled with big, long, and difficult games, it seems only fitting that we make note of our very best in game help. These guides represent the height of quality, so be sure to check them out -- especially if you're stuck in the game! So let's push aside ado and get to it.
Other Notables
| .hack//INFECTION (Part 1) | .hack//MUTATION (Part 2) | .hack//OUTBREAK (Part 3) | Aliens Vs. Predator: Extinction | Ape Escape 2 |
| Auto Modellista | Battle Engine Aquila | Beyond Good & Evil | Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds |
| Castlevania: Lament of Innocence | Chaos Legion | Conflict: Desert Storm II | Dark Cloud 2 | Dead to Rights |
| Def Jam Vendetta | Devil May Cry 2 | Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 | Dynasty Warriors 4 | Enter the Matrix |
| ESPN NFL Football | Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick | Final Fantasy X-2 | Finding Nemo | Freaky Flyers |
| Freedom Fighters | Guilty Gear X2 | Hulk | Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward | Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb |
| Jak II | Legacy of Kain: Defiance | Lord of the Rings: Return of the King | Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter | Madden NFL 2004 |
| Manhunt | Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Medal of Honor: Rising Sun | Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance | Midnight Club II |
| MVP Baseball 2003 | NBA Live 2004 | NBA Street Vol. 2 | NCAA Football 2004 | Need for Speed Underground |
| Primal | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando | Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc | Resident Evil: Dead Aim |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection | Roadkill | Silent Hill 3 | SOCOM II | Soul Calibur II |
| SSX 3 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven | The Getaway |
| The Italian Job | The Simpsons: Hit & Run | The Sims | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness |
| Tony Hawk's Underground | True Crime: Streets of L.A. | Vexx | Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution | War of the Monsters |
| WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain | X2: Wolverine's Revenge | Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht | XIII | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses |
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12:00 am PST December 19, 2003