Scholastic has signed a publishing deal with Konami Digital Media’s subsidiary licensor 4K Media Inc. to release a definitive resource handbook for the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Official Handbook will be release in Fall 2016 to English-speaking audiences in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The book will include all the known Duel Monsters, as well as detailing their personalities, skills, and relationships. It will also have information on Yugi and his friends Joey, Tristan and Tea, who all share a love for the card-battling game: Duel Monsters.
Scholastic has also released similar handbooks for Pokemon, including, most recently, the Pokermon Deluxe Essential Handbook in July 2015.
For the trading card game, Konami just announced new 2016 Mega-Tins which will release in September (see “ICv2: 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Mega Tins Revealed”).