This week, Scott Thorne looks at the recent announcement that Asmodee has acquired the assets of Mayfair Games, which is shutting down.

A manga produced in Japan based on an American intellectual property was the top manga in the U.S. book channel according to information provided by NPD BookScan.

The first volume of RWBY sold nearly twice as many copies as the #2 manga in the U.S. book channel in January, according to information provided by NPD BookScan.

This week’s home entertainment releases include Takashi Miike’s blood-soaked adaptation of Hiroaki Samura’s innovative Blood of the Immortal manga, the most successful family drama of 2017, two animated features inspired by the 1960s Batman TV series, plus the Filmation Superman and Batman shows from the 1960s and 1970s, every episode of Doctor Who featuring the 12th Doctor, as well as the first season of the gritty HBO period drama The Deuce .

The final Fifty Shades movie, Fifty Shades Freed , topped a trio of newcomers and the weekend box office with an estimated $38 million, but the total of the top 12 films was down 32.1% from the same weekend last year.

Top Shelf Comix has unveiled details and covers for books in their 2018 catalog.

Cryptozoic Entertainment unveiled two new releases for its long-running DC Deck-Building Game.

The Infinity Countdown event is spinning up with more tie ins.

The Sun & Moon series continues with the Forbidden Light expansion set coming to the Pokemon Trading Card Game.

Ahead of New York Toy Fair, Cryptozoic Entertainment unveiled three new tabletop games based on Rick and Morty.

Brotherwise Games will be releasing Boss Monster: Rise of the Minibosses , a new stand-alone expansion for its popular retro-arcade style card game.

While the percentage change abated, the full picture was significantly worse, as January 2018 was a five-week month vs. a four-week month a year ago.