Joyride Studios will be producing Battlestar Galactica action figures and space vehicles for release this September ( Series 1 ) and December ( Series 2 ).

Score is planning four more releases for its Yu Yu Hakusho CCG this year.

Several online sites are already advertising Porco Rosso , Nausicca , and My Neighbor Totoro for sale with an August 31 street date.

Sources at Tokyopop have confirmed to ICv2 that the U.S. manga publishing powerhouse is teaming up with a Japanese publisher to create a new manga series based on Paramount's Star Trek property.

Jay Bardyla of Happy Harbor Comics & Toys in Edmonton and Jasper, Alberta, and Vancouver, British Columbia, saw the announcement of the Free Comic Book Day sponsors, and had thoughts on one notable absence from the list of sponsors, as well as continued dissatisfaction with the date selected.

The ever-popular zombie genre managed to dislodge well-ensconced meatier fare at the box office this weekend, as Dawn of the Dead knocked Passion off the #1 slot.

A Paid Advertisement. Specialty retailers can increase their store's sales potential this summer with the newest line of collectibles based on this fan-favorite series, the Onegai (Please) Teacher Trading Figures -- available exclusively in North America through Diamond!

The new ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games #4 reports that the 2003 game market grew in three of four categories over the previous year, with CCGs, miniature games, and board and family games all up, and RPGs down.

An ICv2 Release. ICv2 has announced the release of the fourth issue of its ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games .

We caught up with Fast Forward VP Sales and Marketing John Danovich at the recent GAMA Trade Show, and got an update on Fast Forward.

Wizards of the Coast announced a new retro product and more at the GAMA Trade Show.

Fantasy Flight Games will be releasing Doom: The Board Game , based on the soon-to-be released Doom 3 computer game, in October.