Board Game Survives Corporate Downsizing
March 25, 2002
Twilight Creations of Cold Spring, Kentucky has reached an agreement with the United States Playing Card Company to produce and sell expansions of the Zombies!!! Board Game .
Fox Eyes Jan. 2003 Release
March 25, 2002
Just ten years ago it appeared that Marvel couldn't get a movie made to save its life. How times have changed. This week the second Blade film topped the box office, and everyone expects that Sony/Columbia's Spider-Man movie is going to be one of this summer's biggest hits.
Second Largest March Opening Ever
March 24, 2002
Blade II strolled into 2,707 theaters on Oscar weekend and promptly cut the competition down to size by earning over $33.1 million, the second largest March opening ever.
Three Issues Will Complete Storyline
March 24, 2002
Image Comics will publish issues #13-15 of the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning Leave It To Chance by James Robinson and Paul Smith.
Will Bow In August
March 24, 2002
R. Talsorian has acquired the rights to publish a U.S. edition of the Gundam role-playing game. The RPG is based on the earlier Mobile Suit Gundam series (pre- SD Gundam ). The Japanese company Mekton published the Gundam RPG in 1986, making it the first anime-based role-playing game ever created.
Q4 Operating Income Up Nearly $50 Million from 2000
March 23, 2002
Marvel reported Q4 2001 and full year results on Friday, and the turnaround that began around the second quarter of 2001 continued...
North America's Largest Game Fair Sold to Ex-CEO
March 21, 2002
Wizards of the Coast announced today that the company had reached an agreement to sell GenCon , North America's largest game fair, to Peter Adkison, founder and former president of WOTC.
Players Handbook Due in June
March 21, 2002
White Wolf Publishing will publish a role-playing game based on EverQuest , the world's largest MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game).
Following New WotC Core Rulebook in 2003
March 21, 2002
Sovereign Press has acquired the rights from Wizards of the Coast to publish new material featuring the Dragonlance campaign setting.
New Warehouse Opens May 1
March 21, 2002
Gameboard Distributors of Knoxville, Tennessee is bucking the consolidation trend and expanding with a new warehouse in Orlando, Florida.
Attendance Stable vs. 2001
March 21, 2002
The GAMA Trade Show, the gathering of the RPG, CCG, miniature game, and board game industries, recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, with a record number of exhibitors and stable attendance vs. 2001.
Toy Searches Top Anime
March 20, 2002
The latest edition of the Lycos 50 Daily Report discusses the growing number of Lycos searches for Japanese toy and anime property Zoids .
