Hasbro released its annual report last Friday, revealing some details of its operations not previously disclosed in its announcement of year-end results. The break-out of its retail segment disclosed continued large losses of around $20 million in 2002.

Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw our article on the move of Spider-Man 2 off the first weekend in May, potentially affecting Free Comic Book Day next year, and had this to say.

Nintendo of America has formed a Trading Card Division to produce the Pokemon trading card game.

In a print exclusive for its publication the ICv2 Retailers Guide To Games , released this week at the GAMA trade show, ICv2 has analyzed the market size of the major game categories sold in pop culture stores in the U.S.

Wizards of the Coast CEO Chuck Huebner has announced that the company will no longer produce the Pokemon trading card game after the next three releases.

Kids WB has acquired the anime series MegaMan: NT Warrior for its summer schedule.

Hasbro reported sales of $2.8 billion for 2002 and a loss of $171 million, compared to sales of $2.9 billion and a profit of $60 million in 2002.

Wizard Entertainment has announced that it will be publishing Ultimate Anime Games and Yu-Gi-Oh! Guide , a one-shot from InQuest Gamer, in May.

Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, South Carolina saw our article on the Barnes & Noble exclusive on trade paperback editions of Marvel Masterworks and the Marvel response, and went about dealing with it.

Beckett Publications announced that it is shipping 800,000 copies of the upcoming February/March issue of its Yu-Gi-Oh Collector magazine.