Most Important to Retailers
December 25, 2001
ICv2 is pleased to present our top five Movie/TV Merchandise stories of 2001. These rankings are based on the business impact of these events on pop culture retailers. 1.Retro cartoons drive sales.
Holiday Releases Dominate Top 10 Cool
December 26, 2001
New products dominated the Top 10 Cool lists this month, as strong new releases timed for the holidays pushed aside older ones.
First Release Late Summer 2002
December 25, 2001
Eden Studios has announced an agreement for the company to design, produce, and distribute an RPG based on Twentieth Century Fox property Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
d20 Sourcebook Due in April
December 17, 2001
Fast Forward Entertainment has just announced a new d20 sourcebook that will present a host of magic items, their guardians, and their hiding places.
Videogames the Target, this Time
December 16, 2001
Video Business reports that Senators Joe Leiberman and Herb Kohl have sent a strongly worded letter to 34 retail chains, which comprise the bulk of the videogame sales and rental business.
More Consolidation among Game Distributors
December 15, 2001
Wargames West CEO Wayne Godfrey announced that the company would be shutting down after more than twenty years of serving retailers with a full line of strategy, role-playing, and collectible card games.
Before Buffy Ships
December 10, 2001
Score has announced that it is going back to press on its Buffy CCG (due out December 14) and on DBZ Cell Saga , which has been selling well since its recent shipment.
He Doesn't Like It
December 9, 2001
Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics Comics and Games in Whippany, New Jersey, took issue with the way Marvel is pricing its upcoming hardcover books.
Response to B&N Fight for Better Discounts
December 9, 2001
We heard from Rick Edwards of Socko! In Stow, Ohio, in response to our story on Barnes and Noble lobbying publishers for the same deals that book publishers are giving to new, non-core outlets.
From Mongoose Publishing
December 7, 2001
Mongoose Publishing has announced that it will be releasing roleplaying products based on characters and creations from the Judge Dredd comic property, using the d20 rules system.
