Wizards of the Coast has announced that combined sales on its three core rulebooks for Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition have exceeded 1 million copies since August 2000, and that sales are continuing to increase.

An episode of 'City Confidential' that aired on the Arts and Entertainment Network on Wednesday, October 3, 2001 featured an hour-long story on the murder of Lieth Von Stein in Washington, North Carolina in 1988 by his stepson and two accomplices, implicitly connecting the murder to Dungeons and Dragons numerous times throughout the piece.

This December Viz will publish the first English edition of Kazushi Hagiwara's Bastard!!, while Image Comics will debut a prime example of American 'manga,' Bastard Samurai .

Wizards of the Coast property Forgotten Realms has been licensed to Fireworks Television, a division of CanWest Entertainment. Fireworks will develop a live action television series based on the game setting and novels.

A few weeks back, we let you know that Wizards of the Coast was cracking down on abusers of the Open Gaming License for its d20 game system, and promised a follow-up after we'd had a chance to talk to some more members of the industry.

Hasbro has announced that it will be consolidating Wizards of the Coast, formerly a semi-independent division, into its games division.

Wizards of the Coast is going to enforce exact compliance with the Open Gaming Licensing agreement.

WizKids has revealed more details about Mage Knight: Dungeons , a major expansion to the Mage Knight collectible miniatures game which will help bolster first quarter sales when it ships in January of 2002. The Dungeons Starter Set includes pre-painted treasure chests as well as new Mage Knight figures.

The Origins Awards are the most comprehensive set of gaming awards, and in many ways the most prestigious.

The 'Comics' and 'Toy' categories got very competitive in May with the successful debut of Marvel's revamped X-Men titles and the release of new Simpsons and Tomb Raider toys.