Hasbro Inc. reported that sales grew by 4% in the third quarter driven largely by a 7% growth in the games segment.

Wizards of the Coast will publish five fantasy novels in mass-market paperback editions in January of 2006.

Wizards of the Coast has provided ICv2 with a list of its releases for the first quarter of 2006.

Wizards of the Coast has several Magic: The Gathering releases planned for its Ravnica block. Guildpact will be released on February 3, 2006, and Dissension will be released at a later date to be determined.

Four long-time members of the game industry, James Ernest, Mike Selinker, Lisa Stevens, and Bob Watts, have announced that they will launch Titanic Games in 2006 to produce board and card games.

Hasbro, Inc., the nation's second largest toymaker, reported strong second quarter results with net revenue up 11% over the same period in 2004.

WizKids has announced its first CCG, High Stakes Drifter , which is slated to debut in November.

Beckett Anime For Girls includes a sneak peak at the second volume in Courtney Love's Princess Ai manga.

The first months of 2005 have continued to be very tough for game sales, after a weak 2004, according to the just-released ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games #8.

Hasbro has bought back the electronic game rights to its properties from Infogrames for $65 million; Infogrames acquired them in late 2000.