Hasbro posted a strong 13% growth in net revenues for the first quarter of 2008.

Hasbro, the nation's second largest toymaker, posted strong earnings for 2007 with sales boosted by a 78% increase in the 'boys' toys' category.

WotC announced that it is offering retailers a free launch kit for the November 6th launch of the MapleStory iTCG .

Sharpening the Sword is a regular column by retailer John Riley of Grasshopper's Comics, a 1300 square foot comic and games store in Williston Park , New York . This week, Riley talks about minimum pricing and Internet retailers.

Steven Olsen of A Little Shop of Comics in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, who kicked off our discussion of CCG pre-release events responds to Dave Salisbury of Fan Boy Three with some numbers, and says, 'numbers don't lie.'

Wizards of the Coast announced that the Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn set will include the first of a new card type--planeswalkers.

Brian Jacoby of Secret Headquarters in Tallahassee, Florida thinks WotC's pre-release program discourages excluded retailers.

Retailers who wish to participate in the fifth annual Worldwide D&D Game Day have until September 7th to register.

Wizards of the Coast is heavily involved in the multi-company, multi-media LucasArts project The Force Unleashed.

Andrew Iwamasa of Collector's Corner in Midland, Michigan saw the article on the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars CMG exclusive for Target, and feels that the effect is to force hobby channel customers to buy at a mass market retailer.