ICv2 has released the results of its study on the size of the hobby game market in 2014, including the finding that that the market in the U.S. and Canada totaled around $880 million at retail, as reported in the recently released Internal Correspondence #88.

These charts of the Top 5 Collectible Games Over-all, Top 5 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games reflect sales in Spring 2015.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2015.

The Pokemon Company will release the Tyrantrum-EX Box for its Pokemon TCG in September.

Clint Eastwood’s most popular film ever leads this week’s list of home entertainment releases that also includes an offbeat zombie saga starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, a compelling indie western that lives up to both its name and the visual heritage of the genre, as well as the latest season of the compelling adventures of the conniving politician Frank Underwood, the Machiavellian center of Netflix’s House of Cards.

This week, King talks about how he got his start, and gives a Master Class on picking.

This week, Thorne shares tips on recovering stolen TCG cards.

King looks at his top selling non-collectible games of the year, and discusses concerns about the current state of hobby game distribution from a retailers perspective.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2015.

In July, the Pokemon Company will release the Mega Latios Collection. Then in August, the Shiny Rayquaza-EX Box will follow the Pokemon: XY- Ancient Origins Booster release.