Louis Porter, Jr. based his role-playing game, Haven: City of Violence, on contemporary crime comics like Frank Miller's Sin City and James O'Barr's The Crow , as well as on the Hong Kong action films of John Woo.

The robust sales patterns that have characterized the Spider-Man-influenced summer of 2002 continued to make their mark on ICv2's Top Ten List for July. Even more than usual, big ticket items tended to dominate the lists this month.

It's been about a year since pamphleteer Jack Chick took on D&D, and apparently that means it's time for another broadside. In his latest 'Battle Cry,' dated July/August 2002, Chick carries on a long comparison between D&D and a hypothetical group sexual fantasy,...

In the inevitable fulfillment of American media's build 'em up and tear 'em down cycle, ICv2 ran across two newspaper pieces that attacked Spider-Man in the last few days...

WizKids EVP Martin Stever told ICv2 that additional orders for HeroClix are still rolling in at a ferocious rate.

Gary Gygax, co-creator of the original Dungeons & Dragons RPG, is back with a fresh adventure module for the d20 system.

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.

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.