Fleer Trading Cards has licensed the rights from FremantleMedia to produce a card game and a trading card set based on the final 32 contestants of the upcoming American Idol 3 live Fox television show.

Upper Deck plans to release its BreaKey 'collectible key game' this December.

In November, Upper Deck is releasing its first series of Yu-Gi-Oh! Collectible Trading Pins as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Duel Masters Guide . The first series of collectible pins will be offered in Yugi and Kaiba Base Sets.

Upper Deck is delaying the release of its Marvel CCG , originally scheduled for November, until late March or early April 2004.

ICv2 has learned that Christian Moore and Owen Seyler are leaving Decipher and joining Upper Deck.

Upper Deck, the licensed U.S. manufacturer of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game , has sued approximately 50 individuals and companies for marketing and distributing counterfeit starter decks, booster packs, and individual cards from the Yu-Gi-Oh! CCG .

Warner Brothers has acquired the rights to the first Yu-Gi-Oh! feature film and plans to release it on August 13, 2004. Unlike many current animated features, the new Yu-Gi-Oh! film will be done in the traditional 2-D Japanese anime fashion.

Upper Deck has announced the content of the 2003 Yu-GiOh! TCG Collectible Tins.

Upper Deck has begun advance marketing, including demos at San Diego and GenCon, of BreaKey , a new game that incorporates collectible and online features.

In spite of the recession that is still affecting the overall U.S. economy, game sales remain strong with the exception of role-playing games.