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12.17.2008 9:24 am

No more Scrabulous, so no need for lawsuit

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

With the last remnants of Scrabulous gone, toy maker Hasbro has decided to withdraw its lawsuit against the makers of the once-popular online word game.

Hasbro’s reasoning for the withdrawal this week wasn’t made clear, but Scrabulous publisher RJ Softwares refashioned the game shortly after…

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07.26.2008 10:46 am

What’s your opinion on the Scrabble/Scrabulous scrap?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Scrabulous iconIf there was any reason for an exchange of bad words in the gaming world, this might be it: Soon, the popular Scrabulous game may have to come off Facebook.

For those few of you who haven’t played or aren’t on Facebook,…

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04.23.2008 2:09 pm

Monopoly game in the works for Xbox 360, Wii

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rich Uncle Pennybags is getting a digital makeover.

The mustached mascot of “Monopoly” will take his top hat and spats to the small screen when the famous real-estate related board game comes out in a video-game version later this year, Hasbro announced…

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03.03.2008 12:23 am

Scrabble’s owners may force ‘Scrabulous’ to play nice

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Scrabulous is not fabulous, according to the owners of the word game Scrabble.

But that will change if Scrabble’s owners can play the game, too.

Toy companies Hasbro and Mattel Inc. say they’re ready to sue two men in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India,…

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02.11.2008 11:53 am

‘Monopoly,’ ‘Yahtzee’ heading for consoles, phones

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Monopoly” is going digital.

Game publisher Electronic Arts says it will help develop digital versions of popular Hasbro board games such as the famous New Jersey-based “Monopoly” and release a few of them later this year for gaming consoles as well as mobile phones.

The…

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