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Majesco Entertainment Offers 'Bananagrams' Game on Facebook.

Article from: Entertainment Close-up Article date: November 19, 2008

ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-19 November 2008-Majesco Entertainment Offers 'Bananagrams' Game on Facebook(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com

Majesco Entertainment, a provider of video games for the mass market, announced that the anagram game, Bananagrams, is now available as a free application on Facebook Platform.

Developed by Large Animal Games, Majesco said the Bananagrams goes above and beyond the rules of traditional board games in favor of an every-player-for-themselves approach that delivers lightning-fast puzzle play in a competitive environment.

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Sellers, Fans at Odds Over Scrabulous

Posted Mar 2, 08 4:10 PM CST in Business,  Technology,  Arts & Living 

Sellers, Fans at Odds Over Scrabulous
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(Newser) – Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous is a hit online, but sellers of the original board game have cried piracy and may take their claim to court, the New York Times reports. Tens of thousands of Scrabulous players have threatened to boycott Hasbro and Mattel if they shut down the Facebook-friendly game, which was invented by two brothers in Calcutta—and has given Scrabble an unexpected popularity surge.

The issue is complicated by two game makers, RealNetworks in Seattle and Electronic Arts in Redwood City, Calif., which have deals with Hasbro to make online Scrabble games. None of the companies involved want to lose the 700,000 fans who play Scrabulous daily, one expert says: “If something’s already out there and proven, the companies should go with it."

Source: New York Times

More about:  Facebook • social networking • Mattel • boycott • Hasbro • Scrabble • Scrabulous • board games

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PC Magazine Jul 29, 08 10:52 CDT
(Newser) - Facebook took down the wildly popular ‘Scrabulous’ this morning, PC Magazine reports, following a legal attack against the game's creators by the rights holders of Scrabble. The site finally folded to pressure after receiving a takedown notice from Hasbro, as well as Mattel, which owns international rights to the original Scrabble. More »

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Scrabulous Creators Spite Hasbro With 'Wordscraper'

Remodeled Facebook app seeks to get around copyright issues

Silicon Alley Insider Jul 31, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The creators of Scrabulous are determined: Just 2 days after Hasbro forced Facebook to ditch their wildly popular online Scrabble impersonator, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla have introduced Wordscraper, Silicon Alley Insider reports. The new game looks less like Scrabble than Scrabulous and offers a few rule changes, but it may yet provoke another takedown order. More »

More about:  Facebook • social networking • Hasbro • Scrabble

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Game maker says unsanctioned online version must go

ABC News ABC News Jul 24, 08 9:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The makers of Scrabble say Scrabulous must go. Hasbro today sued the creators of the online knockoff, which is wildly popular on Facebook, and warned the social networking site to dtich the game, ABC News reports. No word yet on whether that will happen. Hasbro recently released its own online version of Scrabble, also available on Facebook, in conjunction with Electronic Arts. More »

More about:  Facebook • copyright • Hasbro • Scrabble • Scrabulous

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Scrabulous is fabulous.(News) (Sunday Tribune (South Africa))

Facebook 'Scrabulous' goes back online; SOCIAL.(News) (The Birmingham Post (England))

scrabulous morphs into 'scraper.(Front) (The Virginian Pilot)

What's a Scrabulous user to do? (Post-Tribune (IN))

Mattel takes on Scrabulous in war of the words (The Independent - London)

Scrabble Smackdown: Scrabulous players claim the game belongs to them (Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.)

Scrabble vs. Scrabulous, Round Two (The Washington Post)

Scrabulous pulled (Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK))

Facebook game Scrabulous gets a makeover (Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.)

Wordscraper Replaces Scrabulous (The Washington Post)


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