Scrabble owners spell L-A-W-S-U-I-T for Facebook knockoff

All's fair in social networking and addictive casual gaming—until you rip off a copyrighted game, of course. Hasbro Inc. is suing the creators of a popular Facebook game called Scrabulous, which looks and plays remarkably like one of its own copyrighted creations.

July 25, 2008 - 01:24PM CT - by David Chartier

Minireview: Scrabble for iPhone/iPod Touch

Electronic Arts wants to be on your iPhone with its new Scrabble port. Ars examines Scrabble for the iPhone and iPod touch and found that, while there is a minor annoyance toward the end of the game, it is otherwise a win for Scrabble fans.

July 16, 2008 - 11:05AM CT - by Jeff Smykil

THQ to develop Marvel Super Hero Squad games

Marvel is teaming up with THQ to develop a new series of kid-friendly video games based on its super hero franchises.

May 08, 2008 - 12:15PM CT - by Michael Thompson

Eye of Judgment Set 2 cards are on the way

The second set of cards for Hasbro and Sony's unique video game slash card game Eye of Judgment have hit the printers and should be released soon.

February 18, 2008 - 04:20PM CT - by Frank Caron

The case of Facebook Scrabble: from board game to board room

The popular Facebook application "Scrabulous" has come under fire by Hasbro and Mattel for copyright infringement. Users protest, but we're erring on the side of corporate right-of-way.

January 18, 2008 - 10:32AM CT - by Frank Caron

PAX: We play Eye of Judgment, with the possibility of Transformers cards

Card games have been static for years, but Sony and Hasbro have taken CCP to the next generation: Eye of Judgment meshes on-screen graphics with card-based gameplay to great effect.

August 28, 2007 - 08:59AM CT - by Ben Kuchera