Facebook yanks international access to Scrabulous

The popular Scrabble knockoff, Scrabulous, may have been removed from the US and Canada last month, but it was still accessible to international users... until now. Facebook has blocked access everywhere except India.

August 26, 2008 - 11:33AM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Scrabulous goes for bonus points, relaunches as Wordscraper

Scrabulous, a popular Facebook Scrabble knockoff, may have gone down, but it isn't out. Redesigned as "Wordscraper," Scrabulous' creators hope its revised creation falls outside the limits of Hasbro's copyright.

July 31, 2008 - 11:01AM CT - by David Chartier

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