Scrabble

Scrabulous Developers Claim Mixed Victory In Indian Court; Name In Violation, Game Not, They Say

Sep 28, 2008 4:37 PM

Jayant and Rajant Agarwalla are telling fans they’ve had a partial victory in their effort to defend Scrabulous, their highly popular digital version of Scrabble. The LA Times reports that the two sent an e-mail to fans claiming the Indian court where they being sued by Mattel ruled that the…

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Scrabulous Returns By Another Name, Will ‘Wordscraper’ Evade Hasbro?

Robert Andrews

Jul 31, 2008 3:25 AM

How many points do you get for the word “COMEBACK”? Just two days after Scrabble maker Hasbro succeeded in using the DCMA to take Facebook’s Scrabulous app offline, creators Jayant Agarwalla and Rajat Agarwalla have rebirthed the app as “Wordscraper”. Not that this is Scrabble, mind you; oh no, this…

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Scrabble Suffers Hacks And Software Bugs On Facebook

Matt Kapko

Jul 30, 2008 6:57 PM

Scrabble, which replaced the popular Scrabulous application that was pulled from Facebook yesterday, has been attacked by a hacker and pulled from the site, newsfactor.com reports. *Electronic Arts*, which distributes Scrabble in a partnership with Hasbro, released a statement that read: “We’re working with our partners to resolve this issue…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Gaming, Companies, Facebook, scrabble, scrabulous