Tag: HASBRO

In honor of the upcoming movie 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon,' Hasbro will release something called the Transformers CineMask 3D -- a plastic mask that includes RealD 3-D lenses. That's right. You can watch 'Transformers' in 3-D while dressed up as a 3-D Transformer. The film won't hit theaters until July 1st, but these $10 glasses will be available as of May 16th -- meaning that, until July, ...

For the small price of $50, you can be the proud owner of your very own 'Monopoly Live' setup -- a new, high-tech version of the classic board game. Traditionalists needn't worry too much. The game's core principles (capitalism, greed, overwhelming monotony) remain firmly intact. The only slight change is the presence of a giant, God-like figure that guarantees you won't be able to have fun ...

Among nerdier interests, your writer is very much a fan of Trivial Pursuit. (What other activity would demand the entirely pointless knowledge that Dr. Pepper debuted at the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in 1904? Sadly, none.) Game-maker Hasbro has lately been working its way into the digital realm (notably with the buggy and entirely underwhelming iPhone version of Pursuit), and its most recent ...

Tired of the same old, boring 'Clue' board game? Feel claustrophobic while you wander aimlessly around that old dusty mansion? Have you ever lay awake at night thinking that the only missing ingredient from an otherwise near-perfect storm of a board game was international espionage? Of course you have. Well, your wildest board game dreams, dear reader, are about to come true. Game company ...

The long torrid tale of Scrabble knockoff Scrabulous may finally be coming to an end. Hasbro, the owner of Scrabble in the Americas, sued the Agarwalla brothers, the developers of the popular Facebook game, and Facebook followed by taking the application down. Now, after a name change and some modifications to the play mechanics and aesthetics, the brothers are back with Lexulous. Hasbro is ...

'Scrabulous' was easily one of the most popular Facebook apps on the planet, letting friends play quick word games against each other a turn at a time. Hasbro, owners of the 'Scrabble' brand, naturally didn't like that and, as soon as they got their own Facebook version of the game rolling, promptly sued the makers of 'Scrabulous' and had Facebook remove the game. A day later, hackers have shut ...

Remember that Facebook-based Scrabble knock-off we told you about, Scrabulous? Well we knew it ruffled Hasbro's feathers, but making the lil' Scrabble-wanna-be obsolete and crushing it like a bug looks like it won't be enough for the board game super power. Hot on the heels of the official EA-developed Scrabble Facebook application's release, Hasbro has announced it will be sueing the makers of ...

Cross a Segway with a Rolly and Miuro and out pops this A.M.P. soaked in a grey-goo afterbirth of Robotic procreation. The two-wheeled, dancing A.M.P. (Automated Music Personality or Ampbot) from Sega-Hasbro stands 2.4-feet tall and features a MP3 or iPod cradle on its back, stereo speakers, and the ability to follow and interact with its owner. There's a 5-inch mid-range speaker in the chest ...