EA launches Scrabble on Pogo, coming to Facebook this month

9 Comments by Ross Miller Jul 7th 2008 5:57PM
Filed under: Mac, PC, Online, Puzzle

Electronic Arts is looking to take on the biggest Scrabble clone on Facebook with -- what else? -- an officially licensed version of Scrabble. A free online edition of of the bombastic board game is available now on Pogo, with a Facebook version coming "later this month," according a press release. The application would go up against reigning champ Scrabulous, which despite litigation threats is still alive and kicking.

The press release also confirmed that "many more Hasbro game properties in development and slated to launch on social networking sites later this year." Boggle knockoffs, beware!

Tags: ea, electronic-arts, facebook, hasbro, pogo, scrabble, scrabulous

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Marty: Jul 7th 2008; 6:02PM

"blev"

Marty clinches it!

Crash Bandi - is shot: Jul 7th 2008; 6:07PM

That picture is just begging to be photoshopped with bad words.

Double J: Jul 7th 2008; 6:23PM

"What? I said 'runt'!"

Double J: Jul 7th 2008; 6:22PM

Looks like JPAG will have to peel itself away from Dolphin Olympics for a few minutes to try and remember how to use X in a three letter word. Xis for the triple word score!

mj: Jul 7th 2008; 8:11PM

All I want is Risk: Black Ops.

J: Jul 7th 2008; 9:46PM

That looks bloated and ugly compared to Scrabulous.

007craft: Jul 8th 2008; 1:16AM

i just tried it out and it was fun. I dont really use facebook (although I do have an account there) so I have no clue what scrabulous is but I tried this scrabble game and I liked it alot. it was easy to use and I had fun playing vs the computer. I won with a score of 230-225. Horray for me :p My winning word was "Ho" :)

colin: Jul 8th 2008; 2:25AM

Ummm, I can't believe you guys didn't realize ... facebook is an implementation by the New World Order and the Illuminati to transform the world into a socialist society under one rule. Actually Skynet is involved too. Stay away!

Dovi: Jul 8th 2008; 2:54AM

Thats.....awesome.....?

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