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Hasbro ready to Scrabble for games market share?
Lisa Foster Aug 3 2007, 10:00am
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Firm considering new assault on interactive entertainment sector after digital deal.
Toy giant Hasbro could be set to make a dramatic return to the interactive entertainment industry.
The news comes following the recent announcement that the company has bought back from Atari the digital gaming rights to its key franchises, including Monopoly, Scrabble and Risk. It could see Hasbro Interactive return to the market after an absence of six years, when its games division was sold to Infogrames.
It's not clear exactly what Hasbro is planning having taken the digital rights to its IP back in-house, but senior VP of corporate communications Wayne Charness told ToyNews' sister magazine MCV: "There are clearly many digital options for Hasbro and we are in the process of evaluating our options."
The toy industry is facing tough competition from the video games market - particularly with Nintendo's Wii and DS consoles currently enjoying great success in targeting a younger audience.
In addition, the rise in the casual games sector will not have gone unnoticed by Hasbro - and indeed this may well be the very area that the company is looking to enter once more.
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“Battleship,Monopoly, Scrabble”
Posted by: Leah Nutter - Feb 21, 3:51pm
Hello
I just wanted to know are you bring back the games that was online like Battleship,Monopoly, Scrabble... I miss playing these games online and I miss the friends that I made playing these games... If you ever bring theses games back please e~mail me... I love playing theses wonderful online games...