Update: A year after this post was written, Wizards of the Coast announced D&D 5e. It will be, in part, crowd sourced. There’s some speculation out there in interwebyland that Wizards of the Coast are working on the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Speculation kicked off with Bill Slavicsek‘s Ampersand article called Icy […]
Embarrassed Hasbro pulls the plug on “Spastic” Transformer
Hasbro has decided to withdraw sale of a Power Core Combiners Transformer called Spastic. At this point UK based readers will be amazed that Hasbro ever had a Transformer called Spastic – but they did. The term “Spastic” does not have the same context in the United States, it’s not used as a charged insult […]
How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters: A Young Wizards Handbook
Wizards of the Coast issued a press release today to highlight their Dungeins & Dragons book for young readers called How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters: A Young Wizards Handbook. The press release is timed for Halloween but the book itself has been out since September. […]
Hasbro brings NERF guns to Splinter Cell: Conviction
When I’m not being my geeky self here on Geek Native I get to my geeky self in a digital marketing company. Sometimes I get to hear about pretty cool digital marketing campaigns. This is such an example; Hasbro has teamed up with Xbox 360 to run an in-game treasure hunt across Splinter Cell: Conviction, […]
Hasbro, owner of Wizards of the Coast and Transformers, is forced to deny sale
Hasbro issued a press release to deny market rumours that it was for sale. However, the games company admitted it had been approached by a private equity firm about a possible deal – and that the Board of Directors had turned them down. This is interesting as a private equity company might well decide there […]
Dungeons & Dragons: Tiny Adventures gone from Facebook
There you have it. Wizards of the Coast’s Facebook D&D game has been removed from Facebook. This comes as a surprise to me as despite playing it a lot (hey; I travel) I was totally unaware that the game was about to retire. If you go to the old URL for the game application at […]
Rules change: Is Mattel really letting proper nouns into Scrabble?
Yesterday a number of very good news sites ran the story that Mattel would be changing the rules of Scrabble. We’re talking about people like the BBC and The Telegraph. If this is true it means people’s names and place names are valid scores in Scrabble. Shakira, for example, would be worth 64 points (as […]
RPG News: WizKids Layoffs and Statement | Echoes #15
RPG Industry News Hasbro Demands Gamemaker Stop Selling Ghettopoly Board Game Wizards sue Nintendo over Pokémon WizKids Layoffs and Statement Earthdawn Goes “Down Under” WizKids Layoffs and Statement GamingReport (22nd Oct) Reports: We heard last week that WizKids was to layoff 20plus folks from their workforce. We received a confirmation from Wizkids Public Relations that […]
RPG News: Wizards sue Nintendo over Pokémon | Echoes #15
RPG Industry News Hasbro Demands Gamemaker Stop Selling Ghettopoly Board Game Wizards sue Nintendo over Pokémon WizKids Layoffs and Statement Earthdawn Goes “Down Under” Wizards sue Nintendo over Pokémon SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER The Pokemon trading card game has entertained more than 30 million children worldwide. But now the companies that helped turn the game […]
RPG News: Hasbro Demands Gamemaker Stop Selling Ghettopoly Board Game | Echoes #15
RPG Industry News Hasbro Demands Gamemaker Stop Selling Ghettopoly Board Game Wizards sue Nintendo over Pokémon WizKids Layoffs and Statement Earthdawn Goes “Down Under” Hasbro Demands Gamemaker Stop Selling Ghettopoly Board Game Oct. 21, 2003–Hasbro, Inc. today filed suit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island against David Chang of Saint Mary’s, PA, manufacturer of […]
