Hasbro

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Hasbro, Inc. (/ˈhæzbroʊ/; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational conglomerate with toy, board game, and media assets, headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Hasbro owns the trademarks and products of Kenner, Parker Brothers, and Milton Bradley, among others. Hasbro is incorporated in Rhode Island, and as of August 2020 over 80% of its shares were held by large financial institutions.

Among its products are Transformers, G.I. Joe, Power Rangers, Rom the Space Knight, Micronauts, M.A.S.K., Monopoly, Furby, Nerf, Twister, and My Little Pony. The Hasbro brand also spawned TV shows to promote its products, such as Family Game Night on the Discovery Family network, a joint venture with Discovery, Inc.. As of 2019, it is also the parent company of mass media and entertainment company Entertainment One.

Hasbro has previously manufactures and published board games based on the Bejeweled series, in collaboration with PopCap and Electronic Arts.

Bejeweled products manufactured by Hasbro

Trivia

  • Hasbro is the first and only company to have produced board games for the Bejeweled series.
  • All Bejeweled board games include a special digital bonus which featured full game content or add-on content, all of which was redeemable until the end of 2013:
    • The Bejeweled board game featuring a full downloadable code for Bejeweled 3.
    • The Bejeweled Frenzy board game featuring 4 reedemable random Rare Gems for Bejeweled Blitz.
    • The Electronic Bejeweled Blitz game featuring 500,000 coins for Bejeweled Blitz.