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Read More »272 million people play King mobile games each month
[UPDATED] Candy Crush developer King disputes that 9m players play in excess of 3 hours a day
"We do want people to play more"
Read More »King’s latest Candy Crush game was downloaded 10 million times in its opening week
But it pulled in just $780K in revenue compared to its prequel's $1.7 million
Read More »A Call of Duty Movie, the Overwatch League, Candy Crush ice cream – Tim Kilpin is extending the brand
Activision Blizzard just had its biggest week of the year. Its annual Call of Duty behemoth was launched at retail to strong sales figures, while BlizzCon gathered tens of thousands of the company’s most faithful fans together. One big announcement was for a Disneyland-esque Overwatch map, celebrating the company’s biggest …
Read More »CBS is making a Candy Crush TV show
Turns out that Candy Crush is still incredibly popular. So popular that US TV network CBS has decided to turn it into a TV game show. In the show two teams of contestants will compete to progress through giant interactive game boards. This will apparently take an entire hour, until …
Read More »There’s a Candy Crush Saga magazine
Puzzler Media is to publish a monthly Candy Crush magazine. It won’t tell the tale of… erm… god what happens in that game? Matching things in threes? It isn’t about all of whatever that is, anyway. It’s a puzzle compilation, with King’s branding, that costs 2.99. Puzzler is somewhat of …
Read More »King: ‘The best designers are in casual’
VP of game design says limitations are a major boost for innovation
Read More »Profit and revenue down at Candy Crush creator King
The record $5.9bnbuy-outby Activision was just about the only positive number for King last year. The Candy Crush studio has revealed its latest financials, which show that annual profit for 2015 dropped by a tenth to land at $517 million. Meanwhile, revenues were down 12 per cent to $2 billion. …
Read More »Finding new flavours for Candy Crush
King producer Andreas Olofsson tells us how his team mixes up the match three mechanic with each new release
Read More »Candy Crush company King targets Clash of Clans
Watch out Supercell, casual mobile games giant King is making a move into the ‘mid-core’ sector. King currently specialises in casual titles such as Candy Crush and similar match-3 puzzle games. Meanwhile, rival mobile giants such as Supercell and Machine Zone are generating significant revenue from ‘mid-core’ games such as …
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