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Read More »King is trialling a new Candy Crush game
King has soft launched a new Candy Crush game entitled Candy Crush Soda Saga. This is not a sequel to Candy Crush but a sister title. At the moment it is being play-tested in Canada, Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands on Facebook and Android. No firm date has been set …
Read More »King opens Japan studio
Tokyo office could start developing new games in future
Read More »Tencent to launch Candy Crush in China this summer
Chinese version of match-three game coming to two telecoms services
Read More »King: All games companies must transition to free-to-play
Call of Duty. New Super Mario Bros. Dark Souls. Halo. Uncharted. ALL games must become free-to-play, according to Candy Crush maker King. The micro-transaction is so strong and it’s definitely a much better model,” King games guru Tommy Palm told IGN. I think all companies have to transition over to …
Read More »King’s game cloning lawsuit against 6waves to proceed in US court
Judge rules for case not to be moved to Beijing
Read More »Candy Crush dev King hiring 165 new staff
London studio opens 36 job vacancies
Read More »Candy Crush dev King goes public
But value tumbles by 11 per cent as trading starts
Read More »Stock falls 11% as King IPO is go
King’s high-profile IPO has got off to a stumbling start. Shares in the Candy Crush Maker went live this morning but have since fallen in value by over 11 per cent (at the time of writing), tumbling from the $22.50 price set at the start of play to below $20. …
Read More »King IPO values firm at £4.6bn
Candy Crush Saga studio King is pushing to generate $530m (319m) in an initial public offering that would see the British game maker valued at up to $7.6bn (4.6bn). 15.5m shares for in the company will be made available for between $21 and $24 a piece when King floats on …
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