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Developer could be aiming to raise as much as $500m from flotation on New York Stock Exchange

Free-to-play specialist King has filed for an IPO as it plans to go public. It will list on the New York Stock Exchange as King Digital Entertainment using the ticker symbol ‘KING’. The filing also revealed that King’s 2013 revenues hit $1.88bn with net profit reaching $567.6m. That’s up a …

Mobile publisher boasts $360 million in revenues for 2013

Candy Crush Saga developer looking for another blockbuster before stock floatation

In what would complete one of retail’s most impressive turnarounds, GAME is said to be lining up a possible return to the stock markets. The Telegraph reports that OpCapita owner Henry Jackson and Game Retail boss Martyn Gibbs are currently pondering the 200m move that would see Jackson and his …

Japanese mobile messaging firm gets over half its revenue from games

Candy Crush developer King has filed for an initial public offering in the US worth an estimated $5 billion, according to a report. The Telegraphsays the London firm has quietly submitted pre-IPO S1 documents for its flotation on the Nasdaq exchange, although no official announcement has yet been made. On …

Public offering expected to value the London firm at $5 billion

King cuts titles as it readies its business for a possible flotation

Rumour-mongers say we should expect another shock stock market float from a UK games firm. In the last seven days, developer Frontier and localisation outfit Keywords have floated on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternate Investment Market. Yet nose-tappers reckon these are just a warm up for the biggest games industry …