With all the talk surrounding Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a 3rd branch of the company is often forgotten about: King. Despite this, the mobile game publisher remains a huge part of the industry, with just one game – Candy Crush Saga – having raked in over $20 Billion since …
Read More »Candy Crush to join Minesweeper and Solitaire in Windows 10
Windows has had a few pack-in games that have stood the test of time. Pretty much everyone knows about Minesweeper and Solitaire but now Microsoft is adding a new time waster to the ranks- Candy Crush Saga. The mobile game will come pre-installed with Windows 10. Candy Crush Saga is one …
Read More »King high fives Tencent for Chinese Candy Crush distribution
Candy Crush might be the name we all associate with that game our aunts play, and abuse of the trademark system, but China doesn't know the wonders of its Candy Swipe rip-off gameplay just yet. However that's about to change, as King has now teamed up with publishing giant Tencent …
Read More »Cut the Rope dev hopes to cancel King’s ‘Candy’ trademark
Cut the Rope developer, ZeptoLab is currently fighting King.com's controversial trademark of the word “Candy” on the grounds that the trademark hinders fair use of the word in the development community. If ZeptoLab's push is successful, then King will lose the trademark in Europe and game developers can freely use …
Read More »King doesn’t want ‘Candy’ trademark anymore
King, the maker of games like Candy Crush “Saga,” which famously and recently attempted to legally batter Stoic Games for the release of its actual saga, the Banner Saga, has now filed an “express abandonment,” of the “Candy” trademark, which it managed to trademark recently. Ah, it's good to see …
Read More »Candy Crush dev is suing Banner Saga creator
The developer and publisher of Candy Crush Saga, King, is trying to take its lollypop axe to the horned head of the Varl, by suing the creator of The Banner Saga, Stoic Games. It doesn't want money from the company of course, that would be ridiculous, it just wants to …
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