Activision Blizzard is a rich company, clearly; it bought its way out of being owned by Vivendi back in 2013 for just shy of six billion dollars and now once again its dropped a similar figure on another developer/publisher, King. Known for its addiction peddling gameplay in titles like Candy …
Read More »King players paying more, but revenue continues to fall
King, much like many other companies that went before it, is really struggling to come up with a viable replacement for its flagship game, Candy Crush Saga. Despite the game's continued huge popularity, it is no longer the juggernaut it once was and people are moving on at an ever increasing …
Read More »King compared to Zynga as share prices tumble
Having a breakout application like Candy Crush Saga is a great way to earn yourself a lot of money very quickly, even if only a small per centage of the user base actually pays anything. Buy as we saw with Zynga in the past, it's not easy to continue the …
Read More »Candy Crush maker is still trademark trolling
Evidently the lawyers for Candy Crush Saga developer King, have been a bit bored lately, as they've been allowed to get a bit trigger happy with their trademark infringement claims. First they went after Stoic Games, simply because its latest game, Banner Saga, had the word “saga” in it and …
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