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• Honest Game Trailers destroys Candy Crush Saga

  Candy Crush Saga has been given the Honest Trailers treatment, and the result is quite savage.

• Candy Crush Saga developer King opens over 160 jobs to grow staff count by 25%

  Candy Crush Saga developer King.com is looking to raise its head-count by 25%, with the posting of over 160 new job roles at the firm.

• Candy Crush Saga maker's IPO one of the worst in recent history

  Candy Crush Saga publisher King made its initial public offering overnight, but saw massive day one losses.

• Candy Crush creator King.com files for IPO

  King.com, best known for building the shockingly successful Candy Crush empire that is leaving a pile of bodies in its wake, has filed for IPO in the New York Stock Exchange as King Digital Entertainment.

• Candy Crush Saga trademark crusade "taking the food out of my family's mouth", says indie dev

  Candry Crush Saga publisher King’s recent, controversial trademarks have reportedly negatively impacted the developer of CandySwipe, which predates the popular casual competitor.

• Candy Crush Saga developer commisioned clone of Scamperghost, indie dev alleges

  Candy Crush developer King cloned an indie game after a publication deal fell through, according to one of its developers.

• The Banner Saga sequel blocked by King's trademark claim

  The Banner Saga developer Stoic has said it can’t fulfil its ambitions to make a sequel to the tactical RPG while King blocks its rights to the series’s title.

• Candy Jam cocks a snook at King's trademark claim

  Indie developer Cariboo has launched Candy Jam, a game jam inspired by Candy Crush Saga King’s trademark on the word “candy”. The only rules of the jam are to “make a game involving candies. Consider using the word ‘candy’ several times, also ‘scroll’, ‘saga’ and ‘apple’ might give bonus points.” To avowed purpose of the […]

• King trademarks "Candy", begins asking developers to remove games from iOS store

  Candy Crush Saga maker King claims similar titles will lead to “consumer confusion”.

• Bubble Witch Saga lands on iOS devices

  King.com has announced the launch of its popular Facebook game Bubble Witch Saga on iOS devices. The game has over 4 million daily active users on the social network, and is the largest non-Zynga game on the platform. The game is fully synced with Facebook, allowing players to continue their progress and unlock new levels […]

• Former Playfish boss to head King.com London studio

  Playfish development director Catharina Lavers Mallet has farewelled EA for a rival gig in social gaming.

• King.com surpasses EA with 10 million daily Facebook users

  European start-up King.com has close to 10 million people playing its Facebook games daily, leading it to surpass the number of users who play EA titles on the social site. The firm’s most popular title, Bubble Witch Saga, currently has more players than Zynga’s Farmville. Another Facebook game from the firm, Candy Crush Saga, has […]