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King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games. We have developed more than 200 fun titles, offering games that are enjoyed all around the world.

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Speaker Spotlight: King's Sabrina Carmona on Fortnite's impact on the mobile games industry

September 7, 2018

Speaker Spotlight: King's Sabrina Carmona on Fortnite's impact on the mobile games industry

Sabrina Carmona will be discussing how companies can create agile teams and foster a culture of excellence while developing games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Candy Crush dev King moves core data infrastructure and AI platform to Google Cloud

August 31, 2018

Candy Crush dev King moves core data infrastructure and AI platform to Google Cloud

Partnership could also see collaboration on machine learning efforts

Candy Crush games bringing in almost $4 million a day

August 31, 2018

Candy Crush games bringing in almost $4 million a day

The original Candy Crush Saga is still doing the bulk of the legwork at 62 per cent of total revenue

Speaker spotlight: Rose Thomas, King

August 25, 2018

Speaker spotlight: Rose Thomas, King

Rose Thomas will be giving a talk called 5 Years and Counting: Keeping Our Pet Alive at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

August 21, 2018

The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

Revealed: the movers, shakers and moneymakers!

King’s Candy Crush Saga enjoys highest grossing 12 month period with $930m made

August 16, 2018

King’s Candy Crush Saga enjoys highest grossing 12 month period with $930m made

The match-three title made $693 million in the 12 months prior

King enters mid-core RPG market with newly launched game Legend of Solgard

August 16, 2018

King enters mid-core RPG market with newly launched game Legend of Solgard

The candy crush dev’s has previously failed to garner any traction with previous soft-launched midcore titles

Candy Crush developer King has made more than $1 billion so far this year

Candy Crush developer King has made more than $1 billion so far this year

Monthly active users for King's portfolio hit 270 million

Candy Crush Saga the highest grossing Western-developed mobile game in Q2 2018

Candy Crush Saga the highest grossing Western-developed mobile game in Q2 2018

Generated $213 million during the quarter across the App Store and Google Play

Candy Crush dev King launches new IP Diamond Diaries Saga on iOS and Android

Return Of The King

Candy Crush dev King launches new IP Diamond Diaries Saga on iOS and Android

The physics-based linker game has been in soft-launch since October of last year

King enters the social casino space with Royal Charm Slots

King enters the social casino space with Royal Charm Slots

The title had been in soft-launch since August 2017

Activision Blizzard has eyes on battle royale's mobile success

Activision Blizzard has eyes on battle royale's mobile success

King has been working on a Call of Duty title for mobile

Candy Crush Saga revival propels King revenues to record $534m

Candy Crush Saga revival propels King revenues to record $534m

King’s monthly active users jumped up to 285 million

UK games companies reveal gender pay gap

UK games companies reveal gender pay gap

New figures show men earning more than women

King appoints global director of diversity and inclusion

King appoints global director of diversity and inclusion

Former BBC veteran, Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams MBE, joins Candy Crush developer

Candy Crush Soda Saga fizzes into top 10 of global grossing mobile game charts for January 2018

February 27, 2018

Candy Crush Soda Saga fizzes into top 10 of global grossing mobile game charts for January 2018

Two Candy Crush games in the top 10 revenue generators for January, according to SuperData

Candy Crush franchise growth nudges King's 2017 revenues to a sweet $1.99 billion

February 9, 2018

Activision Blizzard Financials Q4 Fy17

Candy Crush franchise growth nudges King's 2017 revenues to a sweet $1.99 billion

Despite consistently falling MAUs across the company overall

How King's company culture and exclusive team events encourage creative game design

February 2, 2018

Fostering Innovation

How King's company culture and exclusive team events encourage creative game design

King VP of game design Stephen Jarrett on the Kingfomarket, diverse teams and how company execs get involved in real game design

King on turning away from the traditional

January 22, 2018

King on turning away from the traditional "boxed" model of games to long-running titles

Todd Green on not hiring rockstars in favour of training new staff

King launches AR camera effect on Facebook featuring Candy Crush

December 14, 2017

King launches AR camera effect on Facebook featuring Candy Crush

Catch candies in your mouth as your head grows bigger and bigger

King partners with AIDS charity (RED) on three charity IAPs across the Candy Crush franchise

November 30, 2017

King partners with AIDS charity (RED) on three charity IAPs across the Candy Crush franchise

Help fight AIDS and crush some candies while you're at it

King's Candy Crush franchise has cleared 2.73 billion downloads five years since launching on mobile

November 14, 2017

Happy Birthday Candy Crush

King's Candy Crush franchise has cleared 2.73 billion downloads five years since launching on mobile

Developer celebrates the fifth anniversary of Candy Crush Saga

How will Peak Games spend its new $100 million warchest?

November 13, 2017

How will Peak Games spend its new $100 million warchest?

Spending Zynga’s largesse

King soft-launches Royal Boulevard Saga again under new name Diamond Diaries Saga

November 7, 2017

Diamond In The Rough

King soft-launches Royal Boulevard Saga again under new name Diamond Diaries Saga

Still not out of soft launch

King generated almost a third of Activision Blizzard's $1.6 billion revenues in Q3

November 3, 2017

Activision Financials Q3 Fy17

King generated almost a third of Activision Blizzard's $1.6 billion revenues in Q3

Candy Crush franchise has its strongest quarter yet

King launches first ever Snapchat content partnership with latest Bubble Witch 3 Saga event

October 26, 2017

A Kind Of Magic

King launches first ever Snapchat content partnership with latest Bubble Witch 3 Saga event

Unlock Snapchat filters by playing Bubble Witch 3

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017

September 29, 2017

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017

The movers, shakers and moneymakers

How King runs live in-game events in Candy Crush Saga

September 27, 2017

King Of Live Events

How King runs live in-game events in Candy Crush Saga

Producer Andra Petrosan on keeping players of one of the world most popular games playing

King enters social casino space with soft-launched game Royal House Slots

September 4, 2017

King enters social casino space with soft-launched game Royal House Slots

Partnership with PlayStudios kicks off

Stick or twist: What’s next for the mobile social casino sector?

August 24, 2017

Stick or twist: What’s next for the mobile social casino sector?

Stick within a $3 billion market or twist for $40 billion?

Activision Blizzard hits $1.63 billion in revenues as King's bookings per user grow for the 8th consecutive quarter

Activision Blizzard Financials Q2 Fy17

Activision Blizzard hits $1.63 billion in revenues as King's bookings per user grow for the 8th consecutive quarter

Retained players are spending more than ever

King continues soft launch spree with new IP Brick Wizard

King continues soft launch spree with new IP Brick Wizard

Joins Stellar: Galaxy Commander, Legend of Solgard, Farm Adventure and Candy Crush Friends Saga

Candy Crush TV show has sweet premiere with 4.1 million viewers

Candy Crush TV show has sweet premiere with 4.1 million viewers

Scores a 1.1 Nielsen rating, whatever that means

King doubles down on midcore with soft-launched space-based Stellar: Galaxy Commander

King doubles down on midcore with soft-launched space-based Stellar: Galaxy Commander

Mixes match-3 and turn-based strategy

King takes another stab at midcore RPGs with soft-launched Legend of Solgard

Potential Legend

King takes another stab at midcore RPGs with soft-launched Legend of Solgard

Will this one survive the soft-launch?

Crushing it: The diminishing but lucrative returns from the Candy Crush sequels

The Saga Continues

Crushing it: The diminishing but lucrative returns from the Candy Crush sequels

How do you follow a game like Candy Crush Saga?

Naive, greedy or both: Why can’t games companies IPO properly?

All About The Money

Naive, greedy or both: Why can’t games companies IPO properly?

The uncertain pricing of uncertainty

King snaps up former Snapchat exec Brian Ames as its new President of Advertising

Advertising Ames

King snaps up former Snapchat exec Brian Ames as its new President of Advertising

From chat to Candy Crush

King expands flagship IP with soft-launch of new 3D game Candy Crush Friends Saga

Friendship Is Sweet

King expands flagship IP with soft-launch of new 3D game Candy Crush Friends Saga

Currently available in Mexico and the Philippines

Activision Blizzard revenues hit $1.73 billion as Candy Crush franchise remains a stable performer

Activision Blizzard Financials Q1 Fy17

Activision Blizzard revenues hit $1.73 billion as Candy Crush franchise remains a stable performer

King is also getting into social casino now, apparently

Italian fashion house Moschino unveils Candy Crush collection

Wearable Gaming

Italian fashion house Moschino unveils Candy Crush collection

Candy Crush the latest inspiration for Jeremy Scott's pop culture designs

Candy Crush Saga has only dropped out of the US App Store top ten grossing charts twice in over four years

Neverending Saga

Candy Crush Saga has only dropped out of the US App Store top ten grossing charts twice in over four years

Celebrates its fifth year since launching on Facebook

How big can King's Call of Duty mobile game be?

How big can King's Call of Duty mobile game be?

Discussing the potential of the shooter genre on mobile

Candy Crush maker King developing Call of Duty mobile game

King Answers The Call

Candy Crush maker King developing Call of Duty mobile game

Casual game publisher's Stockholm studio takes the reigns

The Candy Crush TV show airs from July 9th 2017

The Candy Crush TV show airs from July 9th 2017

Teams of two will honestly be playing Candy Crush on television

King's Chief Legal Officer Robert Miller leaves to join SpatialOS developer Improbable

Improbable King

King's Chief Legal Officer Robert Miller leaves to join SpatialOS developer Improbable

Taking over as Chief Legal Officer at the startup tech firm

Five years on, have the first billionaire F2P mobile games survived or thrived?

February 28, 2017

Five years on, have the first billionaire F2P mobile games survived or thrived?

Checking out Puzzle & Dragons, Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga

Report: King closes South Korea office

February 24, 2017

Report: King closes South Korea office

Publisher shuts down local operations after struggling to make a significant impact

Snapshot of key mobile game company financials in 2017

February 23, 2017

Financial Roundup

Snapshot of key mobile game company financials in 2017

Marking mobile gamings winners and losers

King makes up nearly 25% of Activision Blizzard's $6.6 billion in sales for 2016

February 10, 2017

Activision Blizzard Financials Q4 Fy16

King makes up nearly 25% of Activision Blizzard's $6.6 billion in sales for 2016

MAUs fall but players are more engaged