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What Newzoo, App Annie and IHS think about Activision Blizzard's $5.9 billion King deal
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King
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www.king.com
About
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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Senior Studio Art Director
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VP of Marketing
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Lead Game Designer
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Head of Audio
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President
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Chief Creative Officer
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Chief People Office
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CEO
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Accolades
Articles featuring King
Best Available Deal
Why Activision Blizzard bought King, not Zynga, Glu or Kabam
Big bucks
Takes The Crown
Activision Blizzard to buy King for $5.9 billion
All cash deal will close in Spring 2016
Number Crunching
Ranking King, Zynga, EA, Gameloft and Glu in terms of their revenue and player reach
Graphing success and failure
Get Hired
How to get a job with King
Newly-appointed Chief People Officer Mark Taylor shares insights
Iap Inspector
Examining the slow pace of island life in Paradise Bay
IAPs from the players' persepctive
Suits You
King appoints ex-Burberry man as Chief People Officer
Mark Taylor brings 20 years' experience
Making Of
Cocktails and IAPs: The making of Paradise Bay
We go behind the scenes of King's latest game.
Sweet
Friday Flashback: Candy Crush Saga revealed as the second 'billion dollar' mobile game
Puzzle & Dragons has a rival
Mind The Gap
A Candy Crush Saga hole sees King's sales down 14% to $490 million
Bitter pill
Outgoings
King sees cash pile fall by 33% to $661 million as it seeks to bolster share price
Sales steady
Simply The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2015
The shakers, makers and movers
Battle Nations Saga
Expanding into new genres, King buys Z2Live for up to $150 million
Second midcore acquisition
Flash Cash
Spouting a fountain of cash, King sees 2014 sales up 20% to $2.4 billion
More players, less payers but they're paying more
Vision-ary
King's Games Guru Tommy Palm leaves to set up VR developer
Resolution Games will explore virtual reality
Making Of
Shaking it up: The making of Candy Crush Soda Saga
King reveals how you recreate success
Data
Superdata estimates Clash of Clans will generate $1.8 billion in 2014
Just keeps on growing
Charticle
A tale of two IPs: Candy Crush Soda Saga vs. Vainglory
Best of both worlds
Candy Crush Soda Saga bubbles up on 100 million Facebook feeds
Sweet smell of success across seven countries
For future success, Sweden's next generation of games gurus go back to the Cabin
Stugan program starts in summer 2015
Jobs
King hiring hard for its Berlin office
Join the saga
Financials
Despite the strength of 'non-Candy Crush Saga business', King sees FY14 Q3 sales drop 13% to $514 million
But cash pile rises to $976 million
King triumphs in 6waves legal dispute, Chinese firm pulls 'clones' from sale
Treasure Epic and Farm Epic are no more
Deal
Peak Candy Crush delayed as Tencent releases King's top grosser in China
A whole new kingdom opens up
Deal
King expands to core gaming with $32 million acquisition of Nonstop Games
Plus $68 million available dependent on performance
Financials
With FY14 Q2 revenue up 30% to $594 million, King announces $150 million dividend
Quarter-on-quarter revenue drops 2% however
Video
Risk equals reward: King's Tommy Palm on heading east and tapping into the next generation
A new breed
The Charticle
A new saga: Can Pyramid Solitaire Saga become another one of King's big hitters?
King turned Pharaoh?
Dead Trigger 2 fires its way to Best App Ever 2014 victory
Madfinger game blows away competition to win the top prize
The Charticle
The art of the sequel: Did Bubble Witch 2 Saga outperform its predecessor?
Bubble bobble
Financials
King and Glu's share prices rise sharply on no news whatsoever
But Zynga remains in the dumps
By royal appointment: King joins trade association UKIE
Candy Crush outfit now one of over 200 studios with membership
Pg Connects
Going global: Smartphones are shrinking the world, says King
Tommy Palm on eating into the Asian market
We mixed things up at our Berlin Mobile Mixer
King and crobo sponsored a night of brilliant debate
Video Interview
Don't burst the bubble: King's Jan Wedekind on why Bubble Witch Saga needed a sequel
"You can't just republish the same game"
King's profits jump 142% in Q1, riding high on Candy Crush and 143m DAUs
Record quarterly mobile gross bookings reported
King launches Japanese base to seize bigger piece of $5 billion smartphone gaming market
Tokyo HQ unveiled
CandySwipe and Banner Saga trademark disputes resolved with King
Peace in the realm?
Candy Crush ‘tops out’ as the industry once again focuses on core gamers
Blizzard's Hearthstone part of a ‘new volley’ of branded blockbusters
Candy Crush makes move on China via Tencent’s WeChat platform
Easing the IPO headache
Two From The Top
King and Supercell boost European trade association ISFE
Industry is 'converging'
Little Princes
Expanding the empire: King looking to bring in 165 fresh faces
The wolf of Wall Street?
Candy Crush Saga blamed for US obesity: Michelle Obama demands candies only become available after 5 veggie matches
Yes, We Kale
Opinion
Think Oculus and King deals are signs of a 'maturing' industry? Think again
It's a matter of definition
Sweet & Sour
King's market debut opens at 10% below IPO price
But mobile is still maturing
Candy For Everyone
Cut the Rope's Zeptolab files motion against King's 'Candy' trademark attempt in EU
Om Nom means business
Financial News
King set for $7.6 billion valuation ahead of NYSE debut
Top brass could sell up for multi-millions
The Global View
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014
The shakers, makers and movers
Financial News
King's IPO share price range values company higher than Zynga and GungHo but lower than EA
Upper limit would see King worth $7.55 billion
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