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"Candy Crush Soda Saga" Has Amassed More Than $2 Billion Since Launch
Credit: King Perhaps unsurprisingly, Candy Crush is still going strong with its latest iteration. According to analyst firm Sensor Tower, Candy Crush Soda Saga has made more than $2 billion in its lifetime It's been 5 years since the game initially launched, so that's a hefty number to attain in such a relatively short period. Sensor Tower estimates[...]
Candy Crush Friends Saga Adds Olivia's Garden Event
King has updated Candy Crush Friends Saga to add a new event featuring a new character, Olivia the Octopus Olivia has a whole new set of abilities to bring to the mobile game as part of her welcome event, Olivia's Garden. This limited-time event includes 10 exclusive new levels in a new underwater world where the player[...]
Activision Blizzard
As the financial report states this illustrates "the enduring nature of [their] franchises and [their] shift to a games-as-a-service model." The live service model for games has been steadily taking over the mainstream, with Activision Blizzard leading the pack on that front Given their financial results, its no wonder this game model is starting to[...]
Stephen Colbert And Liam Neeson Act Out The Candy Crush Movie
As we found out last week, Activision aquired King, the creators of Candy Crush, for $5.9 Billion On top of that, it was announced that Activision Blizzard were looking to get into movies and TV more actively too. Colbert naturally married the two, and brought on Liam Neeson to act out a prospective It's a fun[...]
Activision Buy Candy Crush Developer King For $5.9 Billion
King have been one of the dominating forces in the mobile market for a long time Candy Crush has been a mainstay on a lot of people's mobile devices for years, especially those who don't generally buy games. Well, Activision have gone deep into their pockets to purchase the mobile company for $5.9 Billion In the[...]