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Candy Crush Saga developer King is gearing up for an IPO, according to a report. People familiar with the move” have toldThe Wall Street Journalthat the London company has approached a number of banks to pursue a potential initial public offering in the US. Banks including J.P. Morgan Chase & …
Read More »King.com now has 70m daily users
Cross-platform casual games company King.com has revealed some impressive numbers. The publisher now has some 70m active daily users (ADUs) and claims three of the top ten most played Facebook games – Candy Crush Saga (15.5m ADUs), Pet Rescue Saga (6m ADUs) and Farm Heroes Saga (4.8m ADUs). It hosts …
Read More »GDC 13: INFOGRAPHIC – Candy Crush Saga creator’s ten-year journey
Timeline details firm's path to Candy Crush Saga success
Read More »GDC 13: Candy Crush Saga firm King rebrands as mobile audience booms
Company has 50m daily players and 108m monthly unique players - 49m are mobile
Read More »Zynga loses Facebook crown as FarmVille 2 is overtaken
FarmVille 2’s hefty stint as Facebook’s No.1 game has come to an end. Well, it has according to one measure, at least. AppData reports that Zynga’s game currently commands some 8.8 DAUs (daily active users). That places it second behind King.com’s Candy Crush Saga which currently has 9.7m DAUs. However, …
Read More »King.com steps up its focus on mobile
Candy Crush Saga leads developer's move to portable platforms
Read More »Facebook hits one billion monthly users
Facebook has amassed more than one billion monthly users. As well as reaching the hugely impressive milestone, 1/7th of the world’s entire population , more than 235 people are now also playing games on the website. The recently launched Facebook App Centre meanwhile has more than 220 million monthly active …
Read More »Facebook amasses one billion monthly users
235 million people playing games through the social network site each month
Read More »Facebook games attracting 235m monthly users
More than 150m people using the recently launched App Center
Read More »King releases Bubble Witch for iOS
King.com, Swedish developer and publisher of social games, today released their popular Bubble Witch Saga for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch). The game is one of the most popular Facebook games, with over four million daily users. The mobile version means that players can connect and synch their …
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