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Free-to-play firm still mulling floatation, not worried by King slump

Judge rules for case not to be moved to Beijing

London studio opens 36 job vacancies

Candy Crush Saga developer King has listed 165 openings for its studios across the globe, as the company aims to expand its workforce by 25 per cent. Polygon reports on the dozens of job listings posted on King’s website – including work in development, design and engineering, and marketing and …

It was a rough day on the markets for casual games maker King yesterday. The Candy Crush Saga maker kicked off its IPO with an introductory stock price of $22.50. By the end of trading that had fallen to $19 – a decline of 15.5 per cent that VentureBeat says …

But value tumbles by 11 per cent as trading starts

King’s high-profile IPO has got off to a stumbling start. Shares in the Candy Crush Maker went live this morning but have since fallen in value by over 11 per cent (at the time of writing), tumbling from the $22.50 price set at the start of play to below $20. …

Candy Crush Saga studio King is pushing to generate $530m (319m) in an initial public offering that would see the British game maker valued at up to $7.6bn (4.6bn). 15.5m shares for in the company will be made available for between $21 and $24 a piece when King floats on …

Valuation would see King exceed Zynga’s opening public listing on the NYSE

Candy Crush maker quietly files to drop rights to the sweet word after a saga of bad press