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King working on a mobile Call of Duty
Candy Crush maker takes first steps into parent company's wider catalog of intellectual property
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King on diversity: “No company will succeed on its own here.”
Diversity and culture manager Natalie Mellin says more firms need to "show role models together" in order to address gender imbalance
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King acquires data company Omniata
Firm will help casual specialist with retention and analysis
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King competition will take six devs to GDC 2017
Casual games firm wants developers to use its 2D engine Defold to build new titles
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Steve Meretzky joins King
Veteran developer joins Candy Crush maker as VP of Design on unannounced new project
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CBS turning Candy Crush into TV game show
Wipeout and Fear Factor producer working on series with CBS TV Studios, Lionsgate, and King
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Activision Blizzard-King acquisition closes
Publisher touts "largest game network in the world" with 500 million users
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King's profit and sales fall in 2015
Full-year results for the Candy Crush company show profit down 10% with revenues dipping 12%
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Candy Crush sours King's financials
Maturation of company's blockbuster hit more than offsets year-over-year growth in non-Candy Crush bookings
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Activision got King "cheaply" - Pachter
Analysts weigh in with mostly positive comments on the massive $5.9 billion purchase of the Candy Crush Saga maker
Opinion
Activision and King: Wrong price, poor fit
King is a great business, but Activision's $5.9 billion buyout is the result of desperation to get up to speed on mobile, not a carefully considered strategy
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King revenues, profits shrinking
Declines blamed on Candy Crush Saga "maturation," second quarter results still better than had been expected
Opinion
King reigns as Zynga slumps - but why?
Each had very different quarterlies, but both face the problem of replacing a golden goose
Feature
King revenues up 20% for full year
Candy Crush maker reports full-year growth, acquires Battle Nations studio Z2
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Mobile consolidation on the way - Analyst
Doug Creutz says clear leaders emerging on mobile; Facebook gaming "looks like a virtual gambling den"
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King's chairman steps down, citing personal reasons
Board member Gerhard Florin will take the place of Melvyn Morris
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Candy Crush Saga weighs down King results
Growth in non-Candy Crush revenues can't offset original blockbuster's decline, but company still turns $141 million profit
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King runs more TV ads than Sony and Microsoft
Ad firm says Candy Crush Saga maker doubles number of spots from platform holders
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King victorious in 6waves copyright settlement
"Another company sought to take advantage of the hard work and creativity of two of our games teams"
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King growth slows in second quarter
Candy Crush maker stock sinks as after it lowers full-year forecast, acquires Singapore-based Nonstop Games to expand beyond casual titles
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Candy Crush Saga confectionary range launches
King expands reach of its free-to-play brand in UK stores
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King's profit jumps 142% in first quarter
Income was down, however, compared to the previous quarter thanks partly to marketing for the launch of Farm Heroes Saga