The revenue of the match-3 game Farm Heroes Saga exceeded $ 1 billion. According to King, her puzzle is the first mobile game developed in the UK that was able to overcome the billion—dollar milestone.

Candy Crush Saga has reached an impressive milestone. King, in an interview with Reuters, announced that by today its game has earned $ 20 billion.

King has announced the acquisition. She was joined by Peltarion, which is known for the cloud AI platform of the same name. How much the authors of Candy Crush Saga had to pay for this purchase is not disclosed.

pnkfrg studios received money during the initial round of financing, but who exactly invested in it is not disclosed.

There will be one less site for browser games. King has announced the closure of the Royal Games portal, which has been operating since 2003. The official reason is changes in web technologies. But the closure could also have been facilitated by an investigation by PayPal concerning gaming payments in certain countries.

Activision Blizzard shared the results of the second quarter of 2021 (ended June 30). Although the company’s overall revenue grew, its only division that earned more than a year ago was King. Also in the report there was a place for measures that the publisher is going to take because of the current scandal.

At the beginning of the year, users of the Royal Games browser games portal, which belongs to King, faced the inability to withdraw their money from the site. This went on for several months. It turned out that the reason was an investigation by PayPal and the problem of the so-called “skill-gaming”.What is Royal Games?

Activision Blizzard has reported a record first quarter. In January-March 2021, the company earned $2.28 billion — more than in any other first quarter in the history of the publishing house. Call of Duty played an important role in this.

According to the results of the first quarter (ended March 31) Crash Bandicoot: On the Run hit the tops in downloads and revenue. To date, the King project has earned over $ 1.2 million, and the game has overcome the 20 million downloads mark faster than any other runner — including Subway Surfers. However, now the mobile “Crash” indicators have begun to decline.Revenue data

Mobile runner Crash Bandicoot: On the Run has become a big hit in less than a week. According to analysts from Sensor Tower, the King game has already been downloaded over 25 million times since its release.Crash Bandicoot: On the Run overcame the mark of 22 million installations in just four days — from March 25 to 28.

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run is a mobile runner developed by King. During the first day after the official release, the game was downloaded more than 8 million times. Taking into account the early launch on iOS, which took place on March 23, the runner has already been downloaded 11.4 million times in total.

Roblox continues to increase its influence in the USA. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the company managed to increase its revenue share in the mobile market to almost 5%, now second only to King and Playrix in this indicator.GameRefinery told about the changes in the positions of mobile publishers in the American market in its report for the fourth quarter of 2020.

Activision Blizzard shared last year’s financial results. The publisher’s revenue during this time exceeded $ 8 billion.  Half of this amount was brought by the Activision division. All thanks to Call of Duty.

Activision Blizzard has reported for the third fiscal quarter of this year. The publishing house’s revenues came close to $ 2 billion, and the most successful titles of the publishing house were Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush.

Candy Crush Friends Saga has earned more than $200 million since its release, according to Sensor Tower. Meanwhile, this year alone, the total revenue of all franchise games exceeded $1 billion.King Games figures for 2020

The company’s financial report notes the unprecedented success of the Call of Duty and World of Warcraft franchises. The publisher’s revenues for the second quarter approached $2 billion.On August 4, Activision Blizzard published a report for the second fiscal quarter of 2020 (April-June).

83% of workers in the USA are mobile players. Of these, more than half spend their work breaks not on coffee, but on their favorite game.

The authors of Candy Crush Saga have changed the license type of one of their technical solutions. Since today, the “sources” of the Defold engine have become available to developers.

The Sunday Times has published an annual list of the richest Britons. Nine out of 1000 positions in it are for representatives of the game dev. Moreover, a third of the seats went to immigrants from King.