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.

Activision Blizzard wants to make its marketing more effective at the expense of selected players. The company has created a closed community from which it can receive feedback directly.

Sensor Tower this week announced two mobile games at once, whose combined revenue reached $2 billion. Such indicators can now boast Candy Crush Soda Saga by King and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle by Bandai Namco.

It’s time to report for the third quarter to Activision Blizzard publisher. Both financial indicators and the size of the audience continue to decline.

The authors of Candy Crush Saga are preparing another midcore game. This time about the battles in the spirit of Panzer General.

More than 9 million players, according to Alex Dale, senior executive director of King, spend three to six hours a day in Candy Crush Saga. But King hastened to challenge the statement of its top manager before the title is associated with the concept of “gaming addiction”.

King CEO Riccardo Zacconi will step down on July 1. He has been in office for more than 16 years.

The total revenue of Candy Crush games in the first quarter of the year reached $391 million. Thus, it became the most successful first quarter for the franchise in its entire history.

The world release of Pet Rescue Puzzle Saga took place. This is a new puzzle King, whose main mechanics is to remove two or more elements of the same color from the field with a tap (this subgenre of match games is also called “collapse”). As in many other recent games of the company, Pet Rescue Puzzle Saga has a complex meta-gameplay.

It became known which Activision Blizzard studios fell under the cuts.

That didn’t stop her from cutting 800 people.