King

King, formerly/also known as King.com, is a casual-social games company, and the second largest game developer on Facebook. King develops games for the web on www.king.com, for mobile (both iOS & Android) and Facebook.

King developed Candy Crush Saga, which surpassed Zynga's Farmville 2 as the most popular game on Facebook since March 2013 and it has the most iOS downloads, with 45.6 million monthly users.

King games offer synchronised play, enabling users to connect to their Facebook account whilst playing on their smartphone or tablet device. This means that the users progress is updated across all platforms, allowing the player to switch from mobile, to tablet, to Facebook without losing their progress in the game.

The popularity of Candy Crush Saga

King's most popular game to date is Candy Crush Saga, which was launched on Facebook in April 2012. Following its success on Facebook, King launched Candy Crush Saga on mobile (iOS and Android) in November 2012. The Game was downloaded over 10 million times one month after its release.  In January 2013, Candy Crush Saga became the No.1 game on Facebook and had over 45 million monthly users by March of the same year.

Other games

Other games from King include Farm Heroes Saga, Bubble Witch Saga, Bubble Witch 2 Saga, Diamond Digger Saga, Pet Rescue Saga, Pyramid Solitaire Saga, Papa Pear Saga, Pepper Panic Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga, AlphaBetty Saga, Scrubby Dubby Saga, Blossom Blast Saga, Candy Crush Jelly Saga, Blossom Blast Saga, and Farm Heroes Super Saga. Bubble Witch Saga was King's first mobile game, released in July 2012 after its successful launch on Facebook in September 2011.

King has a catalogue of over 150 games available in over 14 languages. The company releases new games every month. In March 2013, King launched 2 new games on Facebook, Farm Heroes Saga and Papa Pear Saga.

Operations

King has offices or game studios in:

• Barcelona, Spain
• Berlin, Germany
• Bucharest, Romania
• London, England, United Kingdom
• Malmö, Sweden
• San Francisco, California, United States
• Seattle, Washington, United States
• Seoul, South Korea
• Shanghai, China
• Singapore
• Stockholm, Sweden
• Tokyo, Japan
• Valletta, Malta

King is a private company with more than $47 million in venture investment from Apax Partners and Index Ventures.

Games

Most popular

• Candy Crush Saga
• Candy Crush Soda Saga
• Candy Crush Jelly Saga

Extremely popular

• Pet Rescue Saga
• Farm Heroes Saga

Active (aka Popular Games)

• Bubble Witch Saga
• Bubble Witch Saga 2
• Pyramid Solitaire Saga
• Papa Pear Saga
• Pepper Panic Saga
• Diamond Digger Saga
• AlphaBetty Saga
• Scrubby Dubby Saga
• Blossom Blast Saga
• Paradise Bay
• Farm Heroes Super Saga
• Bubble Witch Saga 3
• Rise of Tyrants (iOS only)

Unofficially released

• King Pro Challenge
• Monster Fever
• Pet Rescue Puzzle Saga
• Luna Light Saga
• Shuffle Cats
• Are You Serious?
• Hero
• Royal Boulevard Saga

Defunct

• Hoop de Loop Saga (September 10, 2013)
• Bubble Saga (September 10, 2013)

Awards

• Fastest-Growing UK Company - in Media Momentum Digital Awards 
• Best Social Game - Candy Crush Saga Wins the International Mobile Gaming Award's 2013 Award 
• Bubble Witch Saga was named winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Games category, at The 9th Annual International Business Awards 2012

Gallery

• Gallery
• Miscellaneous

Bubble Witch Saga

Farm Heroes Saga

Pet Rescue Saga

Pyramid Solitaire Saga

Pepper Panic Saga

Papa Pear Saga

King logo

King Logo in CCS TV ad

King logo on King.com website

Celebrating 10 years of gaming (2013)

1 trillion levels played! (February 2015)

External links

• Corporate Website