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King, a part of Activision Blizzard which was acquired by Microsoft in 2023 (NASDAQ: MSFT), has game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin and offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Dublin and Malta.
King's top competitors include Rovio, Zynga, and Glu Mobile.
King Limited is a Swedish video game developer and publisher that specialises in social games. Since 2016, it is one of 3 publishing businesses of Activision Blizzard.
Riccardo Zacconi, King Digital – $548 million Another Candy Crush millionaire, King's Italian CEO has led the company since its inception–but he and his fellow cofounders have seen their fortunes shrink since a March 2014 IPO.
King 2nd most similar site is gamescene, with -- visits in January 2025, and closing off the top 3 is armorgames with 2.3M. candycrushsaga ranks as the 4th most similar website to king and pogo ranks fifth.
Top 6 King competitors Rovio. Zynga. Glu Mobile. Machine Zone. Mojang Studios. Social Gaming Network.
After going public in 2014, King was acquired by Activision Blizzard in 2016 for $5.9 billion. Zacconi stepped down as CEO in 2019, but King continues to operate as part of Microsoft Gaming with over 200 million monthly active users and more than 2,000 employees around the world.
Riccardo Zacconi is an Italian businessman, management consultant, and video game developer. He is best known as CEO of King, a video game development company he founded in 2003. King is the developer of the popular mobile game app Candy Crush Saga.