24 Jan
Indie game developer Matthew Cox has accused social game maker King of copying his game Scamperghost, and also for having double standards in attempting to trademark the word “candy”, as he believes the studio was trying to capitalize on the success of Pac-Man by releasing the game Pac-Avoid. In a post on his website, Cox […]
23 Jan
Stoic, developer of The Banner Saga, has revealed that it cannot develop a sequel due to King blocking its rights to the series’ title. “We won’t make a viking saga without the word Saga, and we don’t appreciate anyone telling us we can’t,” Stoic said. “King.com claims they’re not attempting to prevent us from using […]
28 Nov
Candy Crush Saga developer King has announced it will be opening a new office in Berlin in 2014. The studio head will be named in January. “We’re thrilled to be opening a new studio in Berlin,” CEP Riccardo Zacconi said, in part. “Germany is home to an exceptional amount of games development talent and Berlin […]
Steve Wiebe of the documentary The King of Kong is attempting to beat Billy Mitchell’s (noted D-Bag) record for high score in the arcade classic Donkey Kong, live from E3. Wiebe has failed on his first attempt, but still has two more attempts during E3. Weibe was the first ever to jump three barrels in […]