28 Jan
King CEO Riccardo Zacconi has posted an open letter to the company’s website, regarding the company’s recent attempt to trademark the word “candy” and for allegedly cloning another developer’s game. “The debate here revolves around Pac-Avoid, a game coded by a third-party on our behalf nearly five years ago,” the letter reads, in part. “The […]
24 Jan
Social game developer King, has issued a statement today denying that the studio cloned another developer’s game in 2009. It has also taken down the game in question, Pac-Avoid, for the “avoidance of doubt”. “King does not clone other peoples’ games,” the statement issued to Polygon reads. “King believes that IP — both our own […]
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 […]