Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty drives 27% Q1 2020 revenue growth to $2.28 billion
Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street’s expectations with 27% revenue growth to $2.28 billion for the first quarter ended March 31....
King: American workers would rather play mobile games during breaks than drink coffee
Working Americans would rather play mobile games during breaks than drink coffee, according to a survey commissioned by King, maker of the popular Candy...
Candy Crush sees more play than ever since Activision-Blizzard’s 2016 acquisition
Activision Blizzard announced today as part of its latest earnings report that King’s mobile games had 273 million monthly active users in Q1 2020....
Activision Blizzard snacks on another strong quarter of Candy Crush growth
Activision Blizzard beat expectations for first quarter fiscal 2019 earnings today, and it looks like investors have the sweet work of King Entertainment and...
King dethrones PlayStation for game industry TV ad impressions
There’s a new leader in town when it comes to the most-seen commercials, as PlayStation has not only been knocked out of the No....
King shuts down former Z2Live mobile game studio in Seattle, cuts 78 jobs
Activision Blizzard said it is laying off hundreds of employees today, and part of the fallout is that King’s mobile game studio in Seattle...
PlayStation dominated gaming industry TV spend in December
PlayStation continued its trend of spending big through the month of December, accounting for almost half of all gaming industry advertising on TV. Xbox...
Sensor Tower: Candy Crush players spent an average of $4.2 million a day in 2018
Players of King’s Candy Crush series of mobile puzzle games spent an average of $4.2 million a day in 2018, according to market analyst Sensor Tower....
King’s Candy Crush Friends drives franchise to 262 million monthly active players
Activision Blizzard‘s King mobile games division had 262 million monthly active users in the third fiscal quarter ended September 30, reported in its earnings report...
NPD: U.S. game spending up 40% in first half of 2018
U.S. consumers spent $19.5 billion on gaming in the first half of 2018, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. This is up 40 percent...