King Digital Entertainment
| King Digital Entertainment plc | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Subsidiary of Activision |
| ISIN | IE00BKJ9QQ58 |
| founding | September 2002 |
| Seat | London |
| management | Riccardo Zacconi ( CEO ) Sebastian Knutsson ( CCO ) Rob Miller (CLO) Alex Dale ( CMO ) Stephane Kurgan ( COO ) Thomas Hartwig ( CTO ) |
| Number of employees | ~ 1500 |
| sales | $ 1.9 billion (2013) |
| Website | www.king.com |
| Stand 2013 | |
King Digital Entertainment PLC , also known as King.com, is a UK provider of online games. The games developed are available free-to-play as smartphone applications, browser games and on Facebook .
history
The company was founded in September 2002 by Riccardo Zacconi, Melvyn Morris and Roby Rowland in Stockholm. The first online games were offered as browser games on Midasplayer.com in September 2004. In November 2005, Midasplayer.com was renamed King.com. In March 2011, King.com launched " Candy Crush Saga " initially as a browser game. The game followed in April 2012 on Facebook and in November 2012 for Apple iOS and Android smartphones. In a very short time, King Digital Entertainment brought out other games such as “Farm Heroes Saga”, “Papa Pear Saga” and “Pepper Panic Saga” as smartphone apps and on Facebook.
On November 2, 2015, King Digital Entertainment announced that it would be fully acquired by Activision Blizzard for a purchase price of $ 5.9 billion . In July 2018, another game was released with "Diamond Diaries Saga".
Games
- AlphaBetty Saga
- Blossom Blast Saga
- Bubble Witch Saga
- Bubble Witch Saga 2
- Bubble Witch Saga 3
- candy Crush Saga
- Candy Crush Jelly Saga
- Candy Crush Soda Saga
- Diamond Diaries saga
- Diamond Digger Saga
- Farm Heroes Saga
- Farm Heroes Super Saga
- Papa Pear Saga
- Paradise Bay
- Pepper Panic Saga
- Pet Rescue Saga
- Pyramid Solitaire Saga
- Scrubby Dubby Saga
Economic indicators
King Digital Entertainment had 2013 profits of $ 568 million on sales of $ 1.9 billion. Much of the revenue is based on the most successful game to date, Candy Crush Saga .
On March 26, 2014, the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange . A share cost $ 22.50 to launch, which equates to a value of about $ 7.1 billion for the company.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ History on the company website , king.com, accessed March 28, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/it-medien/king-digital-wird-uebernommen-activision-schluckt-candy-crush-macher/12533634.html
- ↑ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151102007003/en/Activision-Blizzard-Acquire-King-Digital-Entertainment-5.9
- ↑ Diamond Diaries Saga is available! - Check app . In: Check app . July 3, 2018 ( check-app.de [accessed July 11, 2018]).
- ^ King.com. Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
- ↑ 'Candy Crush' developer King.com goes public today , finanzen.net, March 26, 2014, accessed March 28, 2014.
- ↑ IPO: "Candy Crush" company King Digital raises $ 500 million , Spiegel Online; accessed on March 26, 2014
- ↑ [1] Handelsblatt