King (company)

King.com Limited
Trade name	King
Formerly	Midasplayer.com (2003–2005)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	August 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden
Founders	Riccardo Zacconi; Toby Rowland; Mel Morris; Thomas Hartwig; Sebastian Knutsson; Lars Markgren; Patrik Stymne;
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden; London, England
Number of locations	9 studios and offices (2024)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Todd Green (president)
Products	Candy Crush Saga
Number of employees	2,000 (2017)
Parent	Activision Blizzard (2016–present)
Website	king.com

King.com Limited is a Swedish-British video game developer and publisher that specialises in social games. Since 2016, it is one of 3 publishing businesses of Activision Blizzard. Headquartered in Stockholm and London,^[1] and incorporated in St. Julian's, Malta,^[2] King rose to prominence after releasing the cross-platform title Candy Crush Saga in 2012. It is considered as one of the most financially successful games utilising the freemium model. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard in February 2016 for US$5.9 billion, and operates as its own entity within that company. King is led by Todd Green, who holds the position of President.^[3] Gerhard Florin took over Melvyn Morris's role as chairman in November 2014. As of 2017, King employs 2,000 people.^[4]

In October 2023, Microsoft acquired parent company Activision Blizzard, maintaining that the company will continue to operate as a separate business. While part of the larger Microsoft Gaming division, King retains its function as the publisher of games developed by themselves.

^ "Celebrating 20 Years of Gaming Excellence: King's Milestone Journey". www.businesswire.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
^ "King.com". www.king.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
^ McEvoy, Sophie (22 May 2025). "King appoints Todd Green as president following Tjodolf Sommestad's departure". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
^ Takahashi, Dean (17 November 2017). "Candy Crush Saga: 2.73 billion downloads in five years and still counting". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[1] "Celebrating 20 Years of Gaming Excellence: King's Milestone Journey". www.businesswire.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

[2] "King.com". www.king.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

[king_new_pres.-3] McEvoy, Sophie (22 May 2025). "King appoints Todd Green as president following Tjodolf Sommestad's departure". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

[vb_nov2017-4] Takahashi, Dean (17 November 2017). "Candy Crush Saga: 2.73 billion downloads in five years and still counting". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

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