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Candy Crush Saga Game Maker 'King' Seeks New Hires

Mar 31, 2014 05:04 PM EDT | By Justin Stock

People to create its next game is what candy crush saga game maker King Entertainment is looking for following the result of the debut of its initial public offering March 26 Time reported Monday.

There are currently 165 positions listed on the company's website. They include municipalities like Stockholm, Malta, and San Francisco.

Designers, and engineers currently appear to be the main focus. According to Time, King tries out fresh game ideas via its website, royalgames.com, and then readies the most liked ones for use on Facebook, and smartphones.

King's repertoire consists of over 180 games during the 11 years it has been around, with Candy Crush earning recognition as a most liked Time reported.  

Candy Crush Saga was first introduced on King's website before coming to Facebook last April Technology Tell reported. It then became available on Mobile Apps a year ago this month. The game has since set records in Apple's iOS app store, and Google Play Store.

The app is bringing in the most money in the US App store, and many parts of the world.

More than 61 percent of the players who have the game in the United Kingdom, compete while they are on their way to work in the morning Tech Crunch reported.

Seventy-eight percent of players in the United States use the game as they view television shows since data found prime time was from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., along with Sundays.

According to Tech Crunch, one in every 23 people on Facebook play the game.

King brought in $1.9 billion in income in 2013 according to information from CNET. This is an increase from $164 million in 2012, and $63,9 million in 2011 CNET reported.

King owns 180 additional other games, which are played by ninety-three million people regularly.

King's Candy Crush saga game app launched on the New York Stock Exchange March 26 2.50 lower than the $22.50 originally projected before the company's initial public offering became official.

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