Candy Crush boss Todd Green on live ops excellence, new games – and that Microsoft takeover

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 Let’s get the Microsoft takeover question out of the way first, shall we?When asked about the proposed acquisition – and indeed Microsoft’s desire to open its own app store – King’s Candy Crush general manager Todd Green told us:“We continue to focus on King and our business, but what I can say is that King is excited about the possibilities the merger could bring. Alongside offering big prize money, Green reels off some big numbers: he says that Candy Crush Saga has been downloaded over three billion times, and King now has 233 million monthly active users across its portfolio (you can assume the vast majority of that figure is Candy Crush Saga players). “King is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, which of course makes us look back to the past and forward to the future,” adds Green

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