Candy Crush Jelly Saga: King has bigger plans up its sleeve, including smartwatches

By Hugh Langley

Love them or loathe them, free-to-play mobile games are here to stay. You need only look at the royal fortune Candy Crush has made the King company in its short lifetime to see why.

People are spending money on this franchise – some of them, quite a lot – but King knows it can’t sit still: last year it launched sister title Candy Crush Soda Saga to stem dwindling profits from its flagship title. More significantly, King agreed a deal that will see it acquired by gaming behemoth Activision Blizzard for a cool $5.9 billion.

But before the final papers are signed King is rolling out its next game, Candy Crush Jelly Saga, which adds a couple of new twists to the otherwise familiar colour-swiping formula.

King of the hill

The most notable new addition is boss battles, in which the player goes head-to-head with an AI adversary. “They will play on the same board as you so you have to change your thinking as you have another computer player interacting with the game board,” Candy Crush Senior Vice President Tjodolf Sommestad tells us. “You have to plan further ahead.”

There’s also a new type of level where the player spreads jelly across the board …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming