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King

Swedish video game developer
Organization public_company Q2680856
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King was founded on September 1, 2002. Riccardo Zacconi was its founder.

Its products include Candy Crush Saga. Its parent organization is Activision Blizzard.[1][2][3].

King

Summary

King is a public company[1]. King ranks in the top 5% of public_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,401 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • King was a member of Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle[3].
  • King is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • King is in the country of Malta[5].
  • King is in the country of MT[6].
  • King's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • King's instance of is recorded as video game developer[8].
  • King's founder is recorded as Riccardo Zacconi[9].
  • King's headquarters location is recorded as London[10].
  • King's industry is recorded as video game industry[11].
  • September 1, 2002 marks the founding of King[12].
  • August 2003 marks the founding of King[13].
  • 2007-10-04 marks the founding of King[14].
  • King's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.92428968880883, 'lon': 14.490235889556239}[15].
  • King's parent organization or unit is recorded as Activision Blizzard[16].
  • King's official website is recorded as https://www.king.com[17].
  • King's product or material produced is recorded as Candy Crush Saga[18].
  • King's legal form is recorded as Q130273327[19].
  • King's legal form is recorded as V89C[20].
  • King's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+113727'}[21].
  • King's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+336000'}[22].
  • King's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+114412'}[23].
  • King's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+114264'}[24].
  • King's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+369000'}[25].
  • King's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+389000'}[26].
  • King's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+397000'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300YD55O8IUMG7H12[28]

  • Registered legal name: King.Com Limited[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: MT[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): V89C[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • Entity created: 2007-10-04[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2021-06-10[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-07-31[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2023-05-23[38]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000443[40]

  • Authority entity ID: C 42504[41]

  • Other names: King.com Operations (Malta) Limited[42]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

King's founder is recorded as Riccardo Zacconi[9]. Recorded inception include September 1, 2002[12], August 2003[13], and 2007-10-04[14].

Operations

King's headquarters location is recorded as London[10]. King's parent organization or unit is recorded as Activision Blizzard[16].

Industry

King's industry is recorded as video game industry[11].

Ownership

King's product or material produced is recorded as Candy Crush Saga[18].

Why It Matters

King ranks in the top 5% of public_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,401 views/month).[2] King has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] King is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Activision Blizzard Diversity Space Tool High Moon Studios London Malta public company United Kingdom Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle video game developer

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . usk.de. Retrieved . usk.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . usatoday.com. usatoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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