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Title: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: deathspeed on November 03, 2015, 08:18:00 am
http://news.yahoo.com/activision-buys-candy-crush-maker-042304396.html

I think the progression will run something like this:
Candy Crush Saga 2
Candy Crush Saga 3
Candy Crush Saga: Modern Alignments
Candy Crush Saga: Modern Alignments 2
Candy Crush Saga: Modern Alignments 3
Candy Crush Saga: Crush At War
Candy Crush Saga: Black Candy
Candy Crush Saga: Black Candy II
Candy Crush Saga: Black Candy III
Candy Crush Saga: Spirits
Candy Crush Saga: Advanced Alignments
Candy Crush Saga: Finest Minute
Candy Crush Saga 2: Big Red Licorice
Candy Crush Saga: Crush At War - Final Alignments
Candy Crush Saga: The Crush Collection
Candy Crush Saga: Alignments to Victory
Candy Crush Saga: Modern Alignments: Mobilized
Candy Crush Saga: Zombies
Candy Crush Saga: Zombies 2
Candy Crush Saga: Zombies 3 (canceled)
Candy Crush Saga: Zombies 4
Candy Crush Saga: Black Candy: Publicly Outed
Candy Crush Saga: Strike Alignment


Feel free to add any I left out, or any future releases.
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: Turambar on November 03, 2015, 10:15:15 am
**** attracts ****.
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: headdie on November 03, 2015, 10:29:50 am
at least its a low brainpower game being bought by a peddler of low brain power games.  imagine what would happen if it was EA or Ubisoft.
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 03, 2015, 11:46:23 am
Wait, there weren't already endless derivatives of this?
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 03, 2015, 12:03:55 pm
Candy Crush IS a derivative.  That base game has existed for at least a decade in other skins.  It baffles me how these things make such insane amounts of cash and get away with being complete ripoffs of **** you could find on newgrounds in 1999.  (I completely pulled that year out of my ass, please don't flamespray me if newgrounds hasn't been around that long :))
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: headdie on November 03, 2015, 12:05:54 pm
Quote from: NGTM-1R on November 03, 2015, 11:46:23 am
Wait, there weren't already endless derivatives of this?

there are a million ports but only Candy Crush Saga and Soda Crush Saga to my knowledge
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on November 03, 2015, 05:11:14 pm
Oldest version of this gameplay I could find with a quick search is 1994 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shariki).
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: MatthTheGeek on November 04, 2015, 02:10:26 am
The funniest part is how they bought it for more than Disney bought Lucasarts. Google it. 5.9 B $ vs 4.05 B $.
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on November 04, 2015, 06:58:53 pm
The funniest video you'll watch on this business deal:


Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: Mongoose on November 04, 2015, 09:53:50 pm
Oh lord that bit at the end :lol:
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: TrashMan on November 05, 2015, 07:48:59 am
Try something different:

WARNING: POLITICALLY INCORRECT
http://shekelclicker.byethost31.com/?ckattempt=1
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: General Battuta on November 05, 2015, 08:41:23 am
Call of Duty is often good
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 05, 2015, 09:45:52 am
Quote from: TrashMan on November 05, 2015, 07:48:59 am
Try something different:

WARNING: POLITICALLY INCORRECT
http://shekelclicker.byethost31.com/?ckattempt=1

you sir, suck.  I had successfully broken free of cookie clicker (only for clicker heros to take its place as my meaningless life-sucker).
Title: Re: Activision taking over Candy Crush - prepare yourself for endless deriviatives!
Post by: TrashMan on November 06, 2015, 01:29:24 am
Quote from: Klaustrophobia on November 05, 2015, 09:45:52 am
you sir, suck.  I had successfully broken free of cookie clicker (only for clicker heros to take its place as my meaningless life-sucker).

And I don't even play it (or the original).
I just did it to ruin you!