Candy Crush is getting another feather in its cap. Instead of offering yet another twist on match-3 puzzles, Candy Crush Solitaire will bring the franchise’s sickly sweet aesthetic to the card game classic. It will be the first Candy Crush game released since Microsoft acquired developer King.
Candy Crush Solitaire is based on Tri-Peaks Solitaire, where players must remove three card “peaks”. The game includes familiar power-ups from Candy Crush, including jellyfish, lollipop hammers, color bombs, and UFOs. They will offer similar, but not quite identical, abilities to their match 3 counterparts. Like other Candy Crush games, the basic solitaire gameplay changes and becomes more difficult as the player progresses.
Candy Crush Solitaire launches worldwide on February 6th. Players can pre-register now from their favorite app store and will receive 5,000 coins, 4 undoes, 2 fish cards, and 3 color bomb cards as in-game rewards.
In 2022, when Microsoft’s now-completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard (which owns King) was still uncertain, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that the purchase was motivated more by King and, by extension, the mobile market than by console games such as claimed. Call of Duty. Since the Microsoft acquisition, Xbox has been highlighting its mobile and smart TV offerings through the “This is an Xbox” campaign.
