In fact, the popular mobile game recently celebrated one trillion games played, trillion as in twelve zeroes. Before Candy Crush Saga reached that incredible milestone, its developer King was purchased by Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion. To put that figure into context, Yahoo is currently trying to sell its entire core business to Verizon for $4.8 billion and Verizon is reluctant to pay up. Activision Blizzard paid $1.1 billion more for a developer which makes candy-swiping mobile games which just shows how incredibly lucrative the mobile games industry is and how Candy Crush Saga is not just a game, but a full-fledged phenomenon. That's why it's not surprising that King is now trying to capitalize on its IP and diversify the Candy Crush franchise. Earlier this week, the company announced that it has teamed up with CBS in order to produce an hour-long live action game show based on Candy Crush Saga.