An apps marketing manager from Microsoft France may have confirmed that one of the most popular mobile games, Candy Crush Saga, may finally be coming to Windows Phone, after a video allegedly showing the game in action was posted on YouTube earlier this week.
The video, which has since been removed from YouTube (though it was re-uploaded to another account, embedded here), showed the game allegedly loading on a Lumia 625 smartphone. Later Yann de Canson, an Apps Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft France, posted this message on his Twitter account "Vous aimez les bonbons ? vous allez adorer ce qui arrive sur #windowsphone !!! ;)" That roughly translates to "Do you like candy? You will love what happens on #windowsphone !!!"
While this tweet is not a 100% confirmation, it's certainly looking more likely that Candy Crush Saga might be close to arriving on Windows Phone. We have contacted the game's publisher King for comment but so far they have not sent back a response to our inquiries.
Source: Yann de Canson (Twitter), Via MonWindowsPhone, FraWin
Thanks to Samir and @NotCassim for the tip!
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Microsoft France apparently confirms Candy Crush Saga is headed to Windows Phone
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I want Hearthstone on my phone, get Blizzard to release that and I'll be impressed.
Abt f**** time! this is no news. I'd be ashamed to tell this to my friends. its a 2 year old game. APPS have always been the No 1 drawback for WP and will be. MSOFT failed to bring up WP on par with IOS and ANDROID. such a pity as I like the operating system but the lack of apps and quality apps is too much to accept
Hey, so when exactly is Clash of Clans gonna finally makes its Windows Phone debut??
Plz give superb game not children playable games.... pla launch the shadowguns and dead trigger2........
ooh... they're now considering WP when the fad has slowly died out? talking about being a last option. what an a-hole move. WP deserves better treatmnt than this.
CoC is the new fad. go burn yourself, candy crush. angry bird is waiting!
MS, i suggest you bring CoC to WP while it's still IN.
I really hope this turns into a mobile Xbox title. I couldn't care less how old it is. No Xbox Achievement support=No download for me.
How about onet
This game must pay for win
Windows 8 as well? Part of the problem with MS atm. Cant wait for the stores to merge.
FINALLY! Only two years later. ;)
Too late!! Let them go broke!!!
Yeah like, one century after it stopped being cool. Thanks Microsoft, quick as always
My exaggeration sense is tingling.
The tweet from Yann de Canson disapeared from is timeline...A request from MS or King?
Finally! I don't play candy crush but my mom does. I got my mom on WP board and since she's complaining about this damn candy crush....
Awesome! Im always glad to see WP grabbing the top selling apps and games!
How about Gears of War Golf???
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, BRING IT ON !!! #WINDOWSPHONE #KING #CANDYCRUSHSAGA
About fucking time.
I think that once the developers are able to make one app to run on every windows platform, they'll start to see growth and potential.
Would actually like King to suffer for ignoring so many requests to now, but oh well, better late than never, but it's one of those games that I wouldn't bother trying out after so long
Now where in the piss hell is PvZ 2?????
This
Well windows is stepping up but we do already have similar game play titles.
Game like this never gets old. I'm glad it's coming to WP.
Heheheh are you kidding me? After 2 years WP is finally getting it, don't bother.
I play Candy Crush Soda now.
Great! Just in time for it to be almost completely irrelevant!
I suppose its a good thing that we are getting a little (albeit extremely tardy) developer love but I couldn't care less about this game.
I think better they make COC for Windows
More good news for us, Windows Community. This week is happiness overload for us with new apps and games. My start screen contains more than 100 tiles now. And most of them I use everyday. More... More... More...
I think we need to download it and show support. If they give this game to us and we don't download it, it only shows that the downloads aren't there to add more games. I'm going to give it a shot, even if it's two years late. Better than nothing and small progress is still progress
This game is bad for our teeth.
I dont play candy crush but i know lots of people who would not buy a Windows Phone due to lack of this VERY game.
+1
Once it arrives, people will be bored of it.
No thanks. Currently enjoying PASTRY PARADISE from gameloft.
I think a lot of people are missing the bigger picture.. Who cares that this app is late. It's a matter of bigger apps are coming to Windows Phones! So let's just accept this and hope that other companies and devs jump on board!!
Wow very early it's coming...:/
Couldn't care less.. Took them so long to bring out to windows Phone.. I hope the makers of crudy crush tank
Lol i don't play it anymore :v
This IS a big deal, but in other ways, it isn't. Like Zynga, yes, I'm happy King is releasing their flagship game, but what value does it bring when the game is no longer a "thing" like it was a year ago? My fear is that if the game is no longer in style, people wont download it anyway, and King will blame the platform. They would have been better off releasing Candy Crush Soda, but still a nice pickup for WP 8.1 at the end of the day.
Too late
Sweet
what is the release date?
Get lost king,2 yrs wait,now no one cares for ur game
Ok, after 2 years finally it's coming to WP. But after 2 years... Who cares any more? I don't...
Don't give a f about the game.. But it'll take away an argument that haters make when I debate them on OS V OS... The haters here being my friends..
Will support for 512 MB RAM device's....???
Yay! I hope this means other King games will be coming soon as well. I've become really addicted to Farm Heroes Saga and Candy Crush Soda. Should make my mother happy too because she expressed a wish that this game would come to WP last year.
It's ok, I never understood that game, so if it never comes would be great
Hey guys welcome to the party. You're 2 years late.
And I'll bet MS had to pay them an outrageous sum to get the port.
Bring everything to Windows Phone when is old and unwanted...
I pass that game not in love for that. But for many is a good game.
I tweeted king 3 days ago about making a universal app lol
Yeah... VERY roughly translated
please no, stupid piece of cr*p of a game
Yay now I can actually boycott it!
When they will bring clash of clan the only reason i have two phones.... Please super cell ...
We need it badly we need backflip studios games
I've waited for this for too long and this news has become an anti climax. Nevertheless it is fantastic news. Just hope that this would be a universal app as well. Well done MS. It is long time coming. Slowly and surely.
Frozen freefall FTW
Good news! My mom plays CC and I recently got her a L1520 so I'm sure will be very happy.
Now wp users can share mp3 files.. Know how?w
Off topic, but any new information on why Pinterest was pulled recently? Did they ever provide a good reason? I don't use it but it's a popular app!
I don't care. After pastry paradise from Gameloft I really don't care we have candy crush or farm heroes.
Bring on Papa Pear and my lunch hour is sorted.
I have never played this game. But when it finally comes to WP I would definitely try it once.
I wouldn't be surprised if this dropped today - Microsoft France wouldn't leak this weeks in advance would they?
I hope it drops today!
Wouldn't touch this game with a ten foot pole. Especially after they hassled The Banner Saga game developers over the Saga portion, and even had the word Saga patented. But it didn't work.
Then they hassled a one man non-developer who had made a similar looking game way back in 2005 for his recently deceased mother as a memorial to her because she loved match three games.
Who had distributed the game for free. And King told him to pull it off of the net or suffer the consequences.
This is why I don't play any of their games.
Danny boy where's family feud. I will glad go to the family fued makers house a pay fir the game to get made on WP. If i knew who made that game
Just when I kicked the habit. Great.
Need 1GB ram??I just use Lumia 625, I think my phone can not run this game.
There are already tons of this kind of games available on WP, and also it has become too old now... Bring the soda version kiiiing
Noooooooooooo plzzzzzzzzzzz
Finally... The long wait will be over... Though I'm enjoying Disney's Frozen and Sweet Crush.
This damn game coming too late! Don't wanna play this loser game!
No need this game! Pastry Paradise is better!
Candy crush? Give me a break...
That's nice - but everyone I know have stopped playing it and have moved on to some other game.
Still, it's one more addition to the app count in WP. So, from 350,000 to 351,000 ;)
Maybe I didn't get the joke.. But didn't you just add a 1000 there?
You really need a serious math tip
Yeah, 350,000 to 350,001.
Didn't they say it was suppose to be out in June?
Xbox achievements maybe?
And just like every other popular app, it's 2 years too late!!! :(
ppl here overuse snapchat and then forget it like what happened to bbm.
It would be great if Microsoft USA were a little more like Microsoft France when talking about what's comming to the plattform.
Too late. Most people on Windows Phone have already forgotten the game and either the excitement have died down.
Are you sure about that?
Really!!!!!
Finally, I know some people who still play this constantly lol. What I find particularly irksome besides the endless spam from my friends on facebook (I don't use it, just fb messenger as these nutters don't use anything else).
Is the fact some people are going "we" don't need this or that, first of all these are your opinions and your not speaking for everyone else.
Secondly windows phone needs all the official apps it can get to attract users (yes, I'm aware we have amazing third party or first party alternatives which are most likely on other platforms anyway), some users don't use nothing but official apps whereas others use it as a yard stick to beat windows phone with... "It doesn't have so and so that means the store sucks therefore windows phone is crap".
how about clash of clans?? anyone have a news about that game coming to windows phone? i think we need that game too..
Last I heard.. Supercell had absolutely no plans on bringing it to WP.
With Xbox
Great. After three years on other os's it finally comes to windows phone. Which menas we can estimate a 2018 release date for soda saga.
Too late buddy. But its nice. Welcome to windows base camp.
We got nice game from gameloft pastry paradise...!! So long candy crush....!!
Even thomas nigro from vlc confirmed the game is coming
Xbox enabled?
Wow dude! Everyday i realize about 3 popular apps and games (like the popular game sonic dash) are joining the windows store ! My memory is full! Btw i wish this could be true and finally arrive on wp , i just need all miniclip games including soccer stars and 8 ball pool , and all supercell games! It will be awesome !!!!!!!;). (also waiting for VLC...)
Yes SUPERCELL and Miniclip are now all that is missing
Yeah and windows store will be almost like the google play store and app store
They should put out the new Candy Crush Soda Saga also to be more up to date.
Nice to have another official in store, but there are much better games like QuizUp that need to be on store. Also, Snapchat!
Windows Phone needs these fad games when they're actually fads if it wants more recognition....
I heard the motorized carriage is making it to the USA soon.
Hahaha...
People bitch when an app or game isn't on windows phone, then once it arrives they still bitch. "It's too late!" "Does anyone still play/use it anymore?" "Who cares?" Maybe, just MAYBE if we are positive about new releases of apps and games that exist on OTHER platforms (regardless of how long it took) the developers will feel more inclined to continue support for Windows Phone. As a developer i'm discouraged to create apps for this platform (as much as I love it) because the overall customer base seems unappreciative and negative. Remember that saying, "You catch more bees with honey."
Exactly
+1020
You have to remind yourself that the immature and ignorant regurgitate their opinion at the drop of a hat. Intelligent thoughtful people take time to form an opinion let alone communicate it with others.
Its good. I still play it almost everday. Im glad.
*You will love what's arriving on #windowsphone
This game sticks
Even though we, here, could give a rats a** about this announcement; we must concede that this is a very big step in bringing new users to the WP platform. I am very happy about this!
Off topic. Pocket tanks is there in our windows phone store but you can't find it. Here's. The link http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=5a66448a-87ca-424d-b912-7343a82578ba
Good news. Companies and Services are finally beginning to realize the potential of one windows. I could foresee it in 2012. How very shortsighted of these multimillion dollar corporations. All in all, good news for Microsoft fans. Although, ultimate victory will be the adoption of universal app model. But it is definitely a start. Persistence has started to pay off. *excited*
Better late then never.
go die king. your end is near.
Then what'll happen to queen?? :P
It is not popular already
Too late. Better bring the latest version, but not the two year old game
No way king has declared no candy crush.I got info from wmpoweruser.com that king stopped development. News just to amuse us.
Posted via the Windows Central App
I advise you stop reading crap sites run by people with no knowledge. Using WMPU as a source is like using graffiti on a bathroom wall, which is probably more accurate then what they write.
LoL!! So true.
Ok
Posted via the Windows Central App
Sei solo un coglione montato -.-
all the news on WMPU is same as windowscentral that to with same headline and even same sequence, and we all know who copied LOL ....
wow, you're actually an @$$h0le.. hmm who knew.
get off your high horse son.
I have been following any windows phone/nokia blog and from my reading experience you all have written stuff that didnt turn out correct.
Are you hurt when other blogs reveal stuff that you know nothing about? you do realioze there are over 100,000 microsoft employees right? I also can confirm Candy Crush is coming to WP but you don't see me being a D*ck about it.
I had high hopes for you Danny Boy
Banhammer?
WMPU posts stories without verifying anything. While you'll see some accurate stuff there, you'll also so completely unsubstantiated rumors on there and they are treated exactly the same as "news" stories.
@awneze I agree with you.
@Daniel Rubino please be respectful towards others if you want respect.
I actually read Wmpoweruser all the time. I dont believe everything they say but they aren't a bad resource
Dan man. Be nice
Listen to Dan the Man here :-)
Windows Central App for Android- Lenovo IdeaTab A3000
Wow! You know I would really like to use only this site for my WP news but I can't find them in all this crap you post. It's a good thing that I can understand the difference between a baseless rumor and real news I guess.
Daniel Rubino you have disappointed me with your comment, even if wmpoweruser is wrong or whatever, you should not be so arrogant and full of yourself.
That comment is outrageous. There was a time when I liked you, but then you showed this side of yourself. If I were your boss, you would be in serious trouble for making such a statement.
Well said!
I advise you to be polite and respectful towards others. :)
Mr. Rubino,
I do like windowscentral.com and I respect you. But your arrogant and bashing comment is way over my acceptance. Please, bear in mind that you are not the only Windows Phone site on the Internet. There are many other sites which could be considered as "fan" or "enthusiast". Maybe the accuracy of them is not a 100%, but serious ones are always including the source. If the reader is intelligent enough, he can make its own opionion whether to trust the info, or not.
I really do wish you to respect that fact. Even though, in your eyes, they are not worthy of that. If nothing else, be a professional and get over it.
That being said - I am disappointed in you. I expected more. The last, but not least, I do visit those sites on a daily basis, including wmpoweruser.com. This comment of yours will not change it.
Yea Over the 100% of Internet almost 99.999%..... Are Hoax, Fake , Trap call it whatever.. Websites run by Crappy Shameless ppl to get famous
You're trusting the wrong website man...
wmpoweruser? u serious? lol.
wpcentral? u serious? lol.
I thought they renamed this website, maybe I'm wrong.
CCS- no need. frozen free fall is there
COC- no need. AOE is there and domination is coming too.
the games we required now from mobage and warner brothers specially and with windows 10. the store will full of good games.
CoC is a Must coz AoE failed Miserably.....
No, it didn't, my android friends want aoe to replace there coc.
Sorry, but Clash of Clans is the only game I would want and would help promote WP. I have to disagree about AoE. AoE sucks and is quite boring.
I'm glad it's coming but I think it would have been more beneficial to all parties involved if it was sooner rather than later. It's hard not to have a "sour grapes" mentality with these type of releases but I guess it's better than nothing. Will be interesting to see if they charge for the game along with in-app purchases.
good news for me... either i play or not..but official app is coming mean ...that windows phone is growing ....day by day! #happy
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Yeah Nooooo....!!!
Yep NooooO.oooO.O0.0..o!!!
Tarzan would roar, "NoooooOOoOoOYoooYOooYooo!"
Fug Candy Crush we have better Alternatives (not a single best alternative we hav 3) - Frozen,Maleficent,Pastry Paradise.......ONLY THING to care for is CLASH OF CLANS and Hope Supercell Attempt to make a Port....*sigh* Bfore....anything else... Those who agree pls reply and send a feedback to CoC support forum pages pls.... #WP rockzz
they won't do it. they dont care about us. Ages of empire FTW.
Why but Why I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY COC ON MY LUMIA 1520 *Sob*
they don't care about user base. they just want profits. let's hope it'll come to WP. remember when CoC is iOS only? they said they've no plan bringing CoC to Android. but it's rlsed on Android OS few months later.
AOE rocks!!!
Nah fck dat I rather have Call of Duty: Heroes for mobile devices over CoC
I've been mailing their support for a long long time now..everytime there is a similar response. They say not now but they will look into all possibilities. Let's hope it comes soon & at the same time hope it comes for 512mb ram devices as well :P
Then it will be too late too like candy crush
Who the hell cares. I'm already annoyed by those CANDY CRUSH requests I get over Facebook..
This is further punishment for using that travesty that is Facebook ;)
Exactly!!!
Cool? When do we get hangman? To little, to late. Besides, the company railroaded some poor guy that originally created the game to pay for his terminally sick brothers hospital bills. No thanks.
Hangman is already in WP store, right?
Yay finally coming...
O plz.... Already fed up with candy crush requests on fb :p
It'll come just in time for it to become unpopular as less and less people are playing. Then the developer will blame windows phone for poor sales and lack of downloads.
No.
About time...jeez!
Happy for that though
Time is up!
About a couple years late.
People moved on to candy crush soda or something..i hate this game..so don't care..
Yes. The new game candy crush soda is the popular one now, also from King. I saw the advertise on TV
I still dabble with candy crush, but moved on to soda saga now. This is good, though, with a recent update on my iPad, these games no longer plays. I'll be glad if sin for King doesn't mean "the end of 2015".
I hoped this day would never come
I'm looking forward to the new Halo!!!! That's what I'm waiting for!!!!
This.
Nobody cares about this anymore, can we please get an official snapchat?
But I don't care about Snapchat?
That's cool coz I think a lot of people don't care about Snapchat, all they care about for messaging is WhatsApp.
The point I was making, I think you missed it...
Here in India...none of my android friends asked me to join snapchat.
Daniel can we have we heart It official apps?
Nice one. It may matter to some people and even get them on the platform. I don't care about it, but I know people who do.
Lol!
Lol
What's Snapchat??
Top Eleven
Who cares.....!!! I don't.....!!!
@josonjoy1986:
Can't care less about that particular game myself, but I welcome every big name addition to the Windows (Phone) store so we can get rid of that app gap-myth...
If only it were a myth! But sadly it's the truth.
Couldn't agree more with your statement.
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