Defold, the "ultimate engine for 2D games" owned by Candy Crush Saga studio King, is now free. The tools work on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux (32 bit) and can publish to iOS, Android and HTML5 as well ...

King's mobile and web game engine Defold is to be made available as an open source project. As part of the move, King is spinning out a new software foundation called the Defold Foundation. The ...

Giving their products away for free is a common thread between all of the games that King release, but this kind of generosity extends beyond just their games, it also includes their in-house 2D ...