Dev claims King duped it into cloning someone else's game

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As Candy Crush Saga publisher King is taking a lot of flak for its bullish common word trademarks, a developer has come forward claiming that the popular publisher cloned its game. What's more: the developer behind the clone has confirmed that it was indeed asked to replicate said game.
The game in question is called Scamperghost. It was a Pac-Man-like affair developed by the now ironically-named indie outfit Stolen Goose, whose Matthew Cox recently blew the whistle on the whole affair on his personal blog.
You see, back in 2009 Stolen Goose was in talks to get the game published by King for its Royalgames.com website. The negotiations fell through, however, when Stolen Goose was given a better offer by MaxGames.com. Naturally, Stolen Goose went with the higher paying offer, leaving King without an "avoider game".
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