King.com has announced that it has hired Catharina Mallet, who recently left EA’s Sims Social team, to be will be responsible for development of casual games. The European casual/social gaming publisher is the second largest mobile developer in the world, recently surpassing EA.
“We have the leading bubble shooter on Facebook. While there are a fair number of copycats popping up, we’re pleased with the continued audience engagement that we get with Bubble Witch Saga,” said King.com chief marketing officer Alex Dale. “We think that will improve further when we launch the game on mobile.”
