Sweet, Sweet Poetic Justice: "Candy Crush Saga" Maker's Stock Stumbles After IPO's Early Trading

And a tear was shed by no one.

None

King Digital Entertainment has gone public.

Too bad the early results are looking rocky at best. The Candy Crush Saga makers, King, set its IPO price at $22.50, but only minutes into opening trading for the day, shares were down 9 percent to $20.44.

$KING opens negative, and quickly falls 11%. Candy characters still stand by, awkwardly. @CNBC

It shouldn't come as a surprise that a company built on a single mobile game hasn't become a Wall Street juggernaut.

King filed for the IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month, and was initially valued at valued at $500 million. After being a publicly traded company, for a mere four hours, King seems to be looking more and more like a one-hit wonder.

Earlier this year, King was on the receiving end of Internet wide scorn when they attempted to file a trademark on the word 'candy' in an attempt to further protect their brand.

Watch this space for all Candy Crush related developments.

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