Regardless of how you feel about King or its games, Candy Crush Saga certainly isn't the first bundled Windows game to threaten productivity. It's hard to see that looking at it now, but I remember wasting many a day capturing green flags across its pixelated landscape.

Hover! was a video game included on CD-ROM versions of Windows 95 operating system, and was intended as a showcase for the OS' advanced multimedia capabilities. Notably, the new Windows 10 version of Candy Crush Saga will include cross-play options for iOS and Android devices. Things are easier still for Android developers, with Windows Mobile including an Android runtime layer that'll let most existing apps run unmodified. While some recompiling is still required, it should make the process of porting apps easier for a large number of iOS developers. The Windows 10 version of Candy Crush Saga was first demonstrated at Microsoft's Build conference earlier this month, and served as something of a showcase for Microsoft's Project Islandwood and Project Astoria initiatives. Islandwood allows iOS developers to bring their apps over to Windows via an Objective C toolchain and middleware layer. It noted in its first quarter financials that revenue was lower than expected due to slowing Candy Crush sales, and players moving to 'more mature games.' Earlier today, the company's shares fell as much as 14 percent in after-hours trading after it issued a profit warning. There's no word on whether you'll be able to opt out of the automatic install, although it's likely King will want to get as many people as possible hooked on Candy Crush given its recent financial struggles. In what appears to be an entirely non-ironic post over at Xbox Wire, Microsoft says that 'as an added bonus, Candy Crush Saga will automatically be installed for customers that upgrade to or download Windows 10 for periods of time following the game launch.' In what is no doubt a sign that humanity as we know it is coming to a swift, unproductive end, Microsoft has announced that King's notoriously moreish Candy Crush Saga will come pre-installed with Windows 10.

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