'At the end of 2020, we shared an update with you that due to changing web-based technology on major browsers, we would be adjusting the game services we are able to offer to players.

'Hello Royal Gamers, for 18 years, players around the world have enjoyed Royal Games' competitive tournaments,' the blog post begins. There's no mention of this saga at all in today's blog post, which announces the sunsetting of and notes how the site has suffered since the widespread move away from using Flash in browsers. The situation finally changed in the past week - some 10 months after withdrawals were initially paused - when users finally starting to receive their winnings. The business, part of the enormous Activision Blizzard empire, had quietly paused withdrawal requests while it was investigated by Paypal over its business operations in certain territories.īut despite repeated assurances of an impending fix, players were left for months without the money they had played for and won, with little to no communication from King on what was actually going on. Watch on YouTubeĮarlier this year, Eurogamer reported on a startling six-month wait for users who had requested cash withdrawals from the site. Manage cookie settings Candy Crush, a favourite of Eurogamer alum Ellie Gibson. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.

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