“Candy Crush”: 500 drones scattered in the skies of New York on the 10th anniversary of the game

A decade was celebrated with great fanfare. Thursday 3 November The video game Candy Crush celebrates its 10th anniversary in New York. On the occasion, Digital King Entertainment, its publisher, flew 500 drones over the Big Apple for a ten-minute show mixing gaming logos and emblematic sweets.

While drone flight is banned in principle in New Jersey, where the festivities have taken place, the company has been granted an exemption, our colleagues at BFM TV. A special permit allowed “hundreds of drones” to use the “New York skyline as Giant billboard on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the game‘, the director of marketing rejoiced at Game Whose goal was to “turn the sky into the world’s largest screen”.

The performance and dessert in the sky were not unanimous except that the persistent news channel. “I think that’It is a disgrace to spoil our city skyline for private purposes. It’s offensive to New Yorkers, our local laws, and Safety public and wildlife,” replied Senator Brad Holman.

An opinion shared by defenders of the Hudson River ecosystem. “Coming like this without thinking Consequences for the environment and birds That would fly in the same space as these drones is surprising,” said the director of the Department of Conservation and Science at Audubon, which fights to protect animals and plants. New YorkDustin Partridge for American Press.

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