On Monday morning, Gamezebo broke news of a story too strange to be believed. King, the makers of Candy Crush Saga, had . While this won't affect the likes of Skittles or SweeTarts, app developers whose games have 'candy' in their name braced for the oncoming storm.

But according to a King spokesperson, that storm may not really be coming.

"We have trademarked the word 'CANDY' in the EU, as our IP is constantly being infringed and we have to enforce our rights and to protect our players from confusion. We don't enforce against all uses of CANDY - some are legitimate and of course, we would not ask App developers who use the term legitimately to stop doing so."