Candy Crush Saga and its sister game, Candy Crush Soda Saga, are immensely popular downloads on both mobile and PC platforms.  A recent update has created a block on a certain shortcut that players have been using for a while, but Candy Crush Saga and Candy Crush Soda Saga cheats are still numerous for this online free game download. 

According to Touch arcade, there is a problem with the Candy Crush Saga game that I'm sure has become a bane to players.  There used to be a trick for selecting a booster, enter the level, and if nothing looked playable, the player could exit the level and re-enter to for a different layout of boosters and candies.  The new update has removed that feature, but the player still has the option of exiting an untried level, but boosters can now only be selected inside the level and it counts as making a move. 

So much for that cheat. Of course, if you are into cheats, you can always head over to the Candy Crush Cheats site.  It is not official as it is not affiliated with King.com (the game's creator), but it has tips and tricks for levels 1-800, along with Dreamworld. 

Now is the time to talk about Candy Crush Saga if you have never heard of it.  Chances are you probably have heard of it, otherwise you are not on Facebook and never received an invite.  That, or you don't have a smartphone. King released the game back in 2012 for Facebook, and then later on mobile app platforms.  The game was a runaway success, and became the most popular game on Facebook one year after its release.  Chances are, you probably have been told about it after one of your Facebook friends unlocked an achievement. 

What makes the Candy Crush Saga game so interesting is that you have about five lives to play it, and a life is lost whenever a layer is failed.  Fortunately, you can get more for free if you just wait for them to replenish themselves, which takes about a half-hour.  You can also send requests to Facebook friends to get more lives, which is the reason for the game's immense popularity on Facebook.  It is possible to buy lives via credit card, or other method of payment including Google Play or Facebook credits.   Or, as many have found out, you can just reset the clock in your phone, as seen in the Honest Trailer for Candy Crush Saga. 

The game is so simple that a child can play it, and they do, as well as the adults.  It is a match three game where you slide some candy over just to make a row disappear.  Since that isn't really much to keep a gamer interested, King will often add a new episode which contain about 15 levels each (the first two having 10 levels). The levels vary as far as what types of matches you are looking for, which adds to the challenge.

If you want to get in on Candy Crush Saga or its spinoff of Soda Crush Saga, head on over to the Apple Store, Google Play, or find it on Facebook.  It is available for a free download, but you might have to pay for lives if you get addicted to this sugar rush.