Tasty! Activision snaps up Candy Crush maker King for $5.9 billion<article>
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<p>Is the
Candy Crush Saga really worth more than the
Star Wars saga? Activision Blizzard recently announced it would acquire King Digital Entertainment, makers of Candy Crush, for $5.9 billion.</p><p>That price is more than double the
$2.5 billion that Microsoft paid to buy Mojang, creators of
Minecraft, and well past Disney’s $4 billion charge to pick-up Lucasfilm, a.k.a.
Star Wars.</p><p>When all is said and done Activision says the combined company will own one of the largest global entertainment networks. Activision already has the highly successful
Call of Duty franchise to its credit, as well as Blizzard hits like
World of Warcraft and
Diablo III—not to mention the
Starcraft franchise.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3000814/software-games/tasty-activision-snaps-up-candy-crush-maker-king-for-5-9-billion.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Tasty! Activision snaps up Candy Crush maker King for $5.9 billion
