Activision buys Candy Crush developer for $5.9 billion

[Windows Central]

Activision has announced that it acquired Candy Crush developer King Digital for $5.9 billion. The deal will have to go through approval in Ireland ? where King is based out of ? with a final agreement expected by spring of 2016.

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[jlzimmerman]

Well, there goes any chance for backwards compatibility for the Xbox One. /s