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Activision acquires King (Candy Crush), becomes biggest kid on the block

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doctorofjournalism

What would you do with $5.9 billion?

www.bbc.com/news/business-34707701

For comparison's sake, other recent mergers include:
Microsoft's $2.5bn purchase of Minecraft's developer Mojang
Facebook's $2bn takeover of virtual reality headset-maker Oculus
Amazon's $970m acquisition of the games community Twitch
Electronic Art's $750m payment for Plants v Zombies developer PopCap

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UlverHausu

The most expensive version of match three

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doctorofjournalism

And $3.4 billion more than Minecraft

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sviat

Activision comes and ruins the day, expect more p2w things.

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doctorofjournalism

"We noticed your last shot missed. Pay $5 for one auto headshot?"

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GunTyphoon

Candy Crush Warcraft in 3...2...1...

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TheChack

Waiting for Call of Duty: Candy Warfare anytime now.

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Tzaar

And now we'll get the same Candy Crush re-hash every year with a new skin ...

Oh wait ....

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