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Irish-based ‘Candy Crush’ game firm sold for €5.35bn

Activision Blizzard has agreed to buy Irish-based King Digital Entertainment for $5.9bn (€5.35bn), unifying console and PC games ‘Call of Duty’ and ‘World of Warcraft’ with the leading mobile game ‘Candy Crush Saga’.

Wed, 04 Nov, 2015

Activision to buy Candy Crush dev for $5.9 billion

Activision Blizzard is set to splash the cash and purchase Candy Crush developer King Digital Entertainment for $5.9 billion.

Tue, 03 Nov, 2015

Activision announces dedicated esports division

Activision has set up a company division dedicated to esports that will be headed up by former ESPN boss Steve Bornstein and MLG president Mike Sepso.

Fri, 23 Oct, 2015

Call of Duty: Ghosts makes $1bn on first day, claims firm

Activision has claimed it shifted $1bn worth of Call of Duty: Ghosts on its first day of release.

Fri, 08 Nov, 2013

Activision Blizzard splits from parent company Vivendi in $8.17bn buyout

Activision Blizzard and a group led by chief executive Bobby Kotick have agreed to buy out most of Vivendi’s stake in the biggest US video-game publisher for $8.17bn (€6.15bn), ending five years of control by the French media and telecommunications company.

Sat, 27 Jul, 2013