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’.

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

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.