Activision Blizzard Acquires 'Candy Crush' Maker For $5.9B - Newsy

Activision Blizzard will buy Candy Crush maker King Digital for $5.9 billion as the company looks to expand in the mobile-gaming world. See more at http://www.newsy.com/ Follow Jay Strubberg: http://www.twitter.com/JayStrubberg Sources: King Digital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiMZnf3fY2c Modify Business Wire http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151102007003/en/Activision-Blizzard-Acquire-King-Digital-Entertainment-5.9 Modify Getty Images http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/children-play-video-games-on-smartphones-while-attending-a-news-photo/152602014 Modify The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/2/9662214/actvision-blizzard-buys-candy-crush-king-5-9-billion Modify Blizzard Entertainment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dteg3cm1IBU Modify SLN! Media Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZzUmWDZZc Modify King Digital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rUdWZ9uKj0 Modify USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/11/02/activision-blizzard-scoops-up-candy-crush-maker/75075430/ Modify The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/one-hit-wonders Modify King Digital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJjCGmMkAIw Modify King Digital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x00gwGKnIeM Modify Time http://time.com/3750618/angry-birds-rovio-profits/ Modify Rovio Entertainment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUaOGbFygJ0 Image via: Getty Images / Andrew Burton http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/banner-for-the-mobile-gaming-company-king-is-seen-outside-news-photo/480661837