Tencent to buy Finnish game-maker Supercell for $8.6 bn

Tencent has agreed to buy Finnish game-maker Supercell from Japanese mobile giant SoftBank for $8.6 billion (Source: Reuters)
Chinese Internet giant Tencent today announced it had agreed to buy Finnish game-maker Supercell Oy, creator of “Clash of Clans”, from Japanese mobile giant SoftBank for USD 8.6 billion.
“The board is pleased to announce that on 21 June 2016, the consortium…has agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in Supercell,” a Tencent statement