UK maker of Candy Crush bought by US's Activision Blizzard for $5.9bn

Deal to buy King Digital is biggest takeover of a UK tech company in four years and will give World of Warcraft maker foothold in mobile games marketKing Digital Entertainment, the British creator of the hit smartphone game Candy Crush Saga, has been bought for $5.9bn (£3.8bn) in a deal that will mean a payday of more than $1.2bn for co-founders Mel Morris and Riccardo Zacconi.King is being acquired by Activision Blizzard, the US video game maker behind World of Warcraft and Call of Duty.