10 Great Twitter Responses to Activision’s $5.9B King Acquisition

Last night, news of Activision’s $5.9B purchase of King, the makers of Candy Crush, became public knowledge, resulting in a magnificent response on social media. “Candy Crush” has been trending on Twitter for the last 12 hours with over 88,000 tweets. From …

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Last night, news of Activision’s $5.9B purchase of King, the makers of Candy Crush, became public knowledge, resulting in a magnificent response on social media. “Candy Crush” has been trending on Twitter for the last 12 hours with over 88,000 tweets. From in-app purchase jokes to Star Wars comparisons,  here’s a roundup of some of our favorite responses.

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/661390776740552704

https://twitter.com/lawblob/status/661545203413737473

https://twitter.com/TakemikazuchAIE/status/661534227230564352

https://twitter.com/AndrewKam/status/661555100159201280

Lian Amaris has been studying and writing about games, transmedia storytelling and immersive environments since 2003. She has two Master's degrees from NYU, was a new media professor for 3 years then transitioned to mobile tech in 2011. From 2012-15 she worked on bringing over 35 F2P mobile games to market.