Dow Jones Newswires: Activision buys mobile game developer Digital Legends

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Activision Blizzard Inc. said Thursday it has bought the Barcelona-based mobile game developer Digital Legends Entertainment, as the company expands its roster of independent development studios.

The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Activision
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said that the Digital Legends team has worked closely with Activision’s mobile development team over the past year, and is “already well-integrated.”

Digital Legends will help support Activision in developing a new mobile game related to the Call of Duty universe, Activision said.

Founded in 2001, Digital Legends’ mobile titles include “The Respawnables” series of games.