SoftBank buys Clash of Clans developer Supercell, pushes into mobile gaming

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Cellular carriers benefit from mobile gaming – it drives some customers to buy high-end phones, after all – but it’s rare that networks have a big stake in the category. That changes today, as SoftBank (with help from game developer GungHo) has bought Supercell, best known for producing Clash of …