TweakTown

99% of EA shareholders vote in favor of $55 billion leveraged buyout

TL;DR: Electronic Arts shareholders approved a $55 billion buyout led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, granting it a 93% stake and taking EA private. The deal aims to provide EA greater ...
Game Rant

EA Shareholders Vote on Buyout

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...
Kotaku

EA Shareholders Approve Over-Inflated $55 Billion Sale To Saudi Arabia

EA’s shareholders are clearly keen on a buy-out, no matter where the money comes from. The sale, that would see the 43-year-old company become majority owned by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund ...
Awful Announcing

Analysts predict EA Sports could be next tech company to bid for live sports rights

Flash forward to the 2030s or 2040s, and some industry analysts believe we may be watching the FIFA World Cup or F1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix on a broadcast produced and distributed by EA Sports. Yes, ...
The National Interest

Is the EA-18G Growler the Most Important Plane in the US Navy?

Introduced in 2009, the EA-18G incorporates the airframe, engines, and much of the avionics architecture of the Super Hornet, giving the EA-18G commonality with the rest of the carrier air wing. But ...
The Drive

Next EA F1 Game Won’t Arrive Until 2027, DLC Only for 2026

F1 26 won't release as a full game but rather a paid expansion, with Codemasters preparing the next full F1 game for 2027. EA calls this a “premium content upgrade” that “will align with the sport’s ...
IGN

EA and BioWare 'Remain Committed' To Next Mass Effect Game — And Yes, Romances Will Return

Mass Effect developer BioWare has reaffirmed its commitment to making the series' next game, just weeks after publisher EA agreed a $55 billion deal to go private. In a blog posted today to mark the ...
Game Rant

EA is Shutting Down 5 Games This Month

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...
techtimes

EA Promises Creative Freedom Amid £45 Billion ($55 Billion) Saudi-Backed Buyout

In the weeks following The Wall Street Journal's report that Electronic Arts (EA) was going private in a colossal £45 billion ($55 billion) buyout, the gaming world has been in uproar. A consortium of ...
PC Gamer

EA pinky promises to 'maintain creative control' in its post-buyout era, but the list of 'cultural values' it plans to keep doesn't mean much at all

Though I suspect the new owners care a lot more about money than anything else. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "The Consortium ...
DualShockers

EA Will Retain Creative Control Despite Takeover, According To Updated Document

Jake brings two decades of experience with him, having covered major industry events, breaking news, one-on-one interviews, and more. When he's not playing World of Warcraft, he's usually on the hunt ...