What EA’s buyout might mean for its future

Electronic Arts just announced that it is going to be acquired and taken private in a massive $55 billion deal led by an investor group composed of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The deal, expected to close in Q1 of EA's 2027 fiscal year (which takes place from April 1st to June 30th, 2026), isn't just a huge amount of money involving one of gaming's largest publishers; it could have massive ramifications for the company, the types of games it invests in, and the people that make them. The deal itself, a leveraged buyout, consists of about $36 billion in cash from Silver Lake, Affinity Part … Read the full story at The Verge.