The giant e -arts that were purchased in an unprecedented deal worth $ 55 billion

Electronic Arts (EA), one of the largest gaming companies in the world, agreed to sell the company for $ 55 billion (41 billion pounds).

Consortium includes buyers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PIF), Silver Lake and Jard Kushner’s Affinity Partners.

EA is famous for making and publishing the best -selling games like EA FC, previously known as FIFA, The SIMS and Mass Effect.

It is understood that the largest acquisition in history – where a large amount of purchase is funded by borrowing money.

The deal will take Ea Private – this means that all its public shares will be purchased and will not be traded on the stock exchange.

The purchase price puts a 25 % large installment on the market value of EA, and it estimates it at $ 210 per share.

This is the second most prominent game of games in history, after Microsoft $ 69 billion to buy Call of Duty Pubsher Activision Blizzard – which has passed after great battles with global organizers, with the UK concern about its competition.

In the end, the deal was approved only after Microsoft has handed over the rights to distribute the company’s games to the keyboards and computers on the cloud to kill the Ubisoft creature maker.

Andrew Wilson, EA president, who will remain in the Post, said it was a “strong recognition” of the company’s work.

“Along with our partners, we will create transformative experiences to inspire future generations,” he said.

The companies that buy EA will contribute about 36 billion dollars, with the financing of the remaining amount of loans.

“EA was open to a potential buyer to help raise the time level,” industrial expert Christopher Dring told the BBC.

“But the acquisition of private stocks is a surprise and there is a lot of concern in the industry about this deal.”

He said that there are fears that the deal will lead to $ 20 billion of debt – which must be paid.

He said: “The revenue resulting from large games such as EA SPORTS FC, Madden and Battlefield 6 will be needed to serve this debt, which may affect EA’s ability to invest in new games.”

“Other industry fears are whether this may lead to more discounts in EA, especially if there is pressure from private companies to provide a stronger cash flow, again to serve this debt.”

It is a huge purchase of a company that was synonymous with the game industry for more than 40 years.

At that time, EA was responsible for some of the largest games series in history. Football titles, now known as EA FC, have sold 325 million copies since the first release in 1993.

SIMS has sold more than 200 million copies, and needs a speed of more than 150 million copies.

But he was also a publisher of many other famous titles – often the favorite partner of games in the Harry Potter and James Bond series in the past.

The purchase will be a large games feather on the roof of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which increases its presence in the industry in recent years.

In March 2025, the country’s investment fund paid $ 3.5 billion to purchase the Niantic Games section – allowing it to control Pokémon Go.

The purchase process has become part of Scopely Inc – Makers of Monopoly Go – which was purchased by itself by the PIF’s Savvy Games collection for $ 4.9 billion in 2023.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made waves in the electronic sports industry, as it hosted major championships, including the World Cup, and will also host the planned Olympic Games for 2027.

The country already has classes in other large gaming companies such as Nintendo and Take-Two Interactive, but EA’s purchase represents a significant extension of their reach.

PIF has hundreds of billions of assets because of its oil wealth, and it is controlled by Prince Muhammad bin Salman, whose government was accused of human rights violations.

The 2019 United Nations report stated that the “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is responsible” for the death of Jamal Khashogi, a journalist who was criticizing the country’s government.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always denied this.