Video game company Electronic Arts, the maker of the "The Sims" and "Madden NFL," is being acquired in a $55 billion deal by a consortium of companies that includes Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth ...

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In what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private equity, video game maker Electronic Arts has agreed to be acquired in a deal valued at $55 billion.

Videogame developer Electronic Arts has agreed to sell itself to a group of private investors in a deal that values the maker of "Battlefield" and "Madden NFL" at $55 billion, which if completed would ...

The deal is the largest all-cash buyout to take a company private in history, according to a statement announcing the transcaction.

The California-based company said​ it entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by consortium including PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners.

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Publisher of Madden, FIFA, NBA and other games sold to Saudi Arabia, Jared Kushner-backed group in possibly the largest leveraged buyout in history.

Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired by an investor group including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund in the largest private ...

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One of the biggest buyouts in tech history is happening with Electronic Arts ( EA) going private. The $55 billion deal, backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund Silver Lake and Affinity Partners ...