News Summary

• Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, an investment company run by the son-in-law of the United States president, and a California-based private equity firm have bought gaming industry giant Electronic Arts.
• They reached a deal to pay EA shareholders $210 per share in cash, a 25 percent premium over the stock price of the company before rumours of the deal circulated last week.
• The deal takes the company private and is expected to close by the first quarter of the fiscal year 2027, meaning roughly the spring or summer of 2026.