One of the biggest gaming publishers in the world is set to go private, shaking up the landscape. That’s according to the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-private-deal-buyout-video-game-maker-808aefec” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-private-deal-buyout-video-game-maker-808aefec” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Wall Street Journal, which reports on Friday that data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/electronic-arts” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/electronic-arts”>Electronic Arts (EA) is close to a $50 billion deal that will see the publisher go private through a leveraged buyout.
Citing sources familiar with the plans, the report indicates that the buyout would be funded by a group of investors, including the private equity firm Silver Lake, as well as the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund…
