Electronic Arts (EA) is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth approximately $50 billion

Electronic Arts (EA) is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth approximately $50 ￰0￱ the announcement, the video game publisher’s stock surged, surpassing 14% today, to a high of $197.33. A group of interested investors, including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Silver Lake, a private equity firm, is engaged in discussions with Electronic ￰1￱ deal may be confirmed to the public as early as next ￰2￱ Arts’ stock rallies above 15% today following the announcement The Wall Street Journal reported today that Electronic Arts’ $50 billion deal to go private would mark the largest leveraged buyout ￰3￱ it goes through, the deal will surpass the current record held by TXU Energy, which was worth $45 billion in ￰4￱ IN: Electronic Arts $EA is nearing a $50 Billion deal to be taken private by a group of investors including private-equity firm Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund – WSJ ￰5￱ — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) September 26, 2025 The video game publisher is based in Redwood City, California, and is best known for its sports franchises, Madden NFL and FC soccer series, formerly branded as ￰6￱ such as The Sims and the Battlefield series are also included in EA’s ￰7￱ Arts’ stock has rallied today, surpassing 15% with a high of $197.33 over the past 24 hours following the ￰8￱ stock YTD is up to 32.2%, with a year range of $115.21 – $197.33.

The company’s market value has increased to $48.28 billion, with an average daily trading volume of $2.66 million from approximately $42 ￰9￱ the longest part of the year, Electronic Arts’ stock maintained a range of $127 to $130 before rallying to $193.3 today at ￰10￱ video game publisher launched College Football 26 in July, following last year’s edition’s ￰11￱ Football 25 became one of 2024’s best-selling ￰12￱ first trailer for Battlefield 6 was also revealed, with plans for release in the current fiscal ￰13￱ release may receive a positive outlook as the company plans to transition the franchise following last year’s edition market ￰14￱ Arts ‘ games struggled financially in the first half of this year despite posting strong ￰15￱ latest Q3, 2025 financial results release i n February showed that the company recorded a 6.4% drop in revenue year over ￰16￱ firm attributed the decline to weak sales of its FC 25 game and new Dragon Age ￰17￱ added that there have been uncertainties in the consumer spending section for its core games amid challenging ￰18￱ Sports had forecast Q2 results below Wall Street estimates, further driving down the investor confidence in its stock ￰19￱ PIF and Silver Lake among investors circling EA privatization deal To improve investor appetite for its stock, the video game publisher announced a $1 billion stock buyback plan as part of a $5 billion ￰20￱ buyback was expected to bring in at least $2.5 ￰21￱ to Investgame r esearch , at least $21 billion has been directed into the gaming sector since 2018 by private equity firms and global wealth funds, with 68 deals recorded through that ￰22￱ research revealed that the inflows have been supported by the live service models and digital ￰23￱ line with that trend, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Silver Lake have been captured as interested parties in the deal to acquire EA ￰24￱ mentions include Dell Technologies, Endeavour, and AMC Entertainment.

Elsewhere, Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, and Take-Two Interactive acquired Zynga in a $12.7 billion ￰25￱ Games Group purchased $4.9 billion of Scopely in the private equity section, while CVC invested $1.3 billion in Dream ￰26￱ the deal continues, EA’s privatization would mark the largest transaction in the global gaming ￰27￱ Difference Wire : the secret tool crypto projects use to get guaranteed media coverage