On September 29, 2025, EA confirmed it had entered a definitive agreement to be acquired in a deal worth around $55 billion. It will be taken private by a consortium that includes Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake Management, and Affinity Partners. The transaction is structured as an all-cash purchase, marking one of the largest deals the games industry has ever seen.
The deal is currently expected to close in Q1 of EA’s 2027 fiscal year, which runs from April 1 to June 30, 2026. It still needs shareholder approval and clearance from global regulators, including a formal review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is standard for large foreign-backed acquisitions involving US companies.
