Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Electronic Arts (EA) for the quarter ended September 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
EA said its partnership with the NFL is expanding in an effort to boost the video-game maker's Madden NFL franchise and college-football offerings.
Electronic Arts (EA) is one of the world's largest gaming companies. It has agreed to be acquired for US$55 billion in the second largest buyout in the industry's history.
EA has long faced gamer backlash over microtransactions, loot boxes, and lack of innovation. Going private could allow the firm more creative freedom, but analysts warn that being $20 billion in debt could push EA to double down on live-service models.
Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), one of the biggest video game companies in the world behind games such as The Sims and Battlefield, has been sold to a consortium of buyers for US$55 billion (about A$83 billion). It is potentially the largest-ever buyout funded by private equity firms.
For years, tech-focused buyout group Silver Lake coveted video game developer Electronic Arts, the power behind the popular "Battlefield" and "Madden NFL" series.
Another big U.S. video game company is being bought out. That's led investors to the inevitable question: Who's next?
Electronic Arts' $55 billion sale is a boon for Wall Street's biggest banks. Investment bank hiring remains spotty and selective, however, with senior bankers benefiting most.
The videogame company is going private in a $55 billion deal, as it finally has a potential hit combat game on its hands.
Electronic Arts (EA) is to be taken private under a $55bn (£41bn) buyout - a record sum for such a deal.
Electronic Arts will go private in a $55 billion all cash buyout led by Saudy Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, the largest leveraged buyout on record and a high stakes wager that one of gaming's most iconic publishers can scale faster off Wall Street.
Video game giant Electronic Arts announced Monday it would be acquired by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund for $55 billion, in what EA said would be the largest all-cash private equity buyout in history.