EA May Sell BioWare And DICE Or Close Other Studios, Says Analyst

EA is currently throwing its promotional muscle behind Battlefield 6, the first-person shooter that's competing with Activision's Call of Duty franchise. While that may mean DICE--the developer of the ...
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BioWare Risks Shutting Down After $55 Billion EA Buyout

The last few BioWare releases have been lackluster, and after the EA buyout, it seems more likely than ever that their days are numbered. It's possible that a miracle will pull through and BioWare ...

Experts weigh in on what the EA deal could mean for BioWare, The Sims, and more

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, equity company Silver Lake, and investment firm Affinity Partners, the latter of which is led by Jared Kushner, announced their intention to acquire EA for $55 ...
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What the US$55 billion Electronic Arts takeover means for video game workers and the industry

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 will be a very different company under private ownership

This morning’s announcement that EA plans to sell itself to a consortium of private equity firms is one of the biggest ...
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Unionised EA workers slam billion dollar buyout for risking layoffs to "pad investor pockets", while senators worry about Saudi Arabia rewriting US history

Backlash against the Saudi-backed acquisition of Electronic Arts is mounting, as politicians and labour unions speak out.
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Oh dear, after BioWare moves a bunch of its staff to other EA studios, one report says they won't be able to move back

Bloomberg explained that those that would want to work at BioWare again would only be able to do so by applying to any job openings that become available in the future. Unsurprisingly, this news ...
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BioWare's just waiting for the axe to fall after EA's $55 billion buyout, say anonymous staff

Gaming Industry Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop Gaming ...

Saudi Arabia's acquisition of Electronic Arts faces pushback from game developers, petition calls on FTC to 'scrutinize this deal closely'

The Videogame Workers United union wants approval of the deal to be contingent upon protecting jobs and game studios.
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Former Dragon Age writer claims "EA always preferred Mass Effect" when he was at BioWare, and the RPG series "was always just shy of the axe since DA Origins"

Dragon Age BioWare apparently wanted to make a Mass Effect-style remaster collection for Dragon Age, but EA's not too keen: "It's strange for a publicly traded company to basically be against free ...
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Worker Unions & US Senators push back on Saudi-backed EA acquisition

Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal shared concerns of foreign influence and security while the CWA focused its attention ...
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EA May Sell BioWare And DICE Or Close Other Studios, Says Analyst

Near the end of September, EA disclosed a $55 billion deal to take the third-party video game publisher private under a new ownership group including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared ...