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Electronic Arts has officially become a private company. Last September, EA announced<\/a> that an investor group led by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners would be taking the company private in a $55 billion deal, and on Tuesday, EA said the deal successfully closed<\/a>. The PIF will reportedly own<\/a> 93.4 percent of the new company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The deal includes $20 billion of debt financing \u2014 making it the largest leveraged buyout ever \u2014 which could mean big changes at EA to justify the deal<\/a>. As of late, EA has been focusing heavily on its big tentpole franchises, including things like Battlefield<\/em>, its sports games like EA Sports FC<\/em> and Madden NFL<\/em>, and The Sims<\/em>. Given the stakes of the deal, it seems likely that EA will depend more on bankable releases rather than experimenting on smaller games \u2014 a strategy that many of the industry\u2019s biggest publishers, including Ubisoft<\/a> and Xbox<\/a>, are shifting toward as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201dAs we begin this next chapter, I\u2019m more optimistic than ever about what we\u2019ll create together,\u201d CEO Andrew Wilson said in a message to staff<\/a>. \u201cThe opportunities ahead are extraordinary, and they\u2019ll be brought to life by our creativity, our ambition, and our belief in what\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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