EA is now a private company

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/ss_34588453e785e37518c3e448c91563c25ea0de95.1920x1080.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Electronic Arts has officially become a private company. Last September, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/787112/electronic-arts-55-billion-privacte-acquisition-pif-silver-lake-affinity-partners">EA announced</a> that an investor group led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners would be taking the company private in a $55 billion deal, and on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260804173096/en/EA-Announces-Completion-of-Acquisition-by-PIF-Silver-Lake-and-Affinity-Partners">EA said the deal successfully closed</a>. The PIF will <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/saudi-fund-to-own-almost-all-of-electronic-arts-after-buyout-661e92be">reportedly own</a> 93.4 percent of the new company.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The deal includes $20 billion of debt financing - making it the largest leveraged buyout ever - which could mean <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/787723/ea-private-deal-buyout-future-games-layoffs">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 <em>Battlefield</em>, its sports games l …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/974736/ea-private-company-deal-closed">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>