Saudis Acquiring Electronic Arts Means Fewer Woke Video Games

Entertainment Arts’ New Saudi Owners Will Be Less Insufferable Than Old Woke Ones

When foreign investors start rescuing American game studios from their own ideological obsessions, it shows the market’s patience for activism-as-art has ended.

Saudis Acquiring Electronic Arts Means Fewer Woke Video Games

When foreign investors rescue American game studios from ideological obsessions, it shows the market’s patience for activism-as-art is over.

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.

New report claims games industry M&A volume "stable" over Q3 2025

Global games industry growth has remained chiefly "stable" over Q3 2025, with 49 mergers and acquisitions recorded across the period, including last month's shock announcement that Electronic Arts is to be acquired by a group of investors comprised Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 billion.