WSJ: Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Near Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private (UPDATE: Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners)

[Schadenfreude]

Gaming companies getting bought out like that is a bad omen

Epic and Take 2 might be the only ones left standing at this rate. The better question is, what does this mean for DICE and Respawn?

 

[Schadenfreude]

That PCgamer article saying EA wants yearly Battlefield games is looking very likely.

That...would be TOUGH. The workflow in Frostbite is already a massive trainwreck; I imagine it's gotten a lot worse since repi left.

 

[duckbutta]

EA's new buyers reportedly hope AI can be used to cut operating costs and boost profits, just in case that $20 billion in debt wasn't already concerning enough

It's not clear exactly what AI might be used for, however

www.gamesradar.com

Yeah on top of this terrible deal you about to see every person who can leave EA and find another job leave EA and find another job.

If you ever wanted to actually be a game developer and work on madden now is probably your chance

Now that people know what private equity firms do you always see a massive amount of people leave a company that goes that route on top of the layoffs.

 

[Barney Rubble]

That...would be TOUGH. The workflow in Frostbite is already a massive trainwreck; I imagine it's gotten a lot worse since repi left.

If it's true, they want four studios working on them, not just DICE.

Analyst says EA plans to milk Battlefield for everything it's worth: 'Their goal is three studios making Battlefield on a 3-year basis, so they can get to Battlefield annually'

EA is reportedly building up to Call of Duty's exhaustive 12-month cycle.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[AStrangeName]

The next Democrat who gets into office has to break these corporations up

As much people may feel about Biden, but that's exactly what he was trying to do with his FTC and all of those corporations formed like Voltron to spite him and went all in on Trump.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Might be a Prince Naseem Simulator.

Can't wait for Naseem '27

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It's In The Ring!

 

[TDT]

If it's true, they want four studios working on them, not just DICE.

Analyst says EA plans to milk Battlefield for everything it's worth: 'Their goal is three studios making Battlefield on a 3-year basis, so they can get to Battlefield annually'

EA is reportedly building up to Call of Duty's exhaustive 12-month cycle.

www.pcgamer.com

We might also get Bad Company 3 after all..

 

[Schadenfreude]

We might also get Bad Company 3 after all..

I don't want that game unless the people who originally worked on it are at DICE.