{"id":24254,"date":"2026-08-05T07:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/video-game-maker-ea-bought-by-saudi-led-group-for-55bn\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:38:33","slug":"video-game-maker-ea-bought-by-saudi-led-group-for-55bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/video-game-maker-ea-bought-by-saudi-led-group-for-55bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Video game maker EA bought by Saudi-led group for $55bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Company acquired in deal involving Affinity Partners, a firm run by Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner<\/p>\n<p>Electronic Arts, the maker of video games such as The Sims, Madden NFL and Battlefield, has been bought by Saudi Arabia\u2019s wealth fund and a group of investors for $55bn (\u00a341bn).<\/p>\n<p>The company announced the completion of the deal on Tuesday evening, only days after the EU gave its approval, the final regulatory green light needed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/aug\/05\/video-game-maker-ea-bought-by-saudi-led-group\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6407685623ff54675aac4a83b90f41ab7ff2a678\/324_0_1350_1080\/master\/1350.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ab452665e1d7dc2a69cd7e29ec1f9ce3\" title=\"Video game maker EA bought by Saudi-led group for $55bn\" \/>Company acquired in deal involving Affinity Partners, a firm run by Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner<br \/>\nElectronic Arts, the maker of video games such as The Sims, Madden NFL and Battlefield, has been bought by Saudi Arabia\u2019s wealth fund and a group of investors for $55bn (\u00a341bn).<br \/>\nThe company announced the completion of the deal on Tuesday evening, only days after the EU gave its approval, the final regulatory green light needed. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company acquired in deal involving Affinity Partners, a firm run by Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner Electronic Arts, the maker of video games such as The Sims, Madden NFL and Battlefield, has been bought by Saudi Arabia\u2019s wealth fund and a group of investors for $55bn (\u00a341bn). The company announced the completion of the deal &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/video-game-maker-ea-bought-by-saudi-led-group-for-55bn\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video game maker EA bought by Saudi-led group for $55bn<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24254"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}