EA buyout talk highlights video game struggles as growth slows
(Bloomberg) — A proposed leveraged buyout of video-game publisher Electronic Arts Inc (EA). by a group of investors including the Saudi sovereign wealth fund highlights challenges in the broader gaming industry, which has struggled in recent years to find new avenues of growth. A group including Silver Lake Management and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which already owns 10% of Electronic Arts, is said to be in talks to acquire the company in what could amount to one of the biggest leveraged buyou ...