The news of the Electronic Arts acquisition is the talk of the video game industry and for good reason as the $55bn takeover could see some of our favourite games have an uncertain future.
Over the weekend, it was revealed that a bunch of investors including the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and a firm managed by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, had acquired Electronic Arts.
With the acquisition not expected to go into full effect until Q1 FY27, there may be quite some time until we see its true repercussions but there is no denying that IPs once owned by EA, including Mass Effect, The Sims, and Battlefield, could face some drastic changes going forward.
Since the news of the acquisition was revealed, fans of Mass Effect have bee