Saudi owners weigh Electronic Arts merger with Savvy Games By Bruna
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund began evaluating on September 10, 2026, a potential merger between Electronic Arts and its gaming subsidiary Savvy Games. The proposed restructuring follows the closing of a $55 billion transaction that removed the American publisher from public stock exchanges on August 4.
Pending acquisitions and corporate expansion plans
Any corporate combination remains dependent on Savvy Games finalizing a separate $6 billion purchase of Chinese mobile developer Moonton.
Combined digital entertainment assets and titles
The proposed union would combine the publisher of EA Sports FC, Madden, NHL, The Sims, Dragon Age, and Battlefield with a portfolio that already controls competitive operator ESL FACEIT Group alongside mobile hitmaker Scopely, the developer behind titles such as Pokémon Go and Monopoly Go!. The Public Investment Fund launched Savvy Games in 2021 with the target of achieving an industry leadership position by 2030. Representatives for Electronic Arts and the Public Investment Fund offered no official statement regarding the potential consolidation.
Cost reduction targets and internal staff concerns
Cost reduction plans sparked unease. Electronic Arts notified its creditors that the privatized entity plans to eliminate $700 million in recurring annual expenditures.
Company executives told staff that “our creative freedom and player-first values will remain intact” following the completion of the buyout.
Staff members voiced concern that future software concepts could face rejection if themes fail to align with the cultural parameters of the Saudi Arabian government. Electronic Arts has produced commercial software for more than four decades.
