EA Is Reportedly Trying To Get Acquired By Disney Or Amazon
Video game publishing giant Electronic Arts is reportedly trying to strike a merger deal with the likes of Disney and Amazon. EA has a great many developers and gaming properties under its belt, from sports titles like Madden NFL and FIFA to BioWare-developed RPGs like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. In early earnings calls dating back to this February, EA CEO Andrew Wilson indicated that his company was looking to grow its brand even further by focusing on acquisitions — with the publisher spending over $5 billion on new studios over the previous year.
There have been several major gaming buyouts from other companies throughout the past few years, with Microsoft bolstering its already massive collection of Xbox-exclusive game studios by acquiring Zenimax and Bethesda back in March 2021. Additionally, the scandal-ridden Activision Blizzard made even more headlines earlier this year by announcing a similar sale to Microsoft following a wave of controversy surrounding sexual misconduct and discrimination by its higher-ranking executives — though this has triggered yet another lawsuit by the state of New York due to the supposedly rushed manner in which embroiled Activision CEO Bobby Kotick carried out the deal. Meanwhile, Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption 2 publisher Take-Two announced a purchase of Zynga back in January, and Sony followed up the recent Activision Blizzard news by acquiring former Halo studio Bungie. With the video game industry seemingly consolidating like never before, it looks like EA is pursuing a merger of its own.
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As reported by Kotaku, EA has reportedly attempted talks with several entertainment conglomerates including
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