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Saudi Arabia's fund gets EU approval to buy EA

26 July 2026 · in 80 words

Saudi Arabia's fund gets EU approval to buy EA

The European Commission has given its approval for Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to acquire Electronic Arts, a deal valued at $55 billion. The EU regulator concluded the deal would not raise competition concerns, unlike Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover. However, US lawmakers and game developers still have "profound concern" about the deal.

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