EA published (rather short) FAQ This was provided to all employees on September 29, 2025, a few days after it agreed to be acquired by the consortium of investors, which includes the Saudi Saudi-Saudi Suvene Fund and the investment company founded by the President of the United States Donald Trump, Jared Kushner.
As you can imagine, the news shocked the video game industry and, according to the visible, turned several goals in EA itself. Not least because the transaction is partially funded by a debt of $ 20 billion from JPMorgan Chase & Co., the remaining 36 billion dollars are invested in cash with new private owners of EA.
As Bloomberg noted this weekAccepting such a big debt, will be risky for EA, since the publisher hopes to calm his labor, that the future remains bright? To begin with, the company said that “as a result of this transaction, there will be no immediate changes in your work, team or daily work.”
This statement was in response to a very simple question: will private property lead to dismissal?
It is unclear what it means “immediate” in this context, but this is a word that does not offer long -term guarantees. EA, however, insisted that he would need “world class teams” to expand his global coverage and stimulate innovation as a private company.
It is still unknown how these commands are formed as soon as the deal closes in the fact that EA's estimates will be approximately “six to six months”. Earlier this week Financial times These investors close to the transaction are betting on the fact that reduction in costs based on AI will significantly increase EA profit in the future.
EA BOSS Andrew Wilson, who will retain his position as a general director under a new regime, previously chose his weight for generative AI as an instrument to reduce expenses.
During the Investor Day in 2024Wilson said that game technology can contribute to efficiency, allowing EA to make products “faster, cheaper and at higher quality.” Before thatHe argued that 60 percent of the EA development processes can ultimately “influence” generative AI.
EA seeks to solve cultural problems, but does the company's commitment to inclusion and variety change?
There was no mention of artificial intelligence in the FAQ employee – who acted as a result of SEC – but EA tried to solve any cultural problems caused by the transaction.
The company said that “the mission, values and commitment to players and fans around the world remain unchanged” and claim that it will continue to be guided by the cultural values of “creativity, innovation, passion, definition, training and teamwork”.
The game developer turned to EA to ask if the company intends to contribute to the “inclusive culture”, which defends marginal groups such as the LGBTQ+community, As indicated on the page of people and cultureThe field these words were noticeable in the FAQ.
“We believe that global labor with elements of diversity, such as experience, abilities, ideas, experience, generation and ownership of our training culture and generate ideas that create exciting worlds, characters, history and communities that resonate with our global audience,” says blows from the current cultural statement of EA.
This is an important question that needs to be asked, giving that EA is going to become partially owned by the State State Investment Fund in Saudi Arabia (PIF), which is headed by the de facto-ruler and the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
Saudi Arabia and Mohammed Bin Salman were severely criticized by advocacy groups, such as Amnesty International And Human Raits's Catch For a casting violations of human rights, such as restriction of freedom of speech, discrimination of women and the prohibition of LGBTK+ relationships and gender expression.
What does EA from PIF do? Well, that it was the only mention of the group in the FAQ, EA said that the Saudi Arabian wealth Fund for many years was “a significant shareholder in the EA and the wider gaming industry”.
