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Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal


EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

Jude Bellingham and Jamal Musiala are the cover stars of Electronic Art's latest football game EA FC 26, which released in September The consortium of buyers include Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners. Its PIF has hundreds of billions in assets due to its oil wealth, and it is controlled by the country's prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose government has been accused of human rights violations.

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