Op-eds

Originally Published by NPR When shareholders of gaming giant Electronic Arts approved an acquisition of the company by a group that includes Jared Kushner’s private equity firm and the Saudi Public Investment Fund late last year, it rocked the entertainment industry. The sale worth an estimated $55 billion sent the player community of the EA-owned […]

By Nathan Grayson on Aftermath EA, the company that last year said there would be “no immediate changes” to workers’ “job, team, or daily work, as a result of” its pending $55 billion sale to a consortium of buyers headed up by Saudi Arabia, sure seems intent on changing things up for reasons that I’m

By James Ratcliff on GameRant As the pending acquisition of Electronic Arts by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia draws closer to completion, the Players Alliance HQ activist group revealed an ongoing petition to block the deal. Players Alliance HQ stated that the petition to block the EA deal had already collected thousands

By NoobooFever on Sims Community Longtime gamers and members of Players Alliance HQ gathered outside of Electronic Art’s Orlando office to hold an EA Funeral as a Buyout Protest, drawing attention to the looming ownership changes with EA and all of its franchises to a group of investors including Jared Kushner, the Saudia Arabian PIF

By Cerys Davies on LA Times As Electronic Arts moves closer to closing a sale of the gaming company to Saudi Arabian investors, it’s facing backlash from a group of protestors who are calling it a bad deal. A coalition calling itself the Players Alliance staged a protest outside Electronic Arts’ Redwood City headquarters this

By Andy Chalk on PC Gamer A small group of people from the Players Alliance HQ attempted to deliver a petition against the takeover containing more than 70,000 signatures. A small group of protesters opposed to the Saudi Arabia-led takeover of Electronic Arts staged a “raid”—in the metaphorical MMO sense of players teaming up to

By James Ratcliff on GameRant The $55 billion buyout of EA by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia has gained the attention of a cosplay group who plan to march on EA’s Redwood City headquarters and protest the deal. The group, called Players Alliance HQ, revealed on social media what they plan to

By Levi Winslow on GameSpot In the wake of Saudi Arabia’s leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts for $55 billion, gamers upset by the takeover are planning to protest the publisher’s Redwood, California, headquarters on May 11 in cosplay. A movement known as the Players Alliance HQ has announced its intent to “raid” EA’s headquarters on

By Nathan Grayson from Aftermath, Originally Published on Aftermath If all goes according to the plan of several wealthy, powerful parties, 93.4 percent of Electronic Arts will soon be owned by Saudi Arabia. The $55 billion leveraged buyout—which will also see Silver Lake and the Jared Kushner-fronted Affinity Partners take home smaller slices of the

By Callum Bowyer from Sims Community, Originally Published on Sims Community Where, How, and When to Watch Lilsimsie’s Livestream with US Representative Maxwell Frost Against the EA Buyout! It was announced last week that Lilsimsie would be hosting a livestream with US Representative Maxwell Frost, in an effort to raise awareness around the potentially harmful