Op-eds

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

By Jovan from Sims Community, Originally Published on Sims Community EA Community Managers tell their Creators within Creator Network to “Take Space if Things Feel Overwhelming” – among other things. Might I suggest that you take space if things feel overwhelming? At least that’s EA’s suggestion in response to the latest EA Buyout livestream hosted

By Diego Argüello from Game Developer, Originally Published on Game Developer Maxwell Frost, a US representative for Florida’s 10th congressional district since 2023, joined a Twitch livestream to voice concerns over the planned buyout of EA by an investor consortium that includes Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and an investment firm founded by US president

By Matthew Schomer from Game Rant, Originally Published on Game Rant The $55 billion buyout of EA is being contested through an unlikely alliance between a couple of members of The Sims‘ content creation community and an elected representative of the United States Congress, who are organizing an informative online event to discuss the matter.

By Pam LaPier from Daily Kos, Originally Published on Aftermath Kayla Sims AKA lilsimsie is a very progressive young lady who has raised millions for charities including the charities below. She is a YouTuber and streams the Sims, Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and a bunch of other games on Twitch and YouTube. She’s has 2.22