Op-eds

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

By Joseph Grover and Otis East from Convergence Magazine Gamers are exploited by corporations and isolated by ideological warfare. But what if there’s another approach? Leaders from the Players Alliance explain how they’re organizing a constituency across ideology. The gaming industry is one of the most powerful—and least accountable—sectors of the economy. After the pandemic