# Saudi Arabia’s $55 Billion EA Takeover Casts a Shadow Over Mass Effect 5

Shareholders no longer own EA. Saudi Arabia does. The publisher behind Mass Effect and EA Sports FC has been taken private in a $55 billion transaction, with an investor consortium fronted by the Saudi sovereign Public Investment Fund now holding the keys. Public trading is finished. Quarterly earni

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| Published | 6 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/saudi-arabias-55-billion-ea-takeover-casts-a-shadow-over-mass-effect-5/