Video game maker Electronic Arts to be acquired and taken private for $55 billion | NYGazet

Electronic Arts, the video game maker of “Madden NFL,” “The Sims,” and other popular titles, is being acquired and taken private for $55 billion

Electronic Arts, maker of video games like “Madden NFL" and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $55 billion, the most expensive levered buyout in history. Under the terms of the deal announced Monday, the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Saudi... [839 chars]