2026-10-21 37015c4b4d10c4859ffea92823f298c336ba3aa1 /feed/2026/10/21/american-video-game-publisher-electronic-arts-which-was-recently-bought-out-by-the-saudi-public-investment-fund-annou American video game publisher Electronic Arts, which was recently bought-out by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, announces the closing of its Canadian studio BioWare. 1792620979 2026-10-21 54ec2ecdcbb008927a96e9bbde5f3d33b2b50bee https://kotaku.com/app/uploads/2026/09/liara.jpg <66db3665900c9f7ba01d7b0df691a1c5c6b6f94e>https://kotaku.com/app/uploads/2026/09/liara.jpg 24 2022–2026 video game industry layoffs 1 /wiki/2022-2026%20video%20game%20industry%20layoffs BioWare 37 /wiki/bioware Electronic Arts 2 /wiki/electronic%20arts Public Investment Fund 14 /wiki/public%20investment%20fund 2022–2026 video game industry layoffs BioWare Electronic Arts Public Investment Fund 2022–2026 video game industry layoffs 2026-07-6 730233376d307c0d60ec378a924cad6bcf6f771d 17 2022–2026 video game industry layoffs 1 /feed/2026/07/6/microsoft-cuts-roughly-4800-jobs-primarily-within-its-xbox-and-commercial-sales-divisions-while-divesting-game-studi Microsoft cuts roughly 4,800 jobs, primarily within its Xbox and commercial sales divisions, while divesting game studios Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs. 2026-03-24 b5c7b391d432a9d7a4190a3d53fa72b9def9ee87 /feed/2026/03/24/american-video-game-company-epic-games-announces-that-it-will-lay-off-more-than-1000-employees-along-with-more-tha American video game company Epic Games announces that it will lay off more than 1,000 employees ​along with ​more ⁠than $500 million in savings from ​cuts to contracting ​and ⁠marketing amid a sharp decline in the number of people playing its flagship video game "Fortnite". 1774422468 2026-03-24 b0c7c56417330ff10dfdf67929b7b1e3fcd901d9 /feed/2026/03/24/american-video-game-company-epic-games-announces-that-it-will-layoff-more-than-1000-employees-along-with-more-than American video game company Epic Games announces that it will layoff more than 1,000 employees ​along with ​more ⁠than $500 million in savings from ​cuts to contracting ​and ⁠marketing amid a sharp decline in the number of people playing its flagship video game "Fortnite". 1774373381 2026-03-24 6343fda5c9ebe9fd4e4afab2c1fdae791de690c6 29 2022–2026 video game industry layoffs 1 /feed/2026/03/24/american-video-game-company-epic-games-announces-that-it-will-lay-off-more-than-1000-employees-along-with-more-than-50 American video game company Epic Games announces that it will lay off more than 1,000 employees along with more than $500 million in savings from cuts to contracting and marketing amid a sharp decline in the number of people playing its flagship video game "Fortnite". 2025-09-29 92de2e36669c1008db2aedba2cc4625775fe105b /feed/2025/09/29/american-video-game-company-electronic-arts-agrees-to-be-acquired-by-a-group-of-private-investors-including-silver-lake American video game company Electronic Arts agrees to be acquired by a group of private investors, including Silver Lake, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and Affinity Partners, in a deal valued at $55 billion. The transaction, which will take Electronic Arts private, constitutes the largest leveraged buyout on record. 1759198779 2025-09-29 8092566b8d9fd9eb75c18ab66ce2ed9f8a95d14c 13 Electronic Arts Public Investment Fund 2 /feed/2025/09/29/american-video-game-company-electronic-arts-ea-agrees-to-be-acquired-by-a-group-of-private-investors-including-silver American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) agrees to be acquired by a group of private investors, including Silver Lake, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and Affinity Partners, in a deal valued at $55 billion. The transaction, which will take EA private, constitutes the largest leveraged buyout on record. /feed/2026/10/21/american-video-game-publisher-electronic-arts-which-was-recently-bought-out-by-the-saudi-public-investment-fund-announ Kotaku 21 66db3665900c9f7ba01d7b0df691a1c5c6b6f94e 10 https://kotaku.com/ea-to-shut-down-bioware-and-cancel-the-next-mass-effect-game-2000748374 2026 400 people will lose their job in the resulting layoffs American video game publisher Electronic Arts, which was recently bought-out by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, announces the closing of its Canadian studio BioWare.