Videogame maker EA in advanced talks to go private at roughly $50 billion valuation

Electronic Arts, the videogame publisher behind titles such as “FC” and “Battlefield”, is in advanced talks to go private at a valuation of roughly $50 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter.

A group of investors including private equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s PIF and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners could unveil a deal for the publisher as soon as next week, the sources said on Friday. If it goes through, the deal would mark the largest ever leveraged buyout in history.