EA's Battlefield 6, coming October 10, is a pivotal moment for the series and for EA, set to go private in a $55B deal, as EA competes with Activision and COD (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/795232/ea-battlefield-6-hit-launch-deal
Übernahme durch Konsortium: EA will kreative Kontrolle behalten
Zum Konsortium, das EA kaufen will, gehört der saudi-arabische Staatsfonds. Doch EA will die kreative Kontrolle behalten, schreibt die Firma in einer FAQ.
#TIL there are capital variants of small capital letters.
U A7AE Ɪ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I
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Star Wars Jedi - Fallen Order naprawdę mnie pozytywnie zaskoczyło. Nie oczekiwałem niczego po grze w świecie gwiezdnych wojen od EA, ale naprawdę wciągała. Walka było dobrze zrobiona i dawała satysfakcje, elementy zręcznościowe były miejscami wymagające, rozwój postaci dawał realną przewagę i pozwalał wracać do wcześniej niedostępnych miejsc. Historia była ok, no można było się tu i tam doczepić, ale nie było źle - plus wejście Anakina Skywalkera pod koniec gry... Na steamdecku gra działała wyś…
Electronic Arts vor Buyout: Sind die goldenen EA-Jahre jetzt plötzlich vorbei?
EA wird von Private Equity gekauft. Schlimm! Fans der liebenswürdigen US-Spieleschmiede müssen sich auf so einige Veränderungen gefasst machen. Eine Glosse.
Ik heb het gevoel dat het grote publiek nog steeds niet doorheeft in wat voor riskante geopolitieke situatie we zitten in Europa (ondanks waarschuwingen van Rutte ea). Veel mensen zien het allemaal als een "ver van hun bed" show die hun niet zal raken... Fout!
#usa #rusland
Mario Kart world, nice, at least it’s not EA
And cool, BG3
#TGA #TheGameAwards
ASML reports Q3 net sales of €7.5B, v. €7.7B est., and €2.12B net profit, v. €2.11B est., warning that it expects China sales to decline "significantly" in 2026 (April Roach/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/asml-q3-earnings-report.html
"Battlefield 6": EA zeigt sich mit Kampf gegen Cheater zufrieden
Die meisten "Battlefield 6"-Partien sind frei von Cheatern, schreibt EA. Zu verdanken sei das auch der Secure-Boot-Pflicht.
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@… Yes, it's good to have that Battlefield back <3!
Ok, so consider this screenshot from my current match. We have 4 friends in our squad, and our fifth is in another squad. But we have no clue which of those blue dots that friend is. If that friend would stand out (as we have him on Steam/Discord/EA) we could more easily coordinate and support each…
#EA (Electronic Arts (Apex Legends, EA Sports FC 26, Battlefield 6)) are in 'advanced talks' with Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to go Private for an eye-watering $50 billion. The deal is set to be announced next week.
#gaming
A profile of EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay in the role, as Silver Lake's Egon Durban hails him for building EA's "crown jewel" sports business (Isabella Simonetti/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ea-electronic-art
Ya tenemos la versión en vídeo del último programa, hablando del TGS, la compra de EA, el precio del Gamepass de @… el SOP de @… con Lobezno... e incluso de @…
First mental image I had after reading about Kushner and some Saudi group buying EA was that fascist waste of carbon Jared Kushner sitting in some room when he was younger in mommy and daddy's mansion playing whatever stupid fuckin EA game he must've been into. What a ghoulish, pathetic little dork 😂
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg on lessons from AOL, the rise of esports, turning around EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic, Zynga, more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2025/an-interview-with-unity-ceo-matthew-bro…
Het gaat er bij duurzaamheid om of je de economische kansen pakt als land, de richting is onveranderd ondanks Trump ea , "Politici staan op de rem, maar de vergroening dendert door" nos.nl/l/2589753
#duurzaamheid #economie
EA schaltet "The Sims Mobile" ab
Ein Mobilableger der Spielereihe "Die Sims" ist bald nicht mehr spielbar: "The Sims Mobile" wird komplett abgeschaltet. Gekaufte Inhalte gehen verloren.
https://www.
Oh man, wie kann man denn so humorbefreit sein? Ich musste bei der "liebenswerten US-Spieleschmiede" so laut lachen 😅
https://www.heise.de/meinung/Electroni…
1FLAT: a Firmamento-based catalog of AGN in Fermi-LAT high Galactic latitude {\gamma}-ray sources
P. Giommi, M. Doro, M. Gouv\^ea, L. Fronte, F. Metruccio, F. Arneodo, U. Barres de Almeida, S. Di Pippo, T. Kerscher, A. Macci\'o, B. Mazzon, M. Morrone, E. Prandini, A. Rodr\'iguez, A. Ruina, N. Sahakyan, L. Silveri, D. Tripathi
https://
EA says it agreed a deal to be acquired by Saudi Arabia's PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $210/share at a ~$55B valuation, set to close in Q1 FY2027 (Electronic Arts)
https://news.ea.co…
Buyout von Electronic Arts: Saudi-Arabien stemmt über 90 Prozent
EA wird von einem Private-Equity-Konsortium gekauft, zu dem drei Firmen gehören. Nun werden die neuen Kräfteverhältnisse bekannt – sie sind wohl sehr einseitig.
Inork daki ea posiblea den erostea etxeko zapata batzuk ez direla apurtzen 6 hilabetetan askoz jota?
Can you imagine how obscene the monetisation attempts of EA games are going to get, in the years before it all gets strip-mined for IP.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
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🎵 실패하지 않는 사랑이 있나요
#김뜻돌
Van alle hier genoemde AWS slachtoffers gebruik ik er twee: Signal vaak en altijd en EA weinig en soms.
A big portion of EA's cash flow will go toward servicing the $20B debt from the $55B sale, which even the most bullish analysts expect will lead to big layoffs (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
Dienstag: Washington erweitert schwarze Liste, Spionageschiff sorgt für Unruhe
Sanktionen gegen chinesische Firmen Spionage durch russisches Schiff Konsortium kauft EA Sicherheitsupdates für Windows 10 heise online testet ePA-App
How Jared Kushner helped Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, who had wanted to buy EA for years, finally secure the $55B acquisition with PIF's help (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-silver-lake-deal-jared-kushner-c145cd55?st=…
Thank god Sims 2 is abandonware cuz I don't think I'm gonna be touching anything from EA for a damn long time now.
Sources: Saudi Arabia's PIF is the largest contributor to the $36B in equity used to finance the EA deal; it will roll over its $5B EA stake into the new entity (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-29/s…
Saudische Investoren könnten Electronic Arts übernehmen
US-Medien berichten von einem der größten Buyouts der Geschichte: EA könnte für 50 Milliarden Dollar von der Börse genommen werden.
https://www.
Spectral instability of horizonless compact objects within astrophysical environments: The "exotic'' elephant and the flea
Kyriakos Destounis, Mateus Malato Corr\^ea, Caio F. B. Macedo, Rodrigo Panosso Macedo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16310
Filings: after EA's buyout, Saudi Arabia's PIF would own 93.4% of EA, implying it needs to put up ~$29B, while Silver Lake and Affinity would own 5.5% and 1.1% (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/saudi-fund…
Sources: EA is nearing a deal to go private in a leveraged buyout valuing the company at ~$50B; investors include Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's PIF (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-private-deal-buyout-video-game-maker-808aef…
Random singlet physics in the $S = \frac{1}{2}$ pyrochlore antiferromagnet NaCdCu$_2$F$_7$
Andrej Kancko, Hironori Sakai, Cinthia Antunes Corr\^ea, Petr Proschek, Jan Prokle\v{s}ka, Tetiana Haidamak, Marc Uhlarz, Adam Berlie, Yo Tokunaga, Ross Harvey Colman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20199
Low-Noise Nanoscale Vortex Sensor for Out-of-Plane Magnetic Field Detection
Ajay Jha, Alvaro Palomino, St\'ephane Auffret, H\'el\`ene B\'ea, Ricardo C. Sousa, Liliana D. Buda-Prejbeanu, Bernard Dieny
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16763
Silver Lake, whose $24B deal to take Dell private in 2013 became its calling card, sees a similar setup in EA: a recognizable brand with predictable cash flows (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/si…
EA's buyout talks highlight the slowdown and consolidation trends in the $178B global gaming market after the COVID boom, as gamers are sticking to old titles (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
How Jared Kushner and Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban brokered the EA takeover using Kushner's deep Saudi Arabia ties; sources: Kushner's firm will own ~5% of EA (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/61cef75e-ceba-43ee-80e3-040756c6154f
A profile of Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, who brokered the EA takeover with Jared Kushner, following the PE firm's high-stakes deals from TikTok to Altera (Financial Times)
Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species despite conservation policies in Europe
Stanislas Rigal, Maxime Lenormand, L\'ea Tardieu, Ain\=ars Auni\c{n}\v{s}, Tristan Bakx, Mattia Brambilla, Lluis Brotons, Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Beno\^it Fontaine, Zdenek Faltynek Fric, Anna Gamero, Sergi Herrando, John Atle K{\aa}l{\aa}s, Johannes Kamp, Petras Kurlavi\v{c}ien\.e, Mikko Kuussaari, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Dirk Maes, Xavier Mestdagh, Martin Musche, Ingar Jostein {\O}ien, Lars Pette…
EA reports Q2 net bookings down 13% YoY to $1.82B, vs. $1.88B est., and says it will no longer issue forward-looking financial guidance due to its $55B sale (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/electronic-arts-sales-down-ea…
Circana: EA's Battlefield 6 became 2025's best-selling US game less than a month after its October 10 debut; Pokémon is 2025's fastest-selling physical game (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20