EA employees brace for the worst under Saudi ownership: 'Hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society'

EA employees brace for the worst under Saudi ownership: ‘Hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that’s very much at odds with progressive society’

Saudi Arabia’s purchase of Electronic Arts, the biggest leveraged buyout in private equity history, officially closed earlier this month. With that deal done, a new Game Developer report has found that an awful lot of employees are expecting much more stringent control over what kinds of games they are and are not allowed to make….

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Against All Odds, The Janky Soviet-Themed FPS ‘You Are Empty’ Is Coming Back Later This Year, New & Improved

Could this be the unlikeliest video game revival of 2026? If I were to mention the words “DRM-Free” and “preservation,” the first thing to spring to mind would likely be GOG, the digital storefront previously owned by the Polish company CD Projekt. It’s worth highlighting, though, that it isn’t the only company working hard to…

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