Back in September, Electronic Arts (EA) announced that it would be sold to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia. The videogames publisher has since announced that the acquisition, to the tune of US$55 billion (~RM225 billion), has been completed. While it’s notable for being the largest leveraged buyout in history, and the second largest videogames acquisition second only to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, EA and PIF seemingly faced little resistance on the regulatory side of things. Part of the deal does involve US$20 billion (~RM81.82 billion) in debt financing that EA will have to pay off over time. Related Article EA Launches EA Advertising to Expand In-Game Ads Across Its Titles(Source: Business Wire, Bloomberg, US SEC [PDF])