DEALSSTORY 618· AUGUST 5, 2026

The $55 billion deal that took Electronic Arts off the stock market

One of gaming's biggest publishers has gone private, meaning its shares no longer trade on public stock exchanges and the company is no longer accountable to Wall Street investors. Electronic Arts officially closed that transition on…

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