This may be announced in the next few hours.
GLHF journalist Kirk McKind, citing informants, said that Amazon plans today, August 26, to announce the purchase of the video game publisher Electronic Arts. EA has previously considered a merger with NBCUniversal and has been in talks with Disney, Apple and Amazon.
According to McKind, it was Amazon that made the official offer to the publisher and intends to announce it officially in the coming hours. At the same time, McKind believes that the acquisition by EA would give Amazon the opportunity to make series based on popular franchises such as Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Dead Space and so on. So far, this has not happened – not a single company has responded to GLHF inquiries and has not commented.
Following this, journalist and CNBC analyst David Faber said that the deal would take place, but without an announcement. He also confirmed that CNBC’s parent company (NBCUniversal, mentioned above) had been in talks with EA “a while ago” but were unsuccessful.
The merger has not yet been announced, but shares of Electronic Arts in Friday’s preliminary trading rose by 14%, but soon returned to its previous level.
Note that rumors of a merger, including with Apple, were circulating back in the spring, but so far there have been no announcements.
