EA Buyout Talk Highlights Gaming Struggles as Growth Slows (1)

A proposed leveraged buyout of video-game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. by a group of investors including the Saudi sovereign wealth fund highlights challenges in the broader gaming industry, which has struggled in recent years to find new avenues of growth.

A group including Silver Lake Management and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which already owns 10% of Electronic Arts, is said to be in talks to acquire the company in what could amount to one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of all time, Bloomberg has reported. The Wall Street Journal reported that a deal could value Electronic Arts at about $50 ...