RUMOR-BOMB: Amazon will soon announce the acquisition of EA! [UPDATE]
Another huge takeover is just around the corner in the gaming industry
[UPDATE]
We have the latest on the case of Amazon’s supposed takeover of EA, in a last-minute development. According to CNBC sources Amazon is not going to file a proposal for Electronic Arts, as reported by its reporter David Faber.
Faber claims he has spoken to people with inside knowledge of what is really going on and they have told him “nothing is wrong “.
A few minutes ago, a rumor broke out that is falling like a bomb in the gaming space, but it is also a series of events that are repeated and it concerns the acquisitions of gaming companies.
According to sources of USAToday’s ForTheWin, as well as GLHF, Amazon will soon announce during the day the acquisition of Electronic Arts, the well-known publishing company of FIFA, Need For Speed, Madden, Apex Legends and many other titles.
The report states that for some time now there have been rumors of EA being acquired by a giant company, with Apple, Disney and Amazon all lined up as potential buyers. The latest information says that Amazon is finally the one who will announce the filing of the official EA acquisition proposal.
Let’s remember that the Electronic Arts library includes huge videogame franchises such as Dead Space , Dragon Age, and Mass Effect , for which Amazon has announced that it is preparing a live-action television series for the Amazon Prime Video service . Therefore, it can be seen that the relations between the two companies are binding.
In recent times, acquisitions of companies in gaming have been one after the other. Take-Two bought Zynga for $13 billion, then Microsoft announced Activision’s mammoth takeover of Call of Duty for $70 billion (an acquisition still awaiting approval), while PlayStation bought Destiny’s Bungie for $4 billion
