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Catherine Lewis

"EA has a huge repository of dormant IPs that are just sitting there" after $55 billion buyout, says former Dragon Age and Anthem producer, so it could make better "financial sense" to sell studios instead of shutting them down

A cropped screenshot of characters attacking a dragon in Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition.

Former BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah says that EA could potentially look to sell off its "huge repository of dormant IPs" following the $55 billion acquisition.

Assuming the acquisition is approved, EA is going private, with investment firms Affinity Partners and Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) buying the company in a deal expected to close in the first quarter of FY2027. With that, however, EA will be taking on $20 billion of debt in order to help finance it.

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