Recently, EA announced that it would agree to be acquired by an investor consortium composed of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund (PIF), Silver Lake Capital and Kushner's Affinity Partners, with a purchase price of US$55 billion.This is the largest leveraged acquisition in history, which means that the new EA will immediately bear $20 billion in debt and face huge profit pressure.At the same time, this is also a new measure implemented by the Saudi Arabian Investment Fund, which attempts to expand its influence and increase exposure in the entertainment industry.

In recent years, the development trend of BioWare Studio, a subsidiary of EA, is not optimistic.Although "Dragon Age 4: The Guardian of Shadow" is a good performance, it failed to convince the outside world that it has the ability to surpass the masterpieces of the same period such as "Bader's Gate 3".The studio was laid off a major job earlier this year, but they are still developing a new work in the Mass Effect series.

Many fans who once loved BioWare games were frustrated by the studio's prospects.This pessimism also extends to the former BioWare leadership, who are also paying attention to the acquisition.Patrick Weekes was screenwriter at BioWare from 2005 to 2025 and was laid off at the beginning of this year.He has participated in the development of many works in the "Mass Effect" and "Dragon Age" series, and has also served as the chief screenwriter of "Dragon Age 4".He recently shared reports about the deal between EA and Saudi Arabia, with a fictional dialogue:

Buyer: So your games... are mainly gunfights and football, right?

EA: Well, yes, most of them are gunfights and football themes, that's right.

Buyer: No gay-related content?Don't have LGBTQ elements that we don't like?

EA: Haha, absolutely not!Hey, can you give me some time?I just need to close a studio quickly.

BioWare Studios' works are known for their LGBTQ+ content including same-sex.This is directly conflicted with the Saudi government, one of the main acquirers, that the Saudi government, regards same-sex relations as illegal at home.Perhaps BioWare's future works will directly remove these elements to combine the taste of the acquirer.