Senators Warn Saudi Arabia’s Acquisition of EA Will Be Used for ‘Foreign Influence’

· Oct 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM

‘The proposed transaction poses a number of significant foreign influence and national security risks.’

Senators Warn Saudi Arabia’s Acquisition of EA Will Be Used for ‘Foreign Influence’ — Photo by Sergei Novikov / Unsplash

Democratic U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren sent letters to the Department of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson, raising concerns about the $55 billion acquisition of the giant American video game company in part by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).

Specifically, the Senators worry that EA, which just released Battlefield 6 last week and also publishes The Sims, Madden, and EA Sports FC, “would cease exercising editorial and operational independence under the control of Saudi Arabia’s private majority ownership.”