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It's Friday, September 26th.

I'm Alex Oslo for the Wall Street Journal.

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We're exclusively reporting that video game maker Electronic Arts is nearing a deal to go private in what would likely be the largest leveraged buyout of all time.

That's according to people familiar with the matter. The people said that a group of investors, including private

equity firm Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's public investment fund, could unveil a deal for the

company as soon as next week. Discussions on price are still underway, but two of the people

said that EA could be valued at as much as $50 billion.

Massive leverage buyouts like this one have been rare in recent years.

Miriam Gottfried, who covers private equity for WSJ, says this is not necessarily a sign that deals like these are becoming more common now.

I think deal makers would really like

for it to be the watershed moment that causes deals to come rushing back. But I wouldn't say that

we can speak so soon. There are tons and tons of companies inside of private equity funds that

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