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Overwatch Co-Creator and former WoW dev #JeffKaplan speaks out about the tremendous greed of his corporate ex-bosses, including interference by billionaire investors and threatening to layoff 1,000 people for not meeting revenue goals. The kind of greed they talk about in the bible.

POV: Your CEO and his private equity partners call you for a Friday 9am meeting after your team delivered the most successful game of 2025.

With the $55B private equity buyout looming, EA is already moving towards what private equity wantsL cutting costs through layoffs and doubling down on live-service, predatory monetization instead of the ambitious experiences gamers were promised. #BlockTheEADeal

EA called Battlefield 6 "the biggest launch in franchise history" and sold 7 million copies in 3 days. But, today, they laid off the devs who helped built it. This is the company asking you to trust a $55B Saudi buyout and their $20B debt.

EA published a report about making every gamer feel "welcome." They're also selling to the Saudi Crown, which criminalizes LGBTQ+ people. Their own rules prohibit this. These two things cannot coexist. Gamers, fight back: actionnetwork.org/petitions/block-the-ea-deal-2/

Effectively, #EA has found a way to outsource their labor, overcharge gamers, underpay #TheSims creators, and reap the profits for their executives. Just a preview of what’s to come should EA fall under the control of private equity.