Electronic Arts $55 billion dollar acquisition could mark the biggest leveraged buyout in history and usher in a new phase of public companies being bought up by private equity — leading to more uncertainty for Canada's gaming industry.

Under the terms of a deal announced Monday , a group of three buyers will pay the company's stockholders $210 per share.

The purchasers include private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund PIF and Affinity Partners. Affinity Partners is a private equity firm run by U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like , , and , has Canadian roots, having purchased Burnaby-based game developer Distinctive Software in 1991 and renamed it to Electronic Arts Canada.

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