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Queer EA fans’ concerns over Saudi investment and creative control

Kotaku reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund partly owns EA. Executives say the new partners won’t make creative decisions, but queer fans of BioWare, Apex Legends and The Sims aren’t convinced.

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Kotaku reports that EA executives are telling employees the company’s new “partners” won’t make creative decisions following partial ownership by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Queer fans of BioWare, Apex Legends and The Sims remain skeptical. Kotaku also quotes a concern about restricting stories that help people embrace their own underrepresented experiences: “To remove that outlet, or to restrict it, cuts us off from possibility.”

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Kotaku@KotakuEA belongs partially to the Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund now. The company's execs are telling employees its new "partners" won't be making creative decisions, but queer fans of BioWare, Apex Legends, and The Sims aren't convinced. "Telling stories through characters is often the first place many of us learn to embrace our own stories—especially those of us whose stories are not widely represented elsewhere. To remove that outlet, or to restrict it, cuts us off from possibility. It makes us small. A person could suffocate in such a small space." https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-saudi-arabia-acquisition-lgbtqia-mass-effect-sims-200073518520d
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    Kotaku@KotakuEA belongs partially to the Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund now. The company's execs are telling employees its new "partners" won't be making creative decisions, but queer fans of BioWare, Apex Legends, and The Sims aren't convinced. "Telling stories through characters is often the first place many of us learn to embrace our own stories—especially those of us whose stories are not widely represented elsewhere. To remove that outlet, or to restrict it, cuts us off from possibility. It makes us small. A person could suffocate in such a small space." https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-saudi-arabia-acquisition-lgbtqia-mass-effect-sims-200073518520d
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