Digital Arts surges 14% on report of sale to Amazon

Shares of Digital Arts Inc.
EA,
+1.59%
soared 14% in premarket buying and selling on Friday following stories that Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN,
+2.60%
is planning to announce a deal to purchase the videogame maker. In keeping with USA In the present day, which broke the information, rumors have been circling on-line a couple of potential acquisition for EA, with Amazon, Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+1.49%
and Walt Disney Co.
DIS,
+0.90%
among the many potential suitors. A deal for EA would observe Microsoft Company’s
MSFT,
+1.11%
deal to purchase Activison Blizzard
ATVI,
-0.26%
for $69 billion, one other main deal within the video-game area. It additionally comes on the heels of Amazon’s deal to buy Roomba-maker iRobot
IRBT,
-0.19%.
Amazon could announce the deal in a while Friday. The worth of the deal has but to be reported.