UPDATE 16:30 The original story has now also been updated by USA Today. According to them, they say that they “ran a version of this story on our website that violated our editorial standards regarding the use of unnamed and unvetted sources.”
It seems this rumour can be put to bed, for now. We’ll leave the original story as it broke at the time below.
ORIGINAL STORY FOLLOWS
The rumour comes following reports back in May that EA was “pursuing” a sale or merger following the deal by Microsoft to acquire Activision announced back in January.
