EA nears $500M-plus deal with soccer's Premier League - report
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Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) is reportedly nearing a deal to pay Â£488M (just over $589M) to England's Premier League to hold its soccer videogame license.
That's one of the largest such deals struck by the league, which sits at the top of the English football league system, Sky News reported.

The six-year deal reportedly more than doubles the exiting arrangement, and it would ensure EA remains as the league's lead partner.
That's a key milestone for EA as it forges a soccer-game future after breaking ties with soccer's governing body FIFA after a 30-year team-up. EA has had commercial ties to the Premier League dating to 1998, Sky said, and it's been a lead partner to the league since 2016.
Last spring brought the announcement that the perennial top-selling FIFA videogame franchise would continue on at Electronic Arts under a new name in 2023: EA Sports FC.