Saudi Fund and Silver Lake in Talks Over Unity, Maker of a Popular Game Engine

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the investment firm Silver Lake have held recent talks about buying Unity, the company behind a widely used set of game-making tools. Reuters reported the talks on 5 November 2026, and Eurogamer followed on 6 November 2026.

The reported talks value Unity at around US$25 billion. Reuters said that figure was discussed in recent weeks.

Unity makes a game engine, which is the software developers use to build and run games. Its software is used to power Pokémon Go, the phone game that has drawn large crowds to outdoor spots around the world. Because so many studios rely on the same tools, a change in ownership can matter well beyond one company's balance sheet.

Silver Lake is not a newcomer to Unity. According to Eurogamer, the firm owns around eight percent of Unity's shares after a US$400 million investment. Silver Lake's Egon Durban also sits on Unity's board of directors.

The two investors have worked together before. IGN noted that Silver Lake and PIF previously bought Electronic Arts, the publisher behind the EA Sports FC football series. That deal is one reason the new talks have drawn attention across the games industry.

For players, nothing changes on a store shelf or in an app today. Game engines are behind the scenes, and a company's owner rarely affects a game someone is playing at home. Any agreement would still need to clear the usual approvals before it could close, and no completed deal has been reported.

Further detail on the price, the structure of any deal, or its timing would come from the companies involved.