The engine builders have, it's claimed, been working with an investment ​bank to evaluate [their] options

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Members of the consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's Public Investment Fund and some private equity suits which took over EA this year in a leveraged buyout worth $55 billion reportedly have a new target in their sights. Unity, software company and makers of the game engine bearing the same name, have held talks with the consortium over a potential takeover, it's claimed.

According to Reuters , a consortium including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners recently approached Unity about a deal that would value the company at around $25 billion. Unity are, it's claimed, currently working with an investment bank to evaluate their options following the chat, with no deal set in stone right now.

Silver Lake, Reuters note, are already among Unity's largest shareholders and invested up to $400 million in the engine builders in 2017.…