I suspect that your experience comes from working at EA in a leadership capacity, whereas the toxicity complaints come from the front-line workers (IE, SWE, QA).
In the last decade EA has actually built a decent reputation as a good place for developers to work. The article posted above is from 2004. It was a pretty big scandal at the time, and it actually did lead to meaningful reforms at EA. EA has had their fair share of other scandals. Rushing unfinished products to market, sleazy monetization schemes, etc, but developer crunch is not one that has really come up in a long time.
I worked at EA for almost eight years as an SE individual contributor and it was honestly great. Don't get me wrong, the place had its issues, but from the perspective of my specific job, coworkers, work-life balance, benefits, etc, it was excellent and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. But I think I really lucked out with my studio, line managers, and TDs. At such a huge company there will be a whole range of positive and negative experiences across locations and teams.
Edit: there was definitely plenty of overtime though. Just wanted add this to make sure I didn't paint an overly idealistic picture despite my overall positive experience.