Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. plunged 18% Thursday morning, the biggest decline since 2008, after the gaming company warned its financial results would be weaker than expected due to poor sales results of two titles released over the holidays.

Growth in the "Global Football" business sputtered towards the end of the third quarter, after two consecutive fiscal years of double-digit net bookings increase, the company said. Dragon Age and EA Sports FC 25 underperformed net bookings expectations in the third quarter,

The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 underperformed, with Dragon Age specifically falling 50% short of expectations.

UPDATE 4pm UK: Dragon Age game director Corinne Busche has now confirmed her departure from BioWare and EA in a statement to Eurogamer. In it, Busche said she had left the studio for a new post elsewhere, after being offered an oppurtunity to build a fresh RPG she "couldn't turn down".

A weird week for BioWare just got a little weirder, as EA reveals in its new quarterly financial statement that Dragon Age: The Veilguard unperformed sales expectations by 50% for the company's 2025 fiscal year third quarter.