Dec. 31, missing forecasts of $2.4 billion to $2.55 billion due to the weak performance of two holiday video games.The Redwood City, California-based publisher, in a preliminary statement Wednesday, reduced projected bookings for the 2025 fiscal year to a range of $7 billion to $7.

This also means EA has cut its expectations for the 2025 fiscal year. Originally, it was aiming to make $7.5 billion to $7.8 billion (about £6.1 billion to £6.33 billion) by the end of March, but that target has dropped to a range of $7 billion to $7.15 billion (about £5.7 billion to £5.8 billion).

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has confirmed EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard did not meet sales expectations.

After 14 years, EA will retire its controversial Origin game distribution app for Windows, the company announced. Origin will stop working on April 17, 2025. Folks still using it will be directed to install the newer EA app, which launched in 2022.

EA will finally shut down Origin on April 17, 2025. Anyone still using Origin will have to make the switch over to the EA App to keep playing their games. EA App doesn't work on 32-bit operating systems,

EA is closing Origin on April 17, 2025, switching to the EA App due to Microsoft's 32-bit abandonment. Games and accounts will transfer to the EA App seamlessly, including saved data and cloud storage.