Yellow card. Investors penalized Electronic Arts after it warned of a slowdown in its key soccer business—home to the "EA Sports FC" titles that previously carried the FIFA name. In premarket action,

Videogame publisher Electronic Arts on Wednesday cut its forecast for annual bookings, citing weakness across its established soccer franchise, sparking concerns over a slowdown in the key division and sending its shares tumbling nearly 11%.

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.

EA now expects net bookings to come in at $2.2 billion for the quarter, down from a prior projection of between $2.4 billion to $2.6 billion.