EA posts record FY26 bookings as Battlefield 6 drives growth

Electronic Arts just showed how a record year can come from leaning harder into the same pillars that already work. EA’s FY26 net bookings hit $8.026 billion, up 9% year over year, with Battlefield 6, EA SPORTS FC and Apex Legends doing the heavy lifting instead of any sweeping reinvention.

The Redwood City publisher said FY26 ended March 31, 2026 and generated $2.553 billion in operating cash flow. In the fourth quarter, EA posted $2.12 billion in net revenue and $461 million in net income, while noting that FY25 GAAP net revenue had been about $7.5 billion. CEO Andrew Wilson said the company delivered a record FY26 driven by the Battlefield launch and disciplined execution across the portfolio.

Battlefield 6 emerged as the clearest growth engine. The game launched on October 10, 2025, and EA said in February that it was already the best-selling shooter title of 2025 and had set new franchise engagement records. That matters because it tells the market where EA is willing to keep pouring fuel: established blockbusters with long tails, not risky reinventions.

The rest of the portfolio reinforces the same pattern. EA said EA SPORTS FC produced mid-single-digit growth in global football net bookings for the year, while Apex Legends delivered its strongest quarter of FY26 in the fourth quarter and finished the year with double-digit growth in net bookings. Earlier in the year, Q3 net bookings reached $3.046 billion, up 38% year over year, with FC up high single digits excluding deluxe-edition timing effects and Apex also up double digits. Live services and other revenue made up $1.269 billion of Q3 net revenue, compared with $632 million from full game sales, a split that shows where the company’s real leverage still sits.

That is the bigger player-facing signal from an $8 billion year: EA’s future likely means more Battlefield, more EA SPORTS FC, more Apex-style recurring spend, and more pressure to keep proven live games monetized for the long haul. It also means the company’s reporting is now shaped as much by ownership as by performance.

EA did not hold its usual earnings call because of its pending acquisition. The company said on September 29, 2025 that it agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners in a $55 billion all-cash deal, with shareholders set to receive $210 per share and PIF rolling over its existing 9.9% stake. EA called it the largest all-cash sponsor take-private investment in history, and said the transaction was expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 after regulatory reviews.