The publisher of titles as diverse as Simply Knitter and Total Film said trading in Q1 of its financial year had been in line with expectations, but pinpointed the games market as being particularly difficult.
Stevie Spring, chief executive of Future, said: "We expect trading to remain under pressure throughout 2010, so we are managing the business appropriately, while also ensuring our strategy remains on track."
Future has launched new titles in the past two years, including magazine Triathlon Plus and an ad-free subscription-only title, World of Warcraft.
On Thursday it will update the market disclosing, like other publishers, its six-monthly audited circulations figures.
In today's trading statement, the group highlighted the performance of titles in its active, technology, music and movie categories.
In the UK, which accounts for two thirds of group turnover, the group said circulation revenue had slowed, declining by 4% on the year.
Future does not disclose the figures for UK advertising revenues, but said they had fallen 13% on the year. Total UK revenues dipped 6% on the year.
Future's US operations, which had been hit by a major disruption to its distribution system after a dispute between wholesalers and retailer last year, witnessed an improvement at the newsstand, according to Future.
It added that it had negotiated a new agreement with its distributor, Time Warner Retail, which will give it "greater certainty" over magazine returns.
Spring said: "We expected the first quarter to be tough, and that has proven to be the case particularly in our Games segment. However, there have been some very robust performances throughout the business and I remain confident that Future is as well positioned as it can be to benefit from any economic recovery."
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