Football Manager 2019 - Features Announcement and Website Relaunch - PC Mac & Switch

New tactics, new training, a new look, new technology and a debut for the Bundesliga make FM19 the greatest management sim ever

The headline features for Football Manager 2019 which, together with a new look and feel and the long-awaited introduction of the official Bundesliga license, combine to make this the greatest ever release in the history of the world’s most popular football management simulation.

Fantasy Draft Improvements in Football Manager 2018

This year’s Fantasy Draft mode features a new user interface that’s been designed specifically with streamers in mind. With a more streamlined UI, and more focus given to the centre of the screen, players will be able to stream their fantasy team’s exploits via the in-game social media controls, clearly and easily.

Football Manager 2018’s Fantasy Draft also has some brand-new options, including custom player pools to draft from and increased maximum budget. Essentially, this means you can tailor the Fantasy Draft experience for you and your friends within an increased number of parameters and make the draft process a lot slicker.

Football Manager 2013 January transfer update 13.3.0

If you start a new game, you will be given an option to start the default database (13.0) or the 13.3.0 update. Included are all the latest transfers and updated squads - to use the latest data you will need to start a new game following the update. The data is compatible with both modes, full Football Manager and Football Manager Classic.

Two new challenges into Football Manager Classic mode - PC | Mac

Just in time for Christmas, two brand new challenges into Football Manager Classic mode on PC Mac for you to get stuck into and test your managerial skills. You can find both the following new challenges in the store for only 99p.

Football Manager 2013 updated news and information - PC Mac

Football Manager 2013, announced by Sports Interactive and SEGA, marks a seismic shift in the development of the best-selling series.

Football Manager 2011 video game revealed

Sports Interactive & SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that Football Manager 2011 for PC and Apple Macintosh, and Football Manager Handheld 2011 for Sony PlayStation Portable will be released before Christmas 2010. FM2011 will feature more new features than ever before, including real-time contract negotiation, a revamped training system and a number of match engine improvements, Football Manager 2011 will once again raise the bar for football management games.

UK - Football Manager 2010: Redknapp signs for Football Manager computer game

Today sees a football first as legendary manager Harry Redknapp takes on the role as mentor to an up and coming COMPUTER GAME football manager.

The Tottenham Hotspur boss has been signed by Football Manager 2010, the most successful football management simulation, to give one 'bedroom manager' advice on how to improve the performance of their virtual team.

Championship Manager 2010 video game Coming To Mac November 13th

The number One selling PC game will be available soon for Mac users across Europe

Beautiful Game Studios today announces that the number 1 selling PC Game Championship Manager 2010 is coming to the Apple Mac from November 13th courtesy of leading Mac developers Virtual Programming who have a strong track record of bringing classic PC titles to the Mac. Championship Manager fans can now look forward to a classic game experience from the most established name in the genre.

Football Manager 2010 Free demo download link Mac and PC - Plus HD videos

There are two different versions of the demo available for PC and MAC, a 'strawberry' and 'vanilla' version, with both providing half a season of gameplay. The saved games from the demo will be compatible with the full release of the game.

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Football Manager 2010 the official HD launch trailer

Football Manager 2010 features a brand new User Interface, with a light and a dark skin to choose from as part of a vibrant new look and has undergone a complete navigational overhaul.

The side bar navigation of previous years has been replaced by an intuitive tab system at the top of the screen, making Football Managers famed depth easier to navigate and will make the game more accessible to new players.

Football Manager 2010 - Glenn Hoddle Academy and Sports Interactive

In a football first, Football Manager 2010, the most successful football management simulation, is delighted to reveal that the Glenn Hoddle Academy is the final, officially licensed club in Football Manager 2010.

In a massive coup for the both the Glenn Hoddle Academy and Sports Interactive, it now forms part of the huge database of licensed clubs and leagues featured in the game. Since its outset, Glenn has maintained his vision for the Academy and this is further proof of its existence as an alternative to the professional club system.

Football Manager 2010 release date set for October 30th

Football Manager 2010 for PC and Apple Macintosh, and Football Manager Handheld 2010 for Sony PSP will be released on October 30th.

Football Manager 2009 is the most successful in the Football Manager series to date, clocking up 22 weeks at No.1 in the UK (PC charts) and selling in excess of 1 million copies worldwide, as well as being voted the 2nd best video game of all time in a recent Radio 1 poll.

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According to data gathered from Football Manager 2009, people played the game for an average of 240 hours each. Developer Sports Interactive has spent the last year working closely with consumers and the Football Manager community to implement key improvements to this year’s game. Football Manager 2010 features new tools and changes across the board including some big additions to improve ease of use, navigation and feedback from the game with the introduction of a brand new match tactics system, the debut of a Match Analysis tool, a completely new look and new User Interface among other features.

“We have worked very hard with the Football Manager community to target not only the areas of the game that needed re-working but also what we could add to improve what’s already there. We’ve also conducted extensive usability studies which has led us to overhaul the whole presentation of the game, which we’re really excited about,” said Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive. “There has been a lot of polish to existing areas of the game but it’s also driven us to introduce changes to answer some of the feedback. We’re extremely confident that having done that we will deliver the very best Football Manager to date in October.”

The introduction of a Tactics Creator makes it easier to instruct the team to play the way the manager wants, alongside the introduction of touchline ‘shouts’ and quick tactic changes for instantly altering your team’s playing style during the match. Working with coaches from various levels of football, alongside some of the Football Manager community’s most respected independent tacticians, the game now has an extensive array of pre-set tactical options allowing the user to select a player’s role in the team (such as ‘Ball winning midfielder’ or ‘Deep lying playmaker’), however the option to use the old ‘slider’ controls remains.

Feedback from matches has been improved to give the user better insight into where their team is going wrong, or right. A new Match Analysis tool lets players see where shots, passes, crosses, headers, tackles, fouls and interceptions have been made on the field for all players on the pitch. Managers can view this analysis both live in-game and post match, allowing them to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of both their team and their opponent’s and adjust their tactics accordingly.

Football Manager 2010 features a brand new User Interface, with a light and a dark skin to choose from as part of a vibrant new look and has undergone a complete navigational overhaul. The side bar navigation of previous years has been replaced by an intuitive tab system at the top of the screen, making Football Manager’s famed depth easier to navigate and will make the game more accessible to new players.

A brand new Data Editor will allow the addition of new divisions to existing leagues and of entirely new leagues as well as making it easier than ever to keep the game up to date, and do so for free. The delivery of information to the manager has been refined with users now able to sign up to the News Centre, an in-game subscription based newspaper that lets you get the news that you want about the football world and filter out the stories that you do not need, making the football world as immersive as you want it to be.

Following the debut of a 3D match view in Football Manager 2009, this year’s release sees a revamp with improved AI, over 100 new animations for the 3D pitch view, new stadiums, crowds, realistic pitch degradation and better lighting, creating an even more realistic match experience.

Further new features will be announced via a series of blogs in the months leading up to the game’s October 30th release date which will ensure that Football Manager retains its position as the most realistic, most played, highest reviewed and best selling football management simulation in the world.

Football Manager Handheld 2010 also has a host of new features and improvements, including a brand new skin for the game and improved match engine AI.

Free to play Ultimate Soccer Boss online browser soccer video game

Ultimate Soccer Boss becomes the first ever free-to-play soccer manager browser game powered by Digenetics' advanced proprietary evolutionary computation technology. Soccer managers will now have the ability to lead and manage unique evolving players and clubs with no two players or clubs being alike.

Soccer players will evolve over time based on affected variables such as numbers of plays, training matches, and overall management of the club. In addition, Ultimate Soccer Boss will feature "Ask Advisor" that will provide soccer managers expert advice on match strategies based on calculations performed by complex evolutionary computation mathematical algorithms.

"MMOABC is very excited to partner with Digenetics and Webplus to create Ultimate Soccer Boss, the first ever online soccer manager browser game with evolutionary computation technology. Soccer managers will now finally experience what it truly feels like to manage their own unique clubs and compete against other soccer managers," said MMOABC co-founder and CEO Andy Tong. "Ultimate Soccer Boss is as real as it gets when it comes to managing a club since you'll experience random scenarios and outcomes based on how well you perform as soccer manager. This is a great breakthrough for soccer manager games and an incredible innovation for the video games industry itself."

James Lin, CEO of Digenetics, Inc., said, "We are thrilled to be working with MMOABC and Webplus to bring this new, one-of-a-kind game to soccer fans around the world. Featuring players with evolving intelligence, capable of adaptive learning, Ultimate Soccer Boss will redefine the sports manager genre."

Brian Keller-Heikkila, CTO of Webplus, Inc., said, "Webplus is excited to work with MMOABC and Digenetics to develop a new kind of soccer manager game. There is nothing like a personal Game Advisor, using evolution computation technology, which helps team managers improve their team anywhere else in the video game industry. Ultimate Soccer Boss will raise the bar for sports management games to a whole new level."

Football Manager Live - Online world now online

Test your football management skills with the rest of the world online for the very first time

Sports Interactive and SEGA Europe announce that Football Manager Live for PC and Apple Macintosh is available now via digital download at www.footballmanagerlive.com, and will be available from 23rd January in stores.


Football Manager Live, the eagerly awaited persistent-world game from award winning development studio Sports Interactive, lets you test your football management skills against the rest of the world online for the very first time.

“Football Manager Live is a very different game to Football Manager – imagine, if you can, a cross between Football Manager, fantasy football, an auction website and some social networking, and you’ll be just about there,” said Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive. “Football Manager Live is the best way to prove your football management prowess to the world, and with a new development model dubbed as “constant development”, there will be new features being added to the game every few months, with a lot of these features being based directly on consumer feedback and what the people playing Football Manager Live want to see in the game.”

“Football Manager Live is an exciting step forward for the Football Manager brand, and with Sports Interactive being behind the helm of the very first live football MMO, it couldn’t be in better hands,” said Gary Knight, Marketing Director of SEGA Europe Ltd.

Football Manager Live lets you create and manage your very own football club, choosing your team name, colours, badge, home ground, and also deciding which players to sign from Sports Interactive’s famous database of over 330,000 real world footballers.

Providing a more casual experience than the Football Manager series, you can log in from anywhere, download the small client and play against your friends and other managers from around the world. Players can exchange banter with rival managers via the in-game chat system anytime, 24 hours a day 7 days a week, and you can also choose a league to suit your playing style, tailored to how often and when you want to play the game.

Craft the best team possible and buy, sell, loan and exchange players with other managers in the lively transfer market, or snap up some talent with the new player auction system. To ensure your success you have to balance your finances and develop your club, using an innovative skill system to improve your managerial style and give you the edge.

Football Manager Live operates on a subscription service, with the initial retail boxed copy retailing at £29.99 including a four month subscription to the game, with online subscriptions costing £22.99 to play the game for three months, £43.99 for six months and £72.99 for a full year, which equates to less than 20p per day.

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 on PlayStation 3

PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer
Playstation 3, Konami, E (Everyone)

Description: The latest installment of the soccer franchise that focuses on the international game.

Features: "PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer" is one of the more technical soccer games on the market. The immense move set is filled with player-specific tricks and skills.
The majority of the moves require button combinations to complete, which makes pulling off advanced moves in game situations difficult.

The computer AI doesn't make many mistakes with the ball. The auto-switch system (player takes control of the nearest man to ball) feels sluggish. The "Master League" features remain a draw for fans of international soccer by allowing them to take day-to-day control of a club. The graphics are rich and detailed. Announcers keep up with the action fairly well and even comment on your coaching skills (or lack thereof).

Football Manager 2009 activation problem solved

SEGA are aware that there have been some problems with the activation of Football Manager 2009 today. This has been due to a combination of issues relating to the printing of keycodes and the huge demand for the game

A solution is in place and is starting to clear the problem, we are confident that the issue will be solved today. The chances of successful authentication are increasing hourly. At this point consumers still experiencing difficulties are advised to leave a 10 minute gap between authentication attempts.

SEGA apologises for the disappointment caused by the problems with activating the game and asks for Football Manager fans to remain patient.

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Everton FC recruit computer game to back room team

Today heralds a new era for football management as Everton Football Club becomes the first club to officially recruit the services of a computer game and its developers as part of their back room team.

In a football and gaming first Everton FC has signed an exclusive deal with Sports Interactive, developers of the football management videogame Football Manager, to give manager David Moyes and his coaches unrivalled access to its database of over 370,000 players and staff. Everton will be able to instantly scan 20,000 active teams in more than 50 countries worldwide with immediate access to the largest scouting network in football with over 1,000 scouts from around the globe.

The unique database has made Football Manager the most popular football management simulation in gaming and will help Everton FC spot the best young talent from around the world. In the past, Football Manager has accurately identified Wayne Rooney’s potential talent when he was just fifteen and has been the first to predict other future stars including Lionel Messi, Ashley Young and Jose Baxter.

The game’s original creators Paul and Oliver Collyer have been approached by clubs wanting to sign the game in the past, but this is the first time they have put pen to paper to hand over the game’s database and bring virtual football management into the real world.



Paul Collyer comments:

“The game’s database is a valuable resource with the most extensive scouting network in football so Everton FC is making a top signing. I am personally delighted with today’s announcement as I’m a Toffees fan. Standing on the pitch with my signing on shirt is as close to my boyhood dream of playing at Goodison Park as I will ever get.”

Studio Director Miles Jacobson adds:

“We’ve known for a while that teams use the game to research certain players, whether to buy or to check out the opposition, but this formal recognition by a premiership team is fantastic and we are sure it will prove a fruitful one for the Everton FC.”

Football Manager has been fully updated for the new 2008/09 football season with all the latest league, club and player data giving armchair managers everywhere the most up to date stats to manage their teams with the most realistic management experience available.

Football Manager 2009 for PC and Apple Macintosh, and Football Manager Handheld 2009 for Sony PSP are both released today (November 14th).

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