2021-11-23 18:08 UTC · VG247
Amazon Prime Gaming titles have been announced for December and there are quite a few games to claim for PC. There’s something for everyone on the list too: driving, shooting, action, adventure, you name it. There’s Frostpunk, Football Manager 2021, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered, and more. Read more
2021-10-15 14:40 UTC · Community Announcements · Neil Brock
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41188435/948b07f1e84545864d5045d424ef43b9abb9bbc0.png Join Sports Interactive's Dom Baker and Tom Davidson as they take us through the first playthrough look at Football Manager 2022, live on Twitch. The broadcast will begin on the 15th October 2021 at 7pm (BST) and can be accessed via Football Manager's Twitch Channel. If you can't make it, don't worry. The entire video will later be uploaded to Football Manager's YouTube Channel where you can watch it back at your convenience. Most likely early next week. So tune in and feel free to offer tactical insights via the comments
2021-10-13 16:45 UTC · Community Announcements · Neil Brock
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41188435/fd38c4d00448e3a0ba34f84b92cdd37ce0c99e2e.png Match Experience Every year the match team here at the studio seek to get even closer to creating a perfect simulation of real football. Most years there are one or two areas of the match AI, animations or overall visuals that they place an emphasis on enhancing or updating for the upcoming release. This year, however, the team have been able to implement a suite of new additions that take our match simulation to new levels of authenticity. At the centre of all of these improvements is our new animation engine which is de
2021-10-06 13:53 UTC · Community Announcements · Neil Brock
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2021-09-17 15:17 UTC · Community Announcements · Neil Brock
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41188435/faf66e7806d19d13763e3004e01a43aa6e2dcee1.png A blog from Studio Director Miles Jacobson on continuing to create games in a pandemic.
2021-09-09 14:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Neil Brock
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/c09b5e990c140b622e0fcd9f7142ff6855b7c9de.png Overcome the odds and earn your success in Football Manager 2022, launching Tuesday, 9th November on PC/Mac. Following an incredibly successful campaign on Xbox last year, Football Manager 2022 Xbox Edition also debuts on 9th November. For the first time in the history of our series, FM22 and FM22 Xbox will be available with Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for PC from launch. More information on FM22 Xbox and what playing on Game Pass means for you is available in our dedicated Game Pass announcement. New Features and G
2021-08-31 10:49 UTC · Community Announcements · Jimmy Wong
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/275371412ec8b552cd1dfbe7121d4fd688bab75a.png Game management has become more and more vital as the tactical side of football has taken on growing importance. Once a manager develops a revolutionary style, there will be a host of others adapting their own approaches to try and get results against them. One of the most under-utilised, but hugely valuable features in Football Manager 2021 replicates this process - Match Plans. Visit The Byline on the Football Manager Website to see On The Break FM explains how to make the most of them.
2021-08-20 09:20 UTC · Community Announcements · Jimmy Wong
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/2ddddbd872537012ec67a1f5e9f7a3f75f248b3d.png Central midfield is the battleground of this piece. It’s the area of the pitch where creativity stems, where defence transitions into attack, and where it can either go horribly wrong or wonderfully right. In recent decades football’s brightest minds have dabbled with two- and three-man midfields, and both systems have their merits. Which is better though? Sports Interactive's Andrew Sinclair and FM Grasshopper can’t hope to answer that, but they have done an experiment with two K-League 1 clubs to demonstrate two contras
2021-08-12 17:03 UTC · Community Announcements · Neil Brock
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/14badd1e0f2a14e59082ad11e186289c8c52d332.png Complete your pre-season preparations and join the summer transfer party by downloading FM21, now at up to 60% off on all platforms. The sale period runs until 6pm GMT on Wednesday 18th August, but timings vary by platform (see table below for full information). Take the reins at your club and assess what shape the squad is in. Work out the areas for improvement before silencing your critics in style on the pitch. Purchasing FM21 (Epic/Steam/Xsolla for PC/Mac) gets you FM21 Touch (PC/Mac on Epic/Steam), the time-saving al
2021-08-09 09:32 UTC · Community Announcements · Jimmy Wong
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/474fee2e38c3de4d68d2a22e12a2e36dbaa1ee71.png It's an eternal debate among Football Manager tactics aficionados. Is it best to use a single playmaker in your formation or multiple designated playmakers? Do you use an Advanced Playmaker, Deep-Lying Playmaker, or a Wide Playmaker? Ihor Crusadertsar will tell you that the answer is not that simple. Unsurprisingly, it all depends on your desired tactical style and what you are trying to achieve with your tactics. Visit the Byline on the Football Manager Website to see how Ihor explains how to use playmakers in your team
2021-08-06 13:54 UTC · Eurogamer
Manchester United will be renamed Manchester UFC from Football Manager 22 onwards after the resolution of a trademark dispute. The Premier League club sued Football Manager publisher Sega in May last year, 16 years after the release of Sports Interactive's first Football Manager game, and 28 years after the launch of the first Championship Manager game. Manchester United had launched legal action against Sega and Sports Interactive for infringing its trademark. Read more
2021-07-30 09:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Jimmy Wong
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/67592a882ca0d890de62f1fbea11a308d8483a35.jpg As most footballers will attest, there's quite nothing like the joy of representing your nation; every sweat-drenched shirt and every tear shed (of happiness or hurt) in the name of your country means more. Rock’s End FM breaks down international management in FM21, allowing you to lead your nation to glory and a place in immortality. Visit the Byline on the Football Manager Website to see how Rock's End FM breaks down international management in FM21, allowing you to lead your nation to glory and a place in immortality.
2021-07-23 08:34 UTC · Community Announcements · Neil Brock
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/a2aeafac25fe45a6b2a4d48de07255a6ab4acd10.png A Blog by Studio Director Miles Jacobson on the multi-year project coming to a future version of Football Manager Whenever I mention women’s football on social media, people inevitably respond by asking when we’re going to release a women’s football version of Football Manager. Up until now, I’ve always replied with vague answers such as “When we do it, we’ll do it properly”. What I haven’t said, because we tend to keep our plans under wraps, is that we’ve been working on women’s football in the background for some time n
2021-07-22 23:35 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Football Manager 2021 developer Sports Interactive has announced it is currently working on adding women's football into its complex football management game system. While the developer can't say when this feature will arrive in the series, studio director Miles Jacobson tells us he feels strongly that it's "the right thing to do" to help advance women's football generally. "It's not something the company should normally admit to, but we were a part of the problem, and are now determined to fix that, and to force others along the way as well," Jacobson explains. "Which is one of the reasons wh
2021-07-22 23:09 UTC · Eurogamer
Football Manager is getting women's football in the future, developer Sports Interactive has announced. This is not via a separate standalone Football Manager game - rather, it is via complete integration into the mainline Football Manager. The addition of women's football won't make it into FM22, Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson told Eurogamer in an interview today. But women's football is coming - and could be added to FM post-launch in the middle of its year-long life cycle. Read more
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