Sports Interactive, the undisputed experts on football management sims, are pleased to announce that Football Manager 2010 and Football Manager Handheld 2010 will be released simultaneously for another action-packed season on 30th October 2009.
Football Manager 2009 is the most successful in the Football Manager series to date, 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.
However, developer Sports Interactive has been made aware via the ever faithful Football Manager community that the addition of big new features in the last few releases has come at the expense of attention to existing areas of the game and solving long standing issues.
Which is why they have spent the last year working closely with the community to target not only the areas of the game that needed re-working but also what they could add to improve what’s already there. “We’re very confident that having done that we will deliver the very best Football Manager to date in October,” says Miles Jacobson, studio director at Sports Interactive.
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So, why will this be the best FM ever?
* Improved Match Engine – improved AI, over 100 new animations in 3D mode, new stadiums and crowds, improved pitch degradations and better lighting make for the most immersive pitch-side experience ever.
* New User Interface – completely new vibrant look and feel to the game with a light and dark skin to choose from, plus a navigational overhaul. The side menu is replaced by an intuitive tab system which allows you to access all areas of FM 2010 quickly and easily.
* Tactical Overhaul – a new tactics module makes it much easier to make your team play as you want them to. There are thousands of possible pre-set options and touchline “shout” instructions for making instant changes to your teams playing style. Don’t worry; the old system is still there for people who love their sliders.
* Match Analysis – a new tool shows you where shots, passes, crosses, headers, tackles, fouls and interceptions have happened for both sides, so you can work out your, and your opponent’s, strengths and weaknesses.
* New Data Editor – As well as being able to update squads, with the brand new and very easy to use Competition Editor you can now add cups and extra divisions for leagues currently in the game plus completely new competitions.
* News Center – a subscription based newspaper. Get the news about the football world around you that you want, and not the news you don’t want.
* Polish – a year of polish, making the game faster, more immersive, more realistic and easier to play with better in game feedback and more advice, delivered in a more user friendly way.
* Football Manager Handheld 2010 New Features – A brand new skin for the game, improved match engine AI, new unlockable managerial abilities, assistant manager team reports and improved coach and scout reports amongst others.
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