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First Activision, now Sega. Not happy with just challenging Call of Duty in the shooter space, EA?says it has big ambitions for the footie sim category. The company has revamped its FIFA Manager game, and believes that the series can – in the long term – rival Football Manager. We …
Read More »Sports Interactive raises £600,000 for charity
Developer Sports Interactive has donated over 600,000 to the international War Child charity. Every time a Football Manager simulation game is sold, Sports Interactive gives 10p to the charity. It has been helping the charity for more than six years. The latest figure of 600,000 was revealed by studio director …
Read More »Inside Football Manager Handheld
Marc Vaughan on making Football Manager for the palm of your hand
Read More »Jacobson wants to score on consoles
Sports Interactive’s Miles Jacobson wants to see a console version of Football Manager. The studio director – who oversees Sega’s popular football sim franchise – just received an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list for services to the games industry. Now he’d like to bring Football Manager back to …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Football Manager is No.1
The Premier League big guns may have had a torrid time at the weekend with both Arsenal and Chelsea dropping vital points, but Sega’s own Premier League title has hit the spot – Football Manager 2011 is the new UK No.1. It’s Sega’s second No.1 of the year after Aliens …
Read More »Sports Interactive shuffles staff in Asia push
New Football Manager Online title co-built by Korean group
Read More »iPad â??won’t offer full PC experience’
Sports Interactive studio director talks-down chances for PC titles on new Apple platform
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit Plus takes No.1
In the most competitive release week of the year so far, Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus has seized the number one position, according to this morning’s weekly games charts. The fitness title fended off competition from 41 different games and franchises, such as Dragon Age: Origins, Ghostbusters, Band Hero, Ratchet & …
Read More »Football Manager ‘Q4’s biggest PC game’
Publisher Sega has predicted that the upcoming Football Manager 2010 will be the biggest PC release of Q4. The game is the latest in the long-running Sports Interactive franchise and is due for release on PC on October 30th. And in anticipation of its arrival, Sega has prepared an extensive …
Read More »Id be mad to ignore retail says Jacobson
Sports Interactive studio head Miles Jacobson has insisted he is fully committed to retail partnerships – after announcing that the Steam edition of FM10 will come with exclusive bonus content. In an exclusive deal with Valve, the upcoming Steam version of Football Manager 10 will be bundled with Sega’s acclaimed …
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