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Nottingham venue plays host to archives and unseen documents from developer Sports Interactive
Read More »Football Manager exhibition opens at the National Video Game Arcade
A Hire Purpose – Recruitment Advice
Picking your next employee is almost as important to as committing to your next game concept. Developers large and small share their insights into hiring the right people for the right jobs
Read More »War Child charity games bundle arrives next month on Steam
A collection of new games from some of Europe’s biggest studios will launch next month, with all profits going to War Child. Published by Sega, Help: The Game will launch on Steam from July 26th for 9.99. The title features new games from Team17, Rovio, Spilt Milk Studios, Sports Interactive, …
Read More »Miles Jacobson’s rollercoaster year
22 years ago, Miles Jacobson entered Sports Interactive and landed his dream job working on Championship Manager. In the wake of his Person of the Year prize at the 2016 MCV Awards, he discusses his future in video games and looks back on a rollercoaster year. What does it mean …
Read More »VIDEO: Industry hails MCV Awards Person of the Year, Miles Jacobson
Sports Interactive head Miles Jacobson was named Person of the Year at last night’s MCV Awards. And to herald his appearance on stage, a special video was created featuring industry legends such as Andy Payne, Paul Collyer and Ian Livingstone, as well as charity War Child. The video charts the …
Read More »Three Football Manager games confirmed for 2016
Sega and Sports Interactive have announced a hat-trick of Football Manager releases, all of which are due to find the back of the net by the end of the year. Football Manager 2016 is the familiar desktop experience, and that’s due out on PC and Mac on November 13th. It …
Read More »Sports Interactive takes home winners cup from MCV Games 5s
Members of the games industry gathered yesterday to compete over the much sought after MCV Games 5s football tournament winners cup. But it was Football Manager company Sports Interactive that lifted the trophy at the end of the day, besting GAME DC – one of two teams from the retailer …
Read More »Football Manager Classic 2015 hitting tablets this week
Sega has confirmed that Football Manager Classic 2015 will be released on iPad and Android tablets this week. The game, which is out at midnight on the night of Thursday April 9th, contains real-world clubs from 117 leagues from 51 countries and has been specifically optimised for touchscreens. The ‘Classic’ …
Read More »Former PES boss joins Sports Interactive
Miles Jacobson announces potentially permanent hire of Jon Murphy
Read More »Jon Murphy joins Football Manager Online team
The former boss of Konami’s PES franchise in the UK has joined Football Manager developer Sports Interactive. SI boss Miles Jacobson confirmed the appointment on Twitter, stating: Very happy that @JonMurphy666 has today signed for the @SI_games on a 6 month loan deal with a view to a permanent transfer …
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