Football Manager 2009 to be released 14th November 2008

[Kev]

News reports today are suggesting that the latest Football Manager will be released in mid November, just in time for chrimbo.

Heres what the press release today said

LONDON (September 3rd, 2008) – Sports Interactive and SEGA Europe Ltd. will today announce a vast array of all new features for the Football Manager™ series, in videos that will go live on YouTube this evening. The videos will highlight the new features for both Football Manager™ 2009 for PC and Apple Macintosh and Football Manager™ Handheld 2009 for Sony PSP with more new features to be announced throughout the coming months through a series of blogs, podcasts and news stories. The release date of both games will also be revealed tonight.

“Video is definitely the best way for us to be announcing the key new features for the games, and YouTube is the best place to do that,” commented Miles Jacobson, Studio Director of Sports Interactive. “We hope to surprise our fans with some revolutionary new features, alongside some evolution of areas from our previous games.”

You can catch up with the new features announcement for Football Manager™ 2009 and Football Manager™ Handheld 2009 at www.youtube.co.uk/sigames from Wednesday evening (3rd September) UK time.

For further information please go to www.sigames.com or www.footballmanager.com.

[QueenB]

I might just get the PSP version this time round. I didn't get the past couple of games in the series as it was becoming a little stale to me. Sunderland are bound to win the premiership this season and I'll probably need a decent football management sim to ever make that come true so FM09 could be on my shopping list .

[Kev]

I gew up with championship manager in the early 90s and have bought most of the football managers in the last few years however I did grow a little bored of the last version. It particularly pissed me off when I paid £25 for the game and I couldn't play it for a week because the software said it was a pirate version...I had to email the software company directly and get a patch (thousands of others had to as well). Very annoying.

[boredg]

Yes can't wait for this I got championship manager till 2000 then bought football manager from then on I'm glad it comes out before Christmas.

[stevebucknor1]

I grew up with championship manager in the early 90s and have bought most of the football managers in the last few years however I did grow a little bored of the last version. It particularly pissed me off when I paid £25 for the game and I couldn't play it for a week because the software said it was a pirate version. It is really amazing and outstanding.