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Amazon is handing out a nice batch of games with Prime in DecemberNov 23, 2021 - VG247Amazon 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 Football Manager 2022 Live Stream - 15th October 7pm BSTOct 15, 2021 - Community Announcements{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 whilst two of SI's finest show the latest incarnation of the award winning Football Manager series.Football Manager 2022 Headline Features In DetailOct 13, 2021 - Community Announcements{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 debuting in FM22. We’ll go on to talk about the technical details about the new engine and the different elements that have been enhanced because of it over the course of this blog but you’ll notice a vast difference when playing FM22 to the overall feel and flow of play in matches. The new animation engine has enabled us to introduce new elements to the match engine that simply weren’t possible with the previous engine. Some of these are subtle additions that replicate the flow of play of real football, and some are larger more in-your-face changes that are felt across every match. Let’s take a look at what makes the new animation engine so special. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41188435/0e927291935e9d518110b23a296d8c4e768b82fe.png The Data Hub Data analysis has become an integral part of day-to-day life at football clubs across the world, fuelling the success of teams at all levels of the game. It has also become an accepted part of football culture, being as commonly discussed in the media as tactics and transfers. Some might argue that we played a small role in making data analysis a part of football culture but, beginning with FM21, we wanted to revolutionise the level of data and analysis within Football Manager. We wanted to give you the power to harness the same metrics and reporting methods that the top clubs use to find a winning edge over their rivals. Last season, we introduced a raft of new features around performance analysis including the addition of xG and deeper pre- and post-match analysis. In FM22, we’re introducing a dedicated Data Hub alongside some new metrics and more interaction with your team of analysts. These improvements not only allow you to view reports and key metrics but to also take more of hands-on role with analysis and shape the direction of your analysts’ work. The Data Hub is powered by your on-pitch performances and your team of analysts now have more tools at their disposal than ever before... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41188435/8f85bee5be5d38a09731f70815db7a943db0d2e7.png Staff Meetings Important, regular meetings between managers and their backroom teams are vital to the smooth running of any football club. Previous iterations of Football Manager have included these in the form of regular inbox items but for FM22 that’s profoundly changed. Don’t mistake this upgrade for a simple lick of paint – our drastic staff interaction overhaul is a...In The Studio - New Headline Features Episode 1Oct 6, 2021 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/c891342877c2c4496a6e44d23128f80f502399b7.png An FM22 Development UpdateSep 17, 2021 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41188435/faf66e7806d19d13763e3004e01a43aa6e2dcee1.png A blog from Studio Director Miles Jacobson on continuing to create games in a pandemic.Football Manager 2022 – Debuts November 9thSep 9, 2021 - Community Announcements{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 Game Upgrades Starting with FM22 on PC/Mac, new features and licensing updates will begin to be released from late September onwards across our social media channels. Join the FMFC squad to get feature details and member exclusives direct to your inbox before anyone else. Game upgrades and a host of exciting additions across all platforms will be also be revealed from early October across our website and social media, so get following to get ahead of the game. Get Early Access to FM22 Managers pre-purchasing FM22 (Steam/Epic/Windows) before launch from a participating digital retailer* will net a 10% discount and the Early Access version of the game, which is typically available two weeks before the street release date.** Handheld titles return for the new season FM22 Mobile (iOS/Android) also steps out onto the pitch on November 9th. FM22 Mobile should be available for pre-order on the App Store and pre-registration on Google Play from early October. By pre-ordering FM22 Mobile on iOS, you’ll own the game and be able to play immediately upon release. For Android users, FM22 Mobile pre-registration means you’ll get notified when the game is ready for download. Full release details for FM22 Touch, including our return to Nintendo Switch™, are coming soon. Earn it for the fans Big dreams realised through craft and skill is what Football Manager is all about. Powered by new, progressive ways to impart your footballing philosophy, it's time to earn the success that the fans of your club have been dreaming of and for you to take place your place amongst the managerial greats. *Early Access is available from SEGA-approved digital retailers only. Please check to see if the store you’re purchasing from is participating in the offer. **Please note – The Early Access version of the game may go live at different times on different platforms. Match Plans In FM21 - The Art Of Game ManagementAug 31, 2021 - Community Announcements{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. Crafting an effective midfield in FM21Aug 20, 2021 - Community Announcements{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 contrasting approaches to setting up your midfield, showing how they differ and offering insight into how the central midfielders complement your wider tactical approach. Visit The Byline on the Football Manager Website to find out how they've got on with their experiment. Football Manager 2021 now up to 60% offAug 12, 2021 - Community Announcements{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 alternative to the desktop classic that largely focuses on the managerial essentials, for free. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/1a51af0ef2279833b28a792138240c6f01cc7a05.png To get a better grasp on which of our games is best for you, visit our Games Comparison page. Spot next season’s stars before a ball is kicked and make the moves you want your club to make in this summer’s transfer market. *This is the end time in the European region. The sale in the Americas region ends at 07:59 BST on 19/08/2021. There is no discount to FM21 Touch (Switch™) in Asia during this sale period. How To Utilise Playmakers In Your SystemAug 9, 2021 - Community Announcements{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 and get maximum results from them.Manchester United to be renamed Manchester UFC from Football Manager 22 onwards after trademark disputeAug 6, 2021 - EurogamerManchester 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 A Guide to International Management in FM21Jul 30, 2021 - Community Announcements{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. How we're introducing women's football into Football ManagerJul 23, 2021 - Community Announcements{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 now. A few people inside football are aware of this, as we’ve been talking to them about it behind the scenes, but now I believe that the time is right to go public with our plans. Before I get into the detail, though, I would like to make one thing incredibly clear… we have NO interest whatsoever in making a standalone women’s football version of FM. What we are doing is adding women’s football to FM... one sport, one game. FM players will be able to move seamlessly from managing a men’s team to a women’s team and back again. Women’s football will be a part of the living, breathing world that constitutes every one of your FM saves; that world will just be whole lot bigger and a little more varied. We also know that adding women’s football to Football Manager is going to cost millions and that the short-term return it delivers will be minimal. But that’s not the point. There’s no hiding that there’s currently a glass ceiling for women’s football and we want to do what we can to help smash through it. We believe in equality for all and we want to be part of the solution. We want to be a part of the process that puts women’s football on an equal footing with the men’s game. We know that we’re not alone in this – the historic TV deal that Sky and the BBC recently agreed with WSL in England is proof of that – but we intend to do everything we can to get women’s football to where it deserves to be. We know that our voice is very powerful and we want to use it for good. Longer term, as the women’s game grows in popularity, the financial rewards may come, but at the moment we’re embarking on this journey because we know it’s the right thing to do. So let’s dig a little into the details... One request we’ve had over the years is to release a women’s database that works with the existing FM. This simply wouldn’t work, as there’s a lot more to adding women’s football to FM than simply replacing the male players with female players, but the question of women’s data is an interesting one, so let’s start there. First of all, it’s going to take some time to build a comprehensive global database of women’s football. Our existing database has taken 28 years to build (so far) and there’s a lot of info in there that we need to research when adding just one team, let alone multiple leagues. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/cbc7df041dee16e8f46e3249d54182d4f7065e05.jpg To get our wome...Football Manager will soon include women's footballJul 22, 2021 - PCGamesNFootball 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 why we're announcing it without a timeline - to say that we're doing it, it's partly because we need to throw down that gauntlet to others, to be doing the same." Tina Keech, a former player and qualified football coach who is also the former head of research and analysis for Smartodds, is heading up Sports Interactive's research into women's football for the project, which will see the women's sport incorporated into Football Manager rather than spun out as a separate game. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Football Manager has joined a social media boycott to protest online abuse Football Manager 2021's final winter update is out now Football Manager 2021 mods add new tactics, leagues, skins, and much more Football Manager is finally getting women's footballJul 22, 2021 - EurogamerFootball 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 Maximising Individual Training In FM21Jul 9, 2021 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/9ca4684879b6a7d71fa0c1be206745ca71d19791.png Training is one of those areas of Football Manager that a lot of us look at, think about, and then leave to our assistant. Of course, if you have a decent assistant, your team will trundle along nicely through training, certainly not regressing, but definitely not excelling. Training not only sets your team up for future success by working on players' attributes but it can also be used to fine-tune your team for big games, improve team cohesion and turn an average season into a great one. While previous articles on The Byline have spoken in depth about setting up Team Training to get the most out of your players throughout a season, K19x is here to look in some more detail at the benefits of the individual training regimes available to managers, and how they can help you mould the players at your club in a way that best fits your vision and goals. To see the full article, visit the Byline on the Football Manager Website. Scouting For Success: A Guide To Assignments In FM21Jun 28, 2021 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/b450d3c97b8dd7e6c5b05a3db854daf2476e8875.png The Scouting Centre… it’s the place where legendary wonderkids are found and it’s the key to taking your squad to the next level. It’s also the place where many tenured FM players have seen their scouting instructions return strong recommendations, only for those players not turn out to be quite what they seemed. Visit the Byline on the Football Manager Website, as Will Goddard shows you how to maximise the potential of the Scouting assignments.Customise Training Schedules For Success In FM21Jun 18, 2021 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/ca69d992c160e5a3816e93990d1b77e14896f832.png Training can often be overlooked in Football Manager. It’s understandable; it doesn’t have the glitz and glamour of developing a groundbreaking tactic, nor does it give the same adrenaline rush you get when making a top-quality signing. Nonetheless, it’s every bit as vital to your team’s success. Without the right training schedule, that revolutionary tactical style you’ve developed won’t work as it should and you won’t get the most from your stars. Visit the Byline on the Football Manager Website to see how Rock’s End FM maximise training by developing custom schedules. At least 45% off FM21 across all platformsJun 10, 2021 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/375c42ddadb3785acce51a1dbdaef69cf50bf5fe.png Secure the perfect companion for this summer of football with all versions of Football Manager 2021 now at least 45% off across a wide range of digital retailers. The sale period runs until 6pm on July 12th but timings vary by platform and region (see table below for full details). Game Discount Sale End Date FM21 (PC/Mac) 50% 6pm BST, 12/07/2021 FM21 (Windows Store) 50% 6pm BST, 12/07/2021 FM21 Touch (Epic/Steam) 50% 6pm BST, 12/07/2021 FM21 Touch (Windows Store) 50% 6pm BST, 12/07/2021 FM21 Touch (iOS/Android) 45% 11:59pm BST, 17/06/2021 FM21 Touch (Switch™) 50% 11:59pm BST, 10/07/2021* FM21 Xbox 50% 11am BST, 13/07/2021** FM21 Mobile (iOS/Android) 45% 11:59pm BST, 17/06/2021 Purchasing FM21 on the Epic Games Store or Steam also gets you a free copy of FM21 Touch (PC/Mac), the streamlined alternative to our desktop classic that allows you to speed through the seasons without getting bogged down in the detail, on the same store you’ve purchased it from. To better understand which of our games suits your style, head over to our Game Comparison page. Make the decisions that matter in FM21 and lead your team to glory this summer and beyond. Will you take a club to domestic glory or secure international honours with your nation? It’s up to you to create the future. *11:59pm BST on July 10th is the end of the sale in the European region. The sale ends in the Americas region at 7:59am BST on July 1st and in Asia at 3:59pm on July 8th. Full details on each region are available on the Nintendo eShop. **Between June 15th and June 21st, the discount on FM21 Xbox is only available for Gold Xbox Live subscribers. Before and after that period, the game will be 50% off for all customers. Six Tools You Might Not Be Using In FM21Jun 9, 2021 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38803033/8c0cad3edbde3f42d1a201acd40dfa469ea92d69.png FM21 offers the ultimate football management experience; tinker with your tactics, complete deals in the transfer market and revolutionise training schedules on your way to success. However, with so much immersion provided by the current game and so much detail at your disposal, it’s inevitable that even the most experienced player will have missed some of the tools and information in-game. Rock’s End FM has come to the Byline on the Football Manager Website to details six that you might have missed.
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