GamesRadar - Football Manager Live

'UK hit by an utterly huge loss of talent' (News)

Sep 28, 2009

The UK's loss of talented developers in the sports genre has been 'utterly huge' according to Miles Jacobson, the studio head of London-based Football Manager developer Sports Interactive.

In an exclusive interview with Develop, Jacobson explained that Canada's exemplary tax break rates – which peak at 40% of dev costs – was the reason why a number of British-born developers now work in cities such as Vancouver and Toronto.

Football Manager Live update delayed (News)

Sep 23, 2009

Videogamer writes: "Sports Interactive has announced that the highly anticipated v1.3 update for Football Manager Live, which had been expected on September 30, will now roll-out to live game world servers on Wednesday, October 7."

Football Manager Live Expands the Grounds With Update 1.2 (News)

Jul 13, 2009

Sports Interactive and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that Football Manager Live– the groundbreaking massively multiplayer online football manager game– has updated to version 1.2.

Update 1.2 changes the way you interact with the game and other managers in a big way. Managers can now be added as 'friends' in the game, meaning you'll receive updates on their activities, be able to send messages to their homepages, and see information currently hidden to other managers, such as what skills they possess.

Football Manager Live (Screenshots)

Feb 9, 2009

FM boss: 'Fixing' piracy would reduce game prices (News)

Jan 20, 2009

The man behind the hugely successful Football Manager series reckons game prices would be reduced if a cure for piracy were ever discovered.

Champ Man boss 'wouldn't spend money' on FM Live (News)

Jan 19, 2009

The general manager of Beautiful Game Studios, the developer behind the Championship Manager series, has criticised rival Sports Interactive's online MMO-style version of Football Manager, FM Live, saying the game is too deep to be worth spending money on.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com last week during a demonstration of Championship Manager 09, due out this April, general manager Roy Meredith said: "I have played Football Manager Live and I don't really get why I'd spend money on it because it's too deep for me to want. I like Football Manager, I like playing it by myself. Football Manager Live is just a bit too time consuming for me, and I understand there will be a market for it but not me personally."

Download: Football Manager Live client (News)

Jan 11, 2009

This client installs Football Manager Live, the online version of the sports management game. Users must go to the official website to sign up for a paid subscription to play.

"Football Manager Live is a brand new game from Sports Interactive, the creators of the hugely popular Football Manager series. It is a combination of Fantasy Football, Auction sites, Social Networking and the Football Manager concept all rolled into one."

Football Manager Live goes live (News)

Jan 8, 2009

Sports Interactive and SEGA have announced that Football Manager Live for PC and Apple Macintosh is available now via digital download at www.footballmanagerlive.com.

Football Manager Live is the eagerly awaited persistent-world game from award winning development studio Sports Interactive that lets you test your football management skills against the rest of the world online.

More details through the jump.

Football Manager Live Dated (News)

Dec 18, 2008

IncGamers are reporting that the Football Manager Live game, the MMO-style football (soccer) management game, will be live on January 23rd.

Football Manager to get in-game ads (News)

May 30, 2008

In-game advertising is set to feature in upcoming Football Manager titles, following the announcement of a deal between SEGA Europe, Sports Interactive and IGA Worldwide.

The deal, which includes the MMO game Football Manager Live, will allow brands access to advertising prospects similar to those available in the real football environment, including league and tournament sponsorship, and pitch-side billboards.

Win A Football Manager Live Beta Place (News)

Mar 12, 2008

Sports Interactive are the world leaders in football management games. Football Manager rivals The Sims in UK PC game sales.

And now SI are moving online: their new venture, FM Live, pits players against each other to test their managerial wits. The game's not out for a while, but we have three thousand beta places up for grabs for you lucky PC Gamer readers.

Play Football Manager Live before everyone else (News)

Mar 12, 2008

Play Football Manager Live before its release by winning a place on the beta test. ...

Bioshock scores 93% in PCGZine issue 9 (News)

Aug 30, 2007

The new issue of PCGZine rates Bioshock with its highest score to date, claiming it reinvents the FPS genre and should excite all gamers, even jaded games journalists.

PCGZine # 6 - New Call of Duty 4 & Starcraft 2 Info (News)

May 24, 2007

The new issue of PCGZine has masses of PC games previews and reviews, including Starcraft 2, Call of Duty 4, Football Manager Live, Halo 2 and Tomb Raider Anniversary. The magazine is enhanced with video and multimedia. Written by professional game journalists, this is the only professionally produced free magazine for PC gamers, and it can be downloaded for free and without registration.

Football Manager Live (Preview)

May 9, 2007

Weve just been spanked 5-0 by Sports Interactives Managing Director, Miles Jacobson. Fielding a team of Slovakian journeymen and Serie B rejects, its hardly a surprise to see the likes of Adriano and co. cut our threadbare defense to pieces like a hot chainsaw through melted butter. But its early days yet and with this being only our first match of a game that every Football Manager fan has been crying out for, were not going to get too depressed just yet. With Jacobson onboard for a rematch, ...

Football Manager: The MMO (News)

Apr 20, 2007

Friday 20 April 2007 Sports Interactive has unveiled an audacious plan to take Football Manager online, creating Football Manager Live, an MMO that has the capacity to over take World of Warcraft in the lives-reduced-to-mere-clickery stakes. Set to debut next year on PC and Mac - and with a Beta test later this year - the game promises to juggle casual and hardcore players in a virtual world of 24 hour football. You'll create a team from scratch, bidding in auctions for valuable players, and ...