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SI Games to make announcement on their New Game Today
Looks to happen around noon time eastern (late afternoon British time)
Hopefully it will be an announcement that they've signed on with Sega Europe, that the US League and Players will be in their New Football Game, that EHM:FE will be having a public beta (only way us Yanks will get a shot at it before release ) and that Eidos Sucks. Oh wait.. we don't need an announcement.. We all know Eidos sucks already...
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02-12-2004, 05:28 AM | #2 |
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WOOHOOO!!!
They just posted an announcement SI signs 5 year SEGA deal BREAKING NEWS : 11am Sports Interactive has today signed a five year deal with Sega. Keep your eyes firmly fixed here as we get more information from the London Press conference.......we have plenty of announcements and updates so keep coming back! New website coming soon!
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02-12-2004, 05:48 AM | #3 |
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Cool, keep us updated, I can't access sigames from work...
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02-12-2004, 05:51 AM | #4 |
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In case of interest (as our website has only got (cough) 30Gb of bandwidth and is straining at the moment) ...
11.00am - We've signed with Sega on a 5 year deal for all games which we create. 11.10am - Football Manager is the name for our new game Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 02-12-2004 at 05:52 AM. |
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Just checking here, is this game football or soccer then?
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Thanks Marc!
Any word of whether US players and leagues will be reintroudced into Football Manager?
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02-12-2004, 05:53 AM | #7 |
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OK. Unsubscribing to the thread.
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Footy hater! Gerooff!!
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Hey Francis and Marc (I see you're reading the thread)
Congrats on signing a long term deal (5 years is just about forever in computer games development) Here's to hoping you guys can get EHM:FE over here to the US, make you guys even more a hit, and to get you to create other games with the detail and the passion of CM! Cheers!
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Just giving you guff SD
But it's amazing how many of us sports sims folks gravitate to CM.. that's why I was so disappointed when CM 03/04 was not only not to be released here, but the US players removed. Fortunately, Marc and his crew made a good enough game that as the old saying goes.. "Every time I think I'm out.. they pull me back in!"
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02-12-2004, 06:11 AM | #13 |
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screenshots were relased on the sega site if you are interested
http://www.sega-europe.com/screenshots/01.html
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02-12-2004, 06:17 AM | #14 |
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SI Guys,
Wow wow wow some of those shots look VERY nice. I love the Champions League draw, a lot of the graphic touches are very nice as well. I also think the goalflashes on the match screen are a great touch. Question: does the fact that we see AFC Wimbledon as the controlled team mean that we will be able to manage way down into the feeder divisions, or was it just done as a mock-up for these early screens. |
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02-12-2004, 06:48 AM | #16 |
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Just read a preview of what will be announced later, looks nice
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02-12-2004, 06:58 AM | #17 |
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"Just checking here, is this game football or soccer then?"
Soccer - (will undoubtably be called Soccer Manager in the US I'd imagine, don't do the biz stuff here) 11.25am - SI are the owners ofthe Football Manager brand (ie. if we move publishers again in the future it comes with us). The heritage of the game is great as it was one of the first ever soccer management sims released in Europe and is still fondly remembered now. 11.30am - SI will continue to suppor the SI community and the majority of webmasters who have sites dedicated to our games will have recieved a present in their inbox earlier today. |
02-12-2004, 07:01 AM | #18 |
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11.40am - Win £10,000! - Design the logo for FM. It will be voted for by the SI community as well as the ESPNSoccerNet and GamesRadar communities (apologies to GamesSpy ... I don't do biz stuff).
Full details will be on sigames.com later. 11.50am - First new feature list for FM 12.00am - FM Screenshots shown 12.10am - Press Releases available 1pm - EHM Screenshots available |
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02-12-2004, 07:09 AM | #20 |
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Wow, congratulations on your agreement with Sega, Marc! Sounds like FM will be much easier to purchase (in the States) than CM, and that's a good thing .
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02-12-2004, 07:25 AM | #21 |
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Oh by the way some mockup screenshots are visible now at:
http://www.sega-europe.com/screenshots/04.html (and yes we're expecting FM to be released worldwide ) |
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btw were your hollidays good ? (strange, nobody asked this before )
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Uh.... where's that kleenex?
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I am glad they changed it to Football Manager because I could never win a Championship except for CM3 when Robbie Keene was a goal machine.
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all I can say is wow wow wow...
The screen shots look clean, crisp, and the added color really makes it stand out. Dumb little change, but I think the country flags that denote nationality is just beautiful... Can't wait to check out the site once all the Brits go to bed tonight! Can I order now? When can I expect to receive it? sorry Kevin |
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Updated user interface Football Manager’s user interface will look markedly different to anything that has come before. Navigation between screens will be easier, with each screen explaining what information is on offer and how to get to other, related information. Consistency between separate game elements will also be more noticeable than in previous football management games: operations such as player filtering and sorting will now work consistently throughout the game. The game’s look – which now includes a two-panel option – will also be easily customised, allowing managers to store their preferred views and to return quickly to them. Refined game engine Sports Interactive’s long-standing and award-winning game engine has been refined and tuned in accordance with the feedback received from fans of its previous games. For example, Football Manager 2005 incorporates more than 30 extra fields for player data, including the all-new new ‘preferred moves’. Updated database and competition rules As has always been the case with Sports Interactive’s management simulations, Football Manager 2005’s database and competition simulation will be as up-to-date and accurate as is humanly possible. Pre- and post-match information Managers will be presented with enhanced information before and after each match, to show team line-ups, injuries and tactics before the match, and lots of stats about the match afterwards. International player news Managers will receive information on international performances, allowing them follow their players’ careers and ascertain how they are performing at the highest level. Cup summary news Events which unfold in each round of all of the major cup competitions will be delivered to the manager in a news summary. 2D clips from agents Managers are likely to receive ‘video clips’ (executed using the game’s acclaimed 2D match engine) of a player’s performances, sent to them by that player’s agent with view to a possible transfer. Coach reports on squads In addition to commenting on individual players, coaches will now offer their opinions on the squad as a whole, thus helping managers to decide which areas of their team need improvement. Job centre for non-playing positions Non-playing jobs will be advertised through an in-game ‘Job Centre’, improving the manager’s ability to hire coaches and other staff. Mutual contract termination Managers will be able to offer surplus players an opportunity to agree mutual contract termination, which will reduce the cost of releasing players and trimming squads. Enhanced player loan options Managers can now approach other clubs to offer young players on loan, a process which will make it easier to give younger players competitive experience. Also, when players’ loan periods expire, the manager will have an opportunity to extend the loan (where appropriate). Manager ‘mind games’ Managers can click on any other manager’s name and issue a comment to the media relating to that person. The effects of these comments will see an increase in the amount of pressure surrounding title races, relegation battles, Cup ties and so on. It will also be possible to use this feature in relation to your own players, other clubs, media pundits etc. Further Features • Playable leagues in 43 countries. • More than 140 playable senior divisions and in excess of 100 playable cup competitions. • Reserve and junior league competitions. • More than 235,000 players and staff (from 145 different countries) with players boasting more than 120 separate attributes and non-playing staff boasting 40. • A database of more than 14,000 clubs, 3,000 of which can be managed. • Data supplied by a network of more than 2,500 researchers from around the world. • Updated 2D ‘top-down’ match engine. • Improved ‘radio commentary’. • Increased interaction with the media. • Reworked injury system. • Improved scouting system. • Improved finance module to reflect the changing face of football. • Comments when negotiating with human managers (network multi-player game only). • Inclusion of U18 Caps. • More realistic awards system. |
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FM: educational + fun
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I expect this game to be the best sports sim ever...
As someone who never understood top flight soccer, CM was so addictive and immersive that I found myself learning and appreciating the game...now, if there's a Premiership match on, I find myself glued to the TV... Anyone who has not tried CM should really give this new incarnation a try...it boasts of features that our favorites like FOF and OOTP are still years away from implementing... |
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Marc - Any chance of Console ports in the future? Lord knows that text sims never seem to make it to console gaming machines, but if any can, it would be one of y'all lines. Although I don't know how prevelent consoles are over there, so it may just be a wasted thought.
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Sorry, one more thing...
What changes are being made to ensure that the game does not slow down like the previous games... What type of computer requirements are you guys shooting for... ok...back to work...maybe... |
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Here's the scary thing:
It looks like roughly the same amount of nations, but 50 MORE LEAGUES.. Never Mind the Conference.. how low can you go??? (Foz's Head Explodes)
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It'll be based on our existing game engine so will be an enhanced version of that, we are looking into optimising it further so I've expect it to move a tad faster than CM4 .... but no great promising from me in this regard. |
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First off congrats on the deal with Sega, hope it works out for you. Second, how "newbie friendly" do you expect this version of the game to be? As someone with no soccer background, I was had no clue what to do in previous versions. |
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any word on the U.S. players and league....PLEASE???!!!
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dola, and congrats on the deal. Sega is a hell of an upgrade of Edios!
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Don't tell my wife, but I've found the new love of my life. We will be honeymooning 24 hours a day until I colapse in a heap shortly after launch date.
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02-12-2004, 02:12 PM | #47 |
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screenshots look amazing. The live updates section during match play is espicially appealing.
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Pre- and post-match info sounds like a very useful feature. It will be great to finally get player info from international matches again! Cup summary news sounds like a great idea, perhaps a weekly roundup of league action as well? 2D clips from player's agents sounds intriguing, and the manager's mind games portion is something that should definitely increase the amount of media interaction in the game. This was probably the best news one could receive on a cold Thursday in Michigan |
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Congrats Marc and others at SI.
Since I would assume these will be out on cd as opposed to download I'm really looking forward to being able to go to the mall and buy it on a spur of the moment as I usually do with PC games. I can't wait for EHM |
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