{"id":14020,"date":"2024-10-13T01:27:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T01:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/football-manager-2025-delayed-until-march-next-year\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T01:27:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T01:27:28","slug":"football-manager-2025-delayed-until-march-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/football-manager-2025-delayed-until-march-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Manager 2025 delayed until March next year"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The makers of Football Manager 2025 recorded new motion-capture sequences as they incorporated women’s leagues for the first time<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The latest update in the Football Manager series of games has been pushed back until next March – just two months before the end of the season in the UK.<\/p>\n

Sports Interactive had originally planned to release its popular simulator in November this year.<\/p>\n

But in an update it told fans releasing next month would not allow the developer to meet its “very high standards” and fans’ expectations. <\/p>\n

The company said it was “intensely aware” that the delay would be “massively disappointing” and said it was “extremely sorry”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The long-running Football Manager series, first launched in 2004, allows fans to step into the shoes of a gaffer and guide a chosen team through a season.<\/p>\n

Sports Interactive said the latest game was its “biggest technical and visual advancement for a generation” and it didn’t want to compromise its quality by rushing its release.<\/p>\n

The developers have been adding new features this year, including big changes to the game’s user interface.<\/p>\n

They’ve also introduced the ability to manage women’s teams for the first time.<\/p>\n

Sports Interactive previously told BBC Newsbeat<\/a> that it had to build a new stats database and record new motion-capture sequences to build the feature.<\/p>\n

It also announced it had scaled back its international management mode and removed or paused work on some other features seen in previous games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fans responded to the announcement by pointing out that the March release date put the game’s release towards the end of the football season in the UK.<\/p>\n

Writing on social media, some suggested that it would be better to update current title Football Manager 2024 and hold the new title until the 2025-26 leagues kick off.<\/p>\n

Others said they were happy for the developers to take their time, rather than release a game with bugs and other problems.<\/p>\n

The company said trying to meet the November deadline had “put an enormous amount of pressure on everyone working across the studio”.<\/p>\n

It added: “We always consider the bigger picture \u2013 and the bigger picture here is that we need this additional time to deliver a game that we can all be proud of.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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