Football Manager Classic 2014 will be released at retail and on the PSN, no specific release was announced, and Sega have announced cross platform play. users who play the Football Manager Classic mode in the upcoming 2014 game will be able to take their game on PC, Mac or Linux will be able to take that game save and play it on their PS Vita.
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Press Release
August 20th 2014
Sports Interactive and SEGA® Europe Ltd. are
delighted to announce a collaboration with Sony Computer
Entertainment Europe Ltd. (SCEE) which will result in the release of
a major landmark in the development of the Football Manager series,
Football Manager Classic 2014 for PlayStation Vita.
FMC 2014 for PS Vita is the first game in the
series’ long and successful history to allow cross-platform
compatibility away from home computers, meaning that fans who own
both FM 2014 (and play Classic mode) for PC, Mac or Linux and FMC
2014 for PS Vita will be able to carry on a single continuous game,
whether they’re at home using their computer or out and about with
their PlayStation Vita (or vice versa).
In addition, FMC 2014 for PS Vita will also be the
first ever handheld game to feature FM’s acclaimed 3D Match Engine,
adding an extra layer of realism and immersion that’s been
unavailable in previous Football Manager games for handheld devices,
alongside a pretty much identical feature set to Football Manager
Classic on home computers.
"This is a hugely significant landmark for
Football Manager," says Miles Jacobson, Studio Director for
Sports Interactive. "Not only are we today announcing a first
for us, with a portable version of Football Manager Classic, but
we’re also announcing the first game ever to provide cross-save
between PC, Mac, Linux and PS Vita. Play the game at home, at work,
at Uni, on the bus, on the train – wherever you want to, with the
saved game stored in the cloud. Welcome to the future.”
"At PlayStation, many
of us have longed for the full Football Manager experience on the go,
so we’re absolutely thrilled to see Football Manager 2014 make its
first full appearance on the PlayStation Vita,” says Shahid Ahmad,
Senior Business Development Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe (SCEE). Speaking of the project, he adds: “We were
especially thrilled to support the Sports Interactive team's desire
to create a seamless experience between Football Manager on a home
computer and the PlayStation Vita. It's always a pleasure working
with our long-standing partners at SEGA and we're looking forward to
the fruit of this innovative collaboration between our companies."
Football Manager Classic started life as a
'slimmed down' game mode in Football Manager 2013, specifically
designed as an alternative, less time-consuming way for players to
approach the game. The release of FMC 2014 for PS Vita marks the
first time that it's been released as a standalone game.
Produced with considerable support from SCEE, FMC
2014 for PS Vita has been co-developed by Sports Interactive, sister
game development studio Hardlight (responsible for Sonic Dash and
Sonic Jump) and Sheffield-based Little Stone Software.
"The creation of FMC 2014 for PS Vita has
been a really positive advertisement for the value of collaboration,"
adds Jacobson. "It was no mean feat to get a game as technically
advanced as Football Manager onto a mobile device with the minimum of
compromise and it's taken a great deal of effort and ingenuity to
make it happen. Everyone who's worked on this game at SI, Hardlight,
Little Stone and, of course, PlayStation has done an awesome job and
I would like to say a huge thanks to them all for making what was
originally a ‘wouldn’t it be good?’ type conversation between
ourselves and PlayStation into reality."
Football Manager Classic 2014 for PlayStation Vita
will be published by SEGA and will be available as both a physical
release and a digital download through the PSN store.
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