EA Announces Update 2 For FIFA Manager 10 Is Now Available

EA Has announced that update 2 for FIFA Manager 10 is now available. FIFA Manager 10 will automatically download the update. This is what the update brings:

New Features Offline Mode:

- huge database update (database of 24/11)
- option to either load the latest EA database or the Editor database (e.g. with your own data) at game start
- various new player pictures (focus on Coca Cola Championship)
- new Hall of Fame player pictures of retired players in the UK (only very few, but will become more in the future)
- new live ticker text
- complete historic league results of the Bundesliga since the very first matchday back in 1963
- additional historic league results for France and Italy
- better handling of widgets in resolutions like 1440x900 (move your mouse pointer over a widget to see it completely)
- improved website headlines
- pre-selected half-time talks (save some mouse clicks)
- option to switch off the display of song titles in the main menu

New Features Online Mode:

- new "Away from Keyboard" feature
- if you join a running game, you now get the status of the game, that is, at which point of the week the other users currently are (e.g. the main menu or a matchday). This way you can quickly estimate how long it will take you to actually join the game.
- click on a game in the game list to see its participants
- the market value of the next auctioned player is given on the transfer market overview screen
- team levels and the current matchday are now part of the match screen
- the timeline icons (goals, cards, substitutions), already used in the offline mode, will now also be seen online
- you can add another manager to your friend list directly from the respective manager info screen (available by right clicking on your avatar in the main menu)
- option for the host to set the maximum number of humans players
- date displayed on all menu sub-screens
- manager points on friends list
- manager points comparison happens more often
- option to turn off the profanity filter
- draws with no clubs of human managers are skipped

Fixed Bugs:

- 3d match improvements (better and more varied shots, more realistic number of cards, improved passing, improved goalkeepers, defenders react faster, more realistic handballs, improved 1 on 1 against the goalkeeper, more realistic back passes)
- several small Action Mode improvements
- various tuning efforts (e.g. tactical education, loss of acceleration for older players now slower)
- improved website (e.g. added a second club name to transfer news, manager info if you click on a picture)
- about 140 different other bug fixes in total
- about 40 graphical improvements and screen layout changes (e.g. Player Training Progress)

Some Examples:

- CaC problem in Italy
- "moved" clubs in France
- sometimes too much income when winning an indoor tournament
- "players sometimes end their careers too early" problem
- line-up crash (when saving a player list)
- not displayed goals in highlight mode
- long-term simulation crash
- improved AI training camp selection
- Ups & Downs now work for again for the player manager
- missing tooltips in replay mode
- won European Super Cup now added to the trophy list
- Hall of Fame: User pictures are now displayed correctly
- More realistic personal sponsor contracts for managers with a high manager level
- more modern German first names
- Youth department: Extension crash fixed
- Delegate transfers: Assistant now makes better use of the money
- Tactics/first team: Icons for crossing positions are now correct
- several graphical problems fixed at game start in the 1024x720 screen resolution
- user/additional desktop objects are now saved (no need to position them again after loading the save game)
- special characters are now correctly displayed on Russian OS
- Game start: Removed the cheat to start with more teams than allowed
- Player talks/Promises: Player levels no longer visible in UK version
- Live Ticker: Manager shouts no longer disabled after creating a player manager
- multiple player managers problem
- Pre-match screen: Background for international cup matches no longer dark
- Relegated players screen: Now with the option to add them to the short list or to scout them
- Stadium editor: Slope problem
- player manager can now make substitutions in Live Ticker match
- _PLAYER_CORNER_LEFT issues in Live Ticker fixed
- ONLINE: Matchday - sorting of the live table now works correctly
- ONLINE: Matchday - User receives " 0 actions available" at the beginning of the match
- ONLINE: 8-player crash fixed
- ONLINE: Trophy images missing in the player stats
- ONLINE: Improved referee names

EA Have also released information about possible future changes that Update 3 will bring:

Plans for Update 3:

- option to display the live ticker sentence by sentence
- option to display the live ticker word by word
- finished matches in live ticker now change their colour
- no commentary in Live Ticker conference mode
- massive increase of UK player pictures and of Hall of Fame pictures
- many additional city pictures
- Ups & Downs reworked and now more difficult

Press Release

For the first time, EA SPORTS FIFA MANAGER 10 is equipped with an integrated auto patcher which automatically updates the game to the newest version at the start of the game. After a very successful update 1 which was available already on the release day, update 2 is ready for automatic download as of today. The complete content of the update can be accessed in the developer blog by Lead Designer Gerald Köhler and will include new features for the offline and online mode as well as specific and community-requested bug-fixes including various 3d match improvements.

New Features Offline Mode:

- huge database update (database of 24/11)
- option to either load the latest EA database or the Editor database (e.g. with your own data) at game start
- various new player pictures (focus on Coca Cola Championship)
- new Hall of Fame player pictures of retired players in the UK (only very few, but will become more in the future)
- new live ticker text
- complete historic league results of the Bundesliga since the very first matchday back in 1963
- additional historic league results for France and Italy
- better handling of widgets in resolutions like 1440x900 (move your mouse pointer over a widget to see it completely)
- improved website headlines
- pre-selected half-time talks (save some mouse clicks)
- option to switch off the display of song titles in the main menu

New Features Online Mode:

- new "Away from Keyboard" feature
- if you join a running game, you now get the status of the game, that is, at which point of the week the other users currently are (e.g. the main menu or a matchday). This way you can quickly estimate how long it will take you to actually join the game.
- click on a game in the game list to see its participants
- the market value of the next auctioned player is given on the transfer market overview screen
- team levels and the current matchday are now part of the match screen
- the timeline icons (goals, cards, substitutions), already used in the offline mode, will now also be seen online
- you can add another manager to your friend list directly from the respective manager info screen (available by right clicking on your avatar in the main menu)
- option for the host to set the maximum number of humans players
- date displayed on all menu sub-screens
- manager points on friends list
- manager points comparison happens more often
- option to turn off the profanity filter
- draws with no clubs of human managers are skipped

Fixed Bugs:

- 3d match improvements (better and more varied shots, more realistic number of cards, improved passing, improved goalkeepers, defenders react faster, more realistic handballs, improved 1 on 1 against the goalkeeper, more realistic back passes)
- several small Action Mode improvements
- various tuning efforts (e.g. tactical education, loss of acceleration for older players now slower)
- improved website (e.g. added a second club name to transfer news, manager info if you click on a picture)
- about 140 different other bug fixes in total
- about 40 graphical improvements and screen layout changes (e.g. Player Training Progress)

Some Examples:

- CaC problem in Italy
- "moved" clubs in France
- sometimes too much income when winning an indoor tournament
- "players sometimes end their careers too early" problem
- line-up crash (when saving a player list)
- not displayed goals in highlight mode
- long-term simulation crash
- improved AI training camp selection
- Ups & Downs now work for again for the player manager
- missing tooltips in replay mode
- won European Super Cup now added to the trophy list
- Hall of Fame: User pictures are now displayed correctly
- More realistic personal sponsor contracts for managers with a high manager level
- more modern German first names
- Youth department: Extension crash fixed
- Delegate transfers: Assistant now makes better use of the money
- Tactics/first team: Icons for crossing positions are now correct
- several graphical problems fixed at game start in the 1024x720 screen resolution
- user/additional desktop objects are now saved (no need to position them again after loading the save game)
- special characters are now correctly displayed on Russian OS
- Game start: Removed the cheat to start with more teams than allowed
- Player talks/Promises: Player levels no longer visible in UK version
- Live Ticker: Manager shouts no longer disabled after creating a player manager
- multiple player managers problem
- Pre-match screen: Background for international cup matches no longer dark
- Relegated players screen: Now with the option to add them to the short list or to scout them
- Stadium editor: Slope problem
- player manager can now make substitutions in Live Ticker match
- _PLAYER_CORNER_LEFT issues in Live Ticker fixed
- ONLINE: Matchday - sorting of the live table now works correctly
- ONLINE: Matchday - User receives " 0 actions available" at the beginning of the match
- ONLINE: 8-player crash fixed
- ONLINE: Trophy images missing in the player stats
- ONLINE: Improved referee names

Plans for Update 3:

- option to display the live ticker sentence by sentence
- option to display the live ticker word by word
- finished matches in live ticker now change their colour
- no commentary in Live Ticker conference mode
- massive increase of UK player pictures and of Hall of Fame pictures
- many additional city pictures
- Ups & Downs reworked and now more difficult

From FIFA Manager 10 Blog

EA Reveals The Boxart For FIFA Manager 10

EA Has revealed what the boxart for FIFA Manager 10 will be. you can click the picture to see it bigger.

EA - FIFA Manager 10 Features Online/LAN Play Against Other Managers - Press Release

EA Have announced that for the first time in the FIFA Manager series, FIFA Manager 10 will have a online/LAN mode enabling player to play against other people.
They also mention that they have made over 400 offline improvements based on user feedback, including Deeper AI, new ingame presentation, a 3D mode and resolution support up to 1920x1200.
The game has a database of 3,600 clubs and 31,000 players.



Press Release

For the first time in the franchise’s history, the football management simulation EA SPORTS™ FIFA MANAGER 10 will feature an online mode that will allow gamers to play against each other via LAN or online.

"We’re incredibly pleased to be able to give fans what they’ve been asking for with the new online mode in EA SPORTS FIFA Manager 10," said Gerald Köhler, Lead Designer of the FIFA MANAGER series. "This is the first time that they will be able to compete against each other and really find out who’s the best manager. The online mode is free and you can play at least two seasons with up to eight players in one session.”

Additionally up to 40 international leagues will be available in FIFA Manager 10 and players will also benefit from over 400 enhancements within the offline mode, many of which are based on feedback from the fan community.
These include:
- Deeper AI, player development
- In-game presentation and financing
- New experiences like the FIFA World Player Gala, an almanac with team photos and squads, the revised game website, the manager diary in which the player can collect photos of cups, stadiums and players, and the new "stadium infrastructure" where players can fine tune details of their facilities
- The 3D mode has been expanded by several hundred new animations and is now based on the latest FIFA 09 animation system
- FIFA MANGER 10 supports resolutions of up to 1920x1200 now, and the player’s manager desktop is individually customizable with up to 30 widgets and more than 50 desktop objects.

FIFA MANAGER 10’s vast database is an accurate reflection of real life licensed league, club and player data from over 40 countries. It contains more than 3,600 clubs and 31,000 players, more than 9,000 of which are displayed with original pictures. More players can be added with the Editor tool, which is part of the full game.

FIFA MANAGER 10 is developed by the Cologne-based studio Bright Future for EA SPORTS™. The game will be released for PC in 6 languages this autumn.

EA - Trailer and Screenshots for FIFA Manager 10 On The PC

EA Has released screenshots and a very detailed trailer for FIFA Manager 10 on the PC.