Sports Interactive Announce Football Manager 2010 Update 10.3.0 Is Out Now

Sports Interactive have announced that patch 10.3.0 is out now for the PC version of Football Manager 2010. The patch includes all the transfer and management changes upto the end of the January transfer window. There have also been bug fixes and improvements. Sports Interactive say that this is the last patch for Football Manager 2010.

The Patch will automatically be downloaded for those who play the game via steam, for those who have a retail (boxed) copy of the game, you can download either the Windows or Mac patch from the Football Manager website.

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Sega Release A Video Which Provides An Indepth Look At The New Features In Football Manager 2010

Sega Have Released A Video Which Provides An Indepth Look At The New Features In Football Manager 2010. this is a 15 minute long interview with the studio director of SI Games, Miles Jackson, and him talking through some of the changes, the reason why they made them, and what they hope they have achieved by doing so.
A Break down of what Miles Jackson talks about include:

Football Manager 2009 spent 22 weeks at Number 1 in the UK charts. however SI Games were not happy with the boxed release of the game. they released several patches and got it to an acceptable level, but aim to have a boxed release of 2010 which they can be proud of.

Football Manager 2010's UI has been changed. the tree navigation system that was on the left side is gone, the focus has been moved to the top. the menus have been redesigned with the aim of making things easier to find, and to help show the more indepth options. the UI is still skinable and there will be 3 available, a light, a dark, and a Football Manager 2009 style.

They announced that the game can be installed Via Steam, even if you didn't buy the game from steam.

The games 3D match engine has been improved, new features have been added whilst existing stuff has been enhanced. crowds and stadiums have been worked on. crowds in stadiums now accurately match the attendance, you can see when it's a full house of half full for example. Stadiums will be accurate to real life versions, and will visually change when they're upgraded. shadows and weather effects have been added, with weather effects visually effecting the pitch and play.

Tactics have been heavily worked on. when watching the game in the 3D engine, you will be able to give commands to your team, substitutes, and make quick changes.
A Match Analysis tool is now in the game, it will analysis your team and the opposition from the last match and provide detailed analysis.
Background staff will provide advice in a way which introduces the more indepth features, which previously maynot have been used much, and give suggestions for how you can improve things.

News has been overhauled. the game will start with a minimal news system, but this is highly customisable with you being able to add news from other regions to your news feed. this can be edited later.

One last feature talked about is the games Editor. new this year is the Competition Editor. this has taken them a couple of years to make. this enables you to add leagues to countries or new divisions to existing leagues.
The changes you make can be shared with other people. some new leagues and divisions will be available for download when the game is released.

Sega Has Released A New Trailer For Football Manager 2010

Sega has released a new trailer for Football Manager 2010. the trailer has no gameplay and could be described more as a TV advert announcing that the game is coming out on October 30th.

New Football Manager 2010 Video's Explaining The Games Editor

Sega has released two new videos for Football Manager 2010. these two videos focus exclusively on the new Data Editor that comes with the game.
The first video explains how to add a new league to the game, for example creating a league for Monaco, whilst the second video focuses on adding new tiers for an existing league, for example adding the Northern Premier League to the English Leagues.





Unfortunately the video of someone following out the commands is very small and i can't do anything about it i'm afraid.

Sega Has Released 3 New Videos For Football Manager 2010 On The PC

Sega has released 3 new trailers for Football Manager 2010. the first trailer shows the 3D Match Engine during a match. the second trailer shows the 3D match engine during a replay.
the final trailer shows how you can create your own tactics for you team. it goes into picking a formation, playing philosophy, Playing Style, Player Roles, Player Duties, Starting Strategy, And Summary. these 8 steps come with a "How To" guide explaining what each step means, and how each option, in that step, can change your teams strategy.

3D Match Engine Trailer


Match Engine Replay Trailer


Create Your Own Tactics Walkthrough


i do apologise for the quality of the videos, unfortunately i do not have the funds to offer HD quality videos but, but i hope it's good enough for you readers.

Football Manager 2010 PC/MAC Annoucnement And Screenshots

Sports Ineractive and Sega have announced that Football Manager 2010 is coming out on the PC and MAC and is set for a October 30th release.
Its a follow up to the most successful Football Manager today, FM 09, which spent 22 Weeks at Number 1 in the UK PC Charts. with each user spending on average 240 Hours playing the game, the developers went to the players to get ideas for changes and improvements.
Some of the improvements include ease of use, with better navagation, a new match tactics system, a new match analysis tool, and a new User Interface.
The Games data editor has also been worked on, meaning new leagues can be created, allow the addition of leagues to existing leagues, as well as making it easier.
The 3D match engine has been worked on, with over 100 new animations, new stadiums, better lighting, and a much improved AI.

Football Manager 2010

Press Release

LONDON (August 12th, 2009) – Sports Interactive & SEGA® Europe Ltd. can today announce that Football Manager™ 2010 for PC and Apple Macintosh, and Football Manager™ Handheld 2010 for Sony PSP will be released on October 30th.

Football Manager 2009 is the most successful in the Football Manager series to date, clocking up 22 weeks at No.1 in the UK (PC charts) and selling in excess of 1 million copies worldwide, as well as being voted the 2nd best video game of all time in a recent Radio 1 poll.

According to data gathered from Football Manager 2009, people played the game for an average of 240 hours each and developer Sports Interactive has spent the last year working closely with consumers and the Football Manager community to implement key improvements to this year’s game. Football Manager 2010 features new tools and changes across the board including some big additions to improve ease of use, navigation and feedback from the game with the introduction of a brand new match tactics system, the debut of a Match Analysis tool, a completely new look and new User Interface among other features.

“We have worked very hard with the Football Manager community to target not only the areas of the game that needed re-working but also what we could add to improve what’s already there. We’ve also conducted extensive usability studies which has led us to overhaul the whole presentation of the game, which we’re really excited about,” said Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive. “There has been a lot of polish to existing areas of the game but it’s also driven us to introduce changes to answer some of the feedback. We’re very confident that having done that we will deliver the very best Football Manager to date in October.”

The introduction of a Tactics Creator makes it easier to instruct the team to play the way the manager wants, alongside the introduction of touchline ‘shouts’ and quick tactic changes for instantly altering your team’s playing style during the match. Working with coaches from various levels of football, alongside some of the Football Manager communities most respected independent tacticians, the game now has an extensive array of pre-set tactical options allowing the user to select a player’s role in the team (such as ‘Ball winning midfielder’ or ‘Deep lying playmaker’), however the option to use the old ‘slider’ controls remains.

Feedback from matches has been improved to give the user better insight into where their team is going wrong, or right. A new Match Analysis tool lets players see where shots, passes, crosses, headers, tackles, fouls and interceptions have been made on the field for all players on the pitch. Managers can view this analysis both live in-game and post match, allowing them to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of both their team and their opponent’s and adjust their tactics accordingly.

Football Manager 2010 features a brand new User Interface, with a light and a dark skin to choose from as part of a vibrant new look and has undergone a complete navigational overhaul. The side bar navigation of previous years has been replaced by an intuitive tab system at the top of the screen, making Football Manager’s famed depth easier to navigate and will make the game more accessible to new players.

A brand new Data Editor will allow the addition of new divisions to existing leagues and of entirely new leagues as well as making it easier than ever to keep the game up to date, and do so for free. The delivery of information to the manager has been refined with users now able to sign up to the News Centre, an in-game subscription based newspaper that lets you get the news that you want about the football world and filter out the stories that you do not need, making the football world as immersive as you want it to be.

Following the debut of a 3D match view in Football Manager 2009, this year’s release sees a revamp with improved AI, over 100 new animations for the 3D pitch view, new stadiums, crowds, realistic pitch degradation and better lighting, creating an even more realistic match experience.

Further new features will be announced via a series of blogs in the months leading up to the game’s October 30th release date which will ensure that Football Manager retains its position as the most realistic, most played, highest reviewed and best selling football management simulation in the world.

Football Manager Handheld 2010 also has a host of new features and improvements, including a brand new skin for the game and improved match engine AI.

For further information please go to www.sigames.com or www.footballmanager.com.

About Sports Interactive Ltd.:
Sports Interactive (SI) is the world’s leading developer of football management simulations through its Football Manager series of games Founded in 1994 and based in the Old Street area of London, SI has a full-time staff of 60 and employs services of more than 1,500 part-time researchers across the globe, alongside over 100 offsite beta testers. The company’s games have enjoyed an unparalleled history of commercial and critical success, with ten of its creations among the UK's Top 20 fastest-selling PC games of all time, and 5 in the UK’s top 20 best selling PC games of all time. Sports Interactive became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA in 2006. Further information on the company and its games is available from the SI website, www.sigames.com.

About SEGA® Europe Ltd.:
SEGA® Europe Ltd. is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA Europe’s web site is located at www.sega.com.