Football Manager sequel cancelled after two delays

The most recent replace within the common Soccer Supervisor sequence has been cancelled, its makers have introduced.

Followers of the long-running online game started to take a position about its destiny when an replace resulting from be unveiled late final month didn’t arrive.

In a weblog publish, developer Sports activities Interactive instructed gamers it had made the “troublesome resolution” to cancel the 2025 version because it was “too far-off from the requirements you deserve”.

It stated it could now shift focus to the 2026 model of the sport and followers who had preordered the cancelled launch may acquire a refund.

Soccer Supervisor, first launched in 2004, permits followers to step into the footwear of a gaffer and information a selected workforce by means of a season.

Sports activities Interactive had promised a variety of upgrades to the sport’s visuals and interface within the subsequent version, and likewise launched girls’s groups for the primary time.

The developer beforehand instructed BBC Newsbeat it needed to construct a brand new stats database and document new motion-capture sequences for feminine gamers.

It additionally introduced it had scaled again its worldwide administration mode and eliminated or paused work on another options seen in earlier video games.

Sports activities Interactive stated it was unwilling to push the sport again past March “as it could be too late within the soccer season” to take action.

The corporate apologised to followers and stated it couldn’t announce the delay sooner resulting from monetary rules and obligations to its shareholders.

“Each effort is now targeted on making certain that our subsequent launch achieves our aim and hits the standard stage all of us count on.

“We are going to replace you on how we’re progressing with that as quickly as we’re in a position to take action.”

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