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Read More »LGC 2013: Sports Interactive reveals shocking impact of piracy on Football Manager 2013
10.1m people illegally downloaded the game, despite FM remaining crack-free for six months
Read More »21 year old lands FK Baku manager job on strength of Football Manager skills
Yes, it’s actually happened. ESPN reports that 21 year-old Vugar Huseynzade has successfully landed himself a job as the manager of Azerbaijan football outfit FK Baku’s reserves. Huseynzade, who was born in Azerbaijan and has studied in universities in Sweden and the US, was hired back in February in an …
Read More »Football Manager vs the pirates
FM 2013 is Sports Interactive’s most ambitious game yet. And if it can stay piracy-free for a few weeks, next year’s title will be even greater. MCV discusses the game’s future with studio boss Miles Jacobson. You’ve introduced a cut-down ‘classic mode’ to this year’s Football Manager. Why do that? …
Read More »Sega shares strategies for Steam success
LGC12: Steam is 'an incredible growth platform', says John Clark
Read More »Sega shares Steam strategies
Sega knows a thing or two about succeeding with the biggest digital distributor in the world. And it shared some of that insight last night. In a talk at the London Games Conference, the firm’s digital distribution VP John Clark ran through the ways Sega is using Steam to sell …
Read More »SI: Preventing piracy enabled us to hire 17 devs
New security measures enabled Football Manager dev to stop illegal file sharing for two weeks
Read More »Sports Interactive breaks silence on Eidos split
Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson has finally revealed the reasons behind the developer’s split from its publisher Eidos. The Football Manager developer ditched Eidos in 2003, leaving the publisher with the Championship Manager IP but taking the talent behind the successful franchise. Championship Manager subsequently was handed to new internal …
Read More »"We couldn’t continue" – Sega Europe COO on restructure
Closing a number of Sega’s territorial offices has been a ‘painful’ but ‘logical’ process, Sega Europe’s COO Jurgen Post has told MCV. Today, the publisher confirmed it will shut offices in France, Germany, Spain, Australia and Benelux and hand sales and marketing duties over to local companies. The shift comes …
Read More »Sega Europe restructures amidst switch to digital
Sega has confirmed it will shut down a number of its European offices as its business switches to new digital content and just select IP for retail. The company will close offices in France, Germany, Spain, Australia and Benelux as it turns its attentions to digital product. Koch Media will …
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