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Publisher EA is to take its football management series online with the news that PC title Football Manager 10 will for the first time include both online and LAN multiplayer. Online functionality is just one of many enhancements on the way for the title. Deeper AI and player development options …
Read More »CyberSports: Free Realms deserves an award
Fill in a form, decipher the captcha, click the verification email, download the client – getting going in even the simplest MMO can be hard work, and the developer of Football Superstars has said that each of these barrier’s can lose a title 50 per cent of its potential userbase. …
Read More »Xbox 360 deal with Sky confirmed
As reported by MCV earlier this week, Microsoft has officially announced that it has struck a deal with satellite TV provider Sky that will bring both live and on-demand programming to Xbox 360 owners. Though there isn’t a concrete channel list available as of yet, the package is set to …
Read More »Football Manager Live iPhone a possibility
Sportâ??s Interactive would â??loveâ?? to port soccer MMO to mobile
Read More »Everton to use Football Manager for scouting
UK developer Sports Interactive has announced that Liverpool-based Premiership football team Everton has signed a first-of-its-kind deal that will officially allow club manager David Moyes and his backroom staff unrivalled access to the player database of Football Manager 2009. The studio boasts that the FM2009 databse includes over 370,000 players …
Read More »FIFA price war kicks off
Tomorrow marks the launch of one of this year’s biggest releases, and retailers have already slashed the price of FIFA ‘09. Tesco has made the most significant cut, releasing the game at just 29.71 on PS3 and Xbox 360, whilst Asda is to sell the game for 32. These offers …
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