Another 12 months within the Football Manager collection means one other set of tweaks and revisions to the well-established components, as we’ll see within the newly-announced launch of Football Manager 2019 (and its streamlined sibling Football Manager Touch 2019) on November 2nd. Expect the addition of Germany’s DFL Bundesliga and the shock firing of the collection mascot, Manager Man. This mysterious sportsdad, often known as Ian Football (lore deep reduce: he’s canonically the son of Manfred Mann however wished to make his personal title off his personal work), has graced the field artwork of each sport since FM2005 however now… he’s fired. It’s a scandal.
Publishers Sega are as imprecise as you’d count on about this newest annual sequel, as a result of there’s not a lot to say. It’s Football Manager, which is sweet, however with some newness. They point out “redesigned logos, loads of new and improved features, and the implementation of the DFL Bundesliga license for the first time,” after which break our hearts.
Point to that key artwork ↑ up there, Sega clarify that “Football Manager 2019 will be saying goodbye to the iconic ‘Manager Man’ who has featured on the cover of every Football Manager game since FM 2005, to be replaced by a manager’s eye view of the pitch as the gaffer and players head down the tunnel ahead of a big match.”
That appears merciless. Ian Football has not proven his eyes in years, insisting that every one portraits of him crop off all the things north of his nostrils, and now Sega are placing us contained in the eyes of their shadowy managerial operative? Disrespectful. Get me outta this face.
Football Manager 2019 is coming via Steam on November 2nd, priced at £38/€55/$50. That may even embody a PC copy of FM Touch 2019, that people who solely need that can be capable to buy it separately for £22/€30/$30. No, I can not think about why Sega have completely different alternate charges for the 2 video games.
I’ll be again later to mourn the lack of Manager Man. We had pleasure, we had enjoyable, we had seasons within the solar…
