Sun, 02 Nov 2025

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 Football Manager has finally added women's teams after 20 years. I put the game to the test

The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the new version of the sports management video game after it faced delays and cancellations.

* Football Manager 26 has been delayed by a year due to significant changes made by its studio, Sports Interactive.
* The new game features women's football, with around 40,000 players from 14 leagues, and is considered a complete rewrite of everything that came before.
* User interface has been remade and some fans are angry about the changes, calling it "sucks" and saying they "ruined their favourite game".
* New leadership at Sports Interactive may be impacted by the game's success, with series boss Miles Jacobson saying "You live and die by your decisions".
* Women's football is integrated well into the game, with accurate data collected from research.
* Graphics have been improved, based on work with women's footballers in motion capture studios and using VAR technology.
* Tactics system has been overhauled, allowing for two different tactics to be set at once.
* The game still has problems, including bugs, unfinished features, and a user interface that is not well-received by some fans.
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