Football Manager 25 is canceled – this happens for the first time in history and fans are even happy

Over the past 20 years, the British studio Sports Interactive has released new games of its series of football life Football Manager every year, but for the first time in the history of the franchise, the production machine failed.

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SEGA and Sports Interactive publishing house announced that the Football Manager 25 announced last fall. The game was supposed to be released on November 26, but less than a month after the announcement, the release was postponed until March.

The decision to cancel will affect all versions of Football Manager 25 (PC, console, mobile devices). The pre -orders who have issued on PC and MAC promise an automatic refund in the authorized sega retail stores.

Football Manager 25 announcing trailer

Football Manager 25 was supposed to marry the largest technological and graphic leap for the series, but the creators realized that they would not have time to pull the game to the necessary standards even taking into account the shifts of the graph.

The developers said they could release the Football Manager 25 in the current form and finish it later, but considered this approach the wrong. The team also did not want to delay the release, so as not to disperse completely from the football season.

Football Manager 24, despite the abolition of the sequel, an update with the data of the season-2024/2025 will not receive

Judging by the thematic forum on Reddit, the cancellation of the Football Manager 25 caused a mixture of disappointment and relief in fans. “I applaud them with a decision … It is much better to be honest and recognize a mistake,” Any_witness_1000 believes.

Now Sports Interactive will focus on the next game of the series (presumably Football Manager 26), which instead of the abolished should be the beginning of a new era for the franchise.