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Football Manager 2008 - Cheap Bargain on PC!
July 6, 2008
Around a month ago I found that you could get Football Manager 2008 cheap on the Xbox 360, which was a real bargain at the time for the console version, but now you can get it cheap on the PC too!
Football Manager 2008 still has plenty of life left in it as the 2009 version probably won’t be coming out till at least October time, Football Manager Live still has a tentative release date of summer 2008, but who’s to say whether that will make it out the door in time for us wanna-be football managers to keep busy with over the summer holidays?
Continue reading »Football Manager? - I Will Survive!
July 2, 2008
When you make the commitment to take up the job as a Football Manager, it is a very time consuming endeavour as you move all your pieces (players) into and out of place like a hugely complicated game of chess.
It is a (gaming) profession that is fraught with hard work, stress and at some points, huge frustration when things go against you – particularly in the last minute of a football game. If things go well, you won’t be staring the threat of relegation in the face, if you do really well, you may well have to deal with the other problem of just keeping hold of your best players as the bigger clubs circle round you for them.
Continue reading »Football Manager Live Update
June 22, 2008
I recently wrote a Football Manager Live preview which outlined some of the features of the game and included a couple of videos showing what the current beta version looks and plays like.
More information is now starting to come out in the recent New Game Features#1: The Skills to pay the Bills news update about this massively multiplayer online (MMO) version of Football Manager, this includes some detailed information about how you start the game and what skills and reputation you have….or more accurately it confirms that you lack those at the start of the game and must work your way up from scratch, just as you would in real life!
Continue reading »Football Manager 2008 - Cheap on Xbox 360
May 31, 2008
As you probably know by now, I’m a big fan of Football Manager 2008, I’m a big PC gamer so have not played the Xbox 360 version, but if you’re interested in a couple of cheap bargains deals on it, then check out these following links look to be really good deals on this game that has only recently been released.
Football Manager Live Preview
April 29, 2008
Football Manager Live is coming! Football Manager has always been a great game for any football fan all the way back to it’s original incarnation as Championship Manager. It has always been the game that sets the bar for other manager games to live up to, whether it’s the game engine itself, general game features or innovations such as multiplayer - firstly over a network and now in the era of broadband, we can play against our friends over the Internet.
Football Manager 2008 Patch v8.0.2
February 19, 2008
Sports Interactive gave us Football Manager 2008 addicts a real treat of an update for Valentines Day - the second official patch for FM 2008, namely patch v8.0.2! Now I bet there was a decision for some people to make, no doubt not wanting to upset their other half!
Since this Football Manager 2008 patch comes after the end of the January transfer window, it means that it also contains a data update which provides you with all the latest player moves to have happened up until the end of January - which is always much more fun to have when starting a new game of FM 2008!
Continue reading »Football Manager 2008 Review
December 30, 2007
Well after my recent posts about the Football Manager 2008 trailer and FM 2008 demo - despite being a recovering football manager addict, having not really played the last two instalments, I’ve succumbed to the dark side and have got Football Manager 2008. It’s installed on my pc and it’s been played in special controlled doses of sessions no longer than 1 hour per day!
Football Manager 2008 Trailer
October 15, 2007
Football Manager 2008 comes out this Friday, 19th October 2007! Remember, you can still get your cheaper £18ish pre-orders in this Football Manager bargain post.
Continue reading »Football Manager 2008 Demo
October 1, 2007
I recently wrote about a PC game bargain, the new Football Manager 2008 game for £17.99, which is the latest evolution of a great game over a decade in the making and refining of - I didn’t get to play the 2007 version much at all (despite it being sat on my game-shelf all year), but am planning on having a return to form with this, the 2008 incarnation.
If you haven’t already got your Football Manager 2008 pre-orders placed, now you can play the demo that has been released today to help you make up your mind - as if any true football fan needed to even play a demo of these games before committing to a game purchase!
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