Football Manager 2010
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| Platform | PC/Mac |
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| Released | 30 November 2009 |
| Demo | Demo |
| Patches | 10.1.1, 10.2.0, 10.3.0 |
| Manual | Manual |
| Screenshots | All screenshots |
| Editing tools | FMRTE, FM10SX (Mac) |
| Downloads | Soundpack; Facepack; Logo pack; Skins, Player Backgrounds |
The development of Football Manager 2010 was confirmed on July 14 2009. SI have said that the official announcement of the game will be made in mid-August. Much like Football Manager 2009, you will be able to purchase the game through STEAM. The demo of the game was released on the 14th of October 2009. For download links, visit this post.
On the 25th of September, SEGA and SI officials confirmed that activation in this years game will be optional. To read more about this, visit our page on Activation on FM10
It was initially announced that, like FM09, the game would be released on PC/Mac and PSP only. However, a version for the iPhone and iPod Touch was later released.
There will be an Arsenal version of the game available with the game again this year.
The majority of the manual this year is digital. You can read it here.
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New Features
- Completely re-vamped user interface
- 2 skins based on the new UI - one light, one dark
- These include customisable columns on some screens, such as the squad screen
- Backroom Advice
- Tactic creation wizard
- Improved database editor with the ability to add new leagues to the database
- If installing on STEAM, you will have the option to earn Achievement points by completing various tasks
- Matchday Improvements:
- Touchline shouts
- More stadium designs
- Over 100 new match engine animations
- Match analysis tool which lets players see where shots, passes, crosses, headers, tackles, fouls and interceptions have been made on the field for all players on the pitch.
- Fans now present in stadia
- Weather conditions now appear in 3D. Weather now also has an affect on how the match plays (e.g. rain will make the ball travel slower on the ground).
- Pitch condition has an affect on how the match plays
- Lighting improvements - Difference in player and stadium shadows based on the time the match is being played at and the weather it's being played in
- There are extra press conference questions (over 500 now!)
- Fans give their views on player selection after each game
- More team talk options
- You will be able to give team talks to the players coming on as substitutes
- Goals net will bulge when the ball hits the net, although this is not 100% definite on PC and it will almost certainly not be avalible on MAC.
- Transfer System:
- You can buy transfer fees that you owe to other clubs, which could mean you get them for a little cheaper if you pay the fee upfront
- Clubs will now try and improve their youth squads more
- You can now pay transfer fees over time up to 48 months, rather than the 24 months of FM09
- If you get lots of clubs bidding for one of your players at the same time, you can also now negotiate one of them, and then use that negotiated offer for the others, rather than having to individually change the clauses in each one
- You will have the option to automatically loan list a player if he has been offered out for loan
- You can offer out multiple players on loan at one time
- When arranging a loan deal, clubs will tell you what sort of deal you are looking for
- There is a new option to 'Exclude Foreign Clubs' when offering out players, so if a player whose contract is expiring is offered out you can ensure teams that can approach him won't be alerted to him
- You are now informed about your club's paying back of loans if they have taken one out
- You can buy out transfer clauses/buy or sell clauses that have been negotiated on a previous transfer. These clause fee buy outs are negotiated between your board and corresponding board of the club you have the clause agreement with.
- You now receive a report on players you loaned out after they return from their loan, analysing how they performed for the loan club
- You will now be able to see a total transfer fee for a players history
- News, Media and Interaction:
- News Centre. This is an in-game subscription based newspaper that lets you get the news that you want about the football world and filter out the stories that you do not need.
- News headings that contain puns have been added, such as 'Seventh Heaven' if you win by 7 goals
- You will get a monthly board update, about profit or loss and other finances
- Regular physio reports will arrive, telling you who is injured and when they are expected back
- Other formerly bland news items have been improved such as when you qualify for the World Cup
- Players and staff have a media handling stat, so you can find out what not to say in the press
- You will get the option to attend press conferences for new signings
- At the end of the season you will get a message saying who the good free transfer might be
- If a player misses training, you will be told if this is the first time he has missed training
- Should two players finish at your top scorer, you will be told who won and why they won the award over the other player
- If you manage to win four trophies in a season, the news message is much improved
- The news subscription feature means you will be able to choose what gets sent into your inbox
- Midweek home games are modelled better, so more realistic days will be set
- Game Setup Changes:
- Customize database - Before, you were only able to select either the small, medium or large database size. Now you can create your own custom database size. You can now easily include players based in nations, of nationality, from top division clubs, from top clubs, players with continental reputation, with national reputation and current international players.
- Game setup advice - When setting up a new game, FM takes your system specs into account and tells you how well your game will run under whatever conditions you've selected (no. of leagues, database size, etc.)
- You are told how many players will be included in your database when starting a new game
- Other:
- Football league administration rules are updated, so teams can lose points in one season for going into administration in the season before
- Amateur clubs that are always going to be amateur in real life will now stay amateur
- If a club that is still due parachute payments gets promoted, their due payments will be split amongst the other teams in their league
- There are more records, like most unbeaten games in a competition
- Financial model now deals in pennies rather than pounds
- More variety in club takeovers
- There have been changes to the way budgets are calculated and shown, so you can now see player and non-player wage details easily
- Season ticket model has been rewritten
- Teams can now have multiple shirt sponsors and other sponsors
- Chelsea will not be able to sign players for the January 2010 or Summer 2010 Transfer Windows, although this could change if Chelsea appeal the decision in real life and it can be changed by the person playing the game
- Media sources will only have one person from their company at a press conference
- There are improvements to the right click menu, to make sure the various actions you can do via the right click button do not get lost
- You will now be able to adjust all attributes up or down easily in player search
- There are a lot more options for searching for players
Playable leagues and club cups
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Africa
Asia and Oceania
UK & Ireland
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Rest of Europe
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Scandinavia
North America
South America
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Minimum Specs
Windows XP
Processor - 1.4ghz
Memory - 512MB Ram
Video Card - 128MB minimum. Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater. Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.
Windows Vista/Windows 7
Processor - 2.0ghz
Memory - 1GB Ram
Video Card - 128MB minimum. Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater. Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.
Mac
Intel Processor, OS X 10.5, NVidia Geforce 7300 GT / ATI X1600 Radeon
Activation
Full Article: Activation on FM10
When buying the game you will have the following options:
- To buy the boxed game and activate through Steam. You will not need to put the disc into the computer to play the game this way, and you will also get the extra 'presents' that are mentioned in Miles Jacobson's forum post below.
- To buy the game on Steam. You will not need the disk in the computer to play, as you don't get a disc buying this way! You will also get the extra 'presents' that are mentioned in Miles Jacobson's forum post below.
- To buy a digital download of the the game and activate the game using Uniloc. You will not need the disc in, but you will not get the extra 'presents' that are mentioned in Miles Jacobson's forum post below.
- To buy the boxed game and choose not to activate. You will need to put the disc into the computer to play, and you will not get the extra 'presents' that are mentioned in Miles Jacobson's forum post below.
