Football Manager 2007 Season Beginning This C...

Football Manager 2007 Season Beginning This Christmas

SEGA is said to have paid over $50 million for the acquisition of British developer Sports Interactive a couple of months ago, so it was only natural that they'd announce the next step in the Collyer brothers' football managment series - predictibly titled Football Manager 2007. Packed full with more than 100 new features, Football Manager 2007 is set for release this Christmas on the PC, Xbox 360, and Mac, while a PSP version - titled Football Manager Handheld - is also in the works and carries the same release date.

"The Football Manager team has taken the fans comments on board and have introduced a host of new features across all formats. Feedback specifically on the Xbox 360 version resulted in the Sports Interactive team compiling a new user interface to allow players to have a joypad friendly experience whilst still retaining all the depth of the game. Football Manager Handheld also sees an upgrade with more playable leagues, more features and, for the very first time, network play allowing you to compete against your friends on your PSP."

Some of the main features for Football Manager 2007 are:

- Feeder Clubs - You can establish your club as the small team who receives loan players from a larger club or a large club looking for support getting your youngsters match experience by loaning them out.

- Youth Revamp - A complete revamp of youth teams sees full youth squads for each team that has a youth set-up, thus giving a much better system for the regeneration of players in the long term game.

- Scouting Revamp - A complete revamp of the scouting system inside the game leads to more information about players and teams being made available to managers, as well as a more realistic methodology for player scouting. This system allows scouts to grow and improve their knowledge-base of the world's football players.

- as well as an improved Team Talks system, Player Interaction, and more User Friendlyness.

A first batch of Football Manager 2007 screenshots is now available in our local gallery.

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