| Football Manager 2007 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sports Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | PC, Mac/Apple–Intel, Xbox 360 and PSP |
| Release date(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac/Apple–Intel: 18 October 2006 Xbox 360 and PSP: Christmas 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Sports simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer using TCP/IP, wi-fi (PSP only), Xbox Live (Xbox 360 only), or Hotseat mode |
| Media/distribution | PC/Mac - Dual format CD, Xbox 360 - Region Free DVD, PSP - UMD |
| System requirements
800 MHz processor 256mb RAM (minimum) |
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On 8 June 2006, Sports Interactive published details on Football Manager 2007. "Packed full with more than 100 new features, Football Manager 2007 is set for release on PC, Mac and Intel Mac, as well as the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Football Manager Handheld on Sony’s PlayStation Portable handheld entertainment system (PSP) completes the format line-up, with all platforms set for a Christmas 2006 release."
On 24 September 2006 it was announced that Football Manager 2007 would be released on 20 October 2006.
On 1 October 2006, Sports Interactive released a Gold Demo of FM 2007, available in two versions, vanilla and strawberry. Both versions allow users to play 6 months into a season. The strawberry version contains a larger collection of quickstarts so users can try out more leagues. It also contains more graphics than the vanilla version.
As a result of certain retail outlets ignoring the official release date, Football Manager 2007 was actually released on 18 October 2006.
New Features in the 2007 version of FM include the ability to include pictures for you as the manager; substantially increased media interaction such as approaches from national newspaper journalists about the upcoming match or asking for comments on a player's performance in recent matches; new varying degrees of criticism or praise for players (happy with form or very pleased with form rather than just one generic good term), a similar feature has been included for such actions as admiring players or attempting to unsettle transfer targets. Improvements have also been made to board request interactions.
The main improvement lauded by Sports Interactive for this version of FM is the improved scouting system. Scouts' and coaches' experience is now shown graphically via bar charts and scouts gain knowledge from areas they have scouted previously. To go with this it is now possible to get feeder/parent club status which allows you to either send your players to lower league teams to gain experience, make it easier to get work permits, merchandise sales in other areas etc. or, as a lower league team, to receive reserve and youth team players on free, season long loans and to generate extra revenue through associated 'fees' and friendly matches. In turn the parent club gains scouting knowledge for the area that the feeder club is in if it is in another country than that club.
A patch has been released to combat some of the main bugs in the game, such as unrealistic scout reports and high amounts of injuries sustained whilst playing on the pitch. The latest build of this patch is 7.0.2 94768.
On 27 July, the Football Manager website was updated with a new Football Manager 2008 section.
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