Football Manager 2020

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Football Manager 2020
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Developer(s) Sports Interactive
Publisher(s) Sega
Series Football Manager
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Google Stadia
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
18 November 2019
Google Stadia
19 November 2019
Nintendo Switch
10 December 2019
Genre(s) Sports management
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer (turn-based)

Football Manager 2020 is a football management simulation video game and the seventeenth instalment in the Football Manager series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released worldwide on 18 November 2019.

Contents

The game offers playable teams in 53 countries, [1] across five continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. [2] Coverage is heavily slanted towards European teams, with 34 of its 51 constituent countries having playable leagues, while South Africa is the only country of Africa's total 54 that is covered. There are 118 leagues in this version. [1] The new additions are the Canadian Premier League (added as DLC on 23 December 2019), the Gibraltar National League (forthcoming, post-release), the Gibraltar national football team, and the two new Welsh second-tier divisions (Cymru North and Cymru South).

26 leagues (across 14 countries) were fully licensed for the game, as was KNVB (Team Holland). The Germany national football team was reintroduced, having been omitted in Football Manager 2019 , and the Gibraltar national football team was licensed for the first time, as was the Gibraltar National League. [3] 21 Italian teams gained licences, including all of the 2019–20 Serie A teams except Brescia and Juventus (the latter of which appeared as Zebre).

Licensing

Australia
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Gibraltar
The Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Poland
Scotland
South Korea
United States and Canada
Wales

Release

In June 2019, it was announced that Football Manager 2020 would be a launch title for the Google Stadia streaming platform. [4] On 27 August 2019, Sports Interactive released a trailer for the release of the game. [5] On 2 October 2019, Sports Interactive released another trailer about the new feature to be added in the game. [6] On 6 December 2019, it was announced that the Nintendo Switch version would be released on 10 December 2019. [7]

Versions [8]
Football Manager 2020 MobileFootball Manager 2020 TouchFootball Manager 2020
AndroidYesYesNo
StadiaNoNoYes
iOSYesYesNo
macOS (via Steam)NoYesYes
Microsoft Windows (via Steam)NoYesYes
Nintendo SwitchNoYesNo

Reception

Football Manager 2020 received "generally favorable" reviews while Football Manager 2020 Touch for Switch received "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic, a review aggregator. PC Gamer praised the game's scope and the gameplay's potential, writing: "There's scope to play for countless seasons and still be presented with fresh challenges, and the new Development Centre system makes building for the future more compelling than ever." IGN wrote positively about the game's increased accessibility compared to prior entries, stating: "There's now real gratification in being a mid-table over-achiever, and entering Football Manager 2020 as a total beginner is a more realistic prospect than before." Dave James of PCGamesN found the game largely addicting, saying: "It looks as much of an iterative update as any FM game, but the added finesse of the new match engine, and the extra depth to the club staffing dynamics and development, make this the best version of the game yet." GamesRadar+ praised the game for its Club Vision Mode and Development Centre while criticizing it for its bad press conferences and inconsistent striker AI. The game sold over 3 million units. [17]

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