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Football Manager 2010

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Football Manager 2010
Developer(s)Sports Interactive
Publisher(s)Sega
SeriesFootball Manager
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation Portable, iOS
Release
Genre(s)Sports management
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Football Manager 2010 is a football management simulation video game and the seventh instalment in the Football Manager series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and PlayStation Portable on 30 October 2009.[3] It is also available for digital download on Steam and iOS.[4] This is the first release in the series to be sold under the Football Manager name throughout the world; previous North American versions were sold as Worldwide Soccer Manager. A demo game was released on 14 October 2009.[5][6]

Gameplay

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Football Manager 2010 features similar gameplay to that of the Football Manager series. Gameplay consists of taking charge of a professional football team (the game also includes semi-professional, amateur, and international teams) as the manager. Players can sign football players to contracts, manage finances for the club, and give team talks to players. The Football Manager series is a simulation of real world management, with the player being judged on various factors by the club's AI owners and board.[7]

Football Manager 2010 expanded on the 3D match engine first introduced in Football Manager 2009, with more animations, stadiums, and even pitch degradation. The database editor has also received an upgrade, the stand-out feature of which is the option to add new divisions to existing leagues or to add entirely new leagues to a game database. For example, users can make the English football league system fully playable right down to its lowest tier (up to level 20), making it the first football management game capable of doing so, or they could make a league for a nation whose league is not normally playable, or even make their own entirely new league, such as a Super League.[8]

The first patch, 10.1, was released on 30 October 2009. Version 10.1.1 was released on 2 December 2009. The next major patch, 10.2, was released on 17 December 2009. The last patch, 10.3, includes mid-season transfer update and was released on 1 March 2010.

Reception

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Football Manager 2010 was positively received, achieving a Metacritic average of 87/100.[9] IGN concluded that "FM2010 isn't an evolutionary step in the series. Instead it's merely an incredibly well produced update."[13] In its Christmas 2009 edition, Edge commented: "Despite being all about the numbers, FM2010 rises above them to be unexpectedly cruel, kind, and even visceral at times."[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Football Manager 2010". Football Manager. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Football Manager 2010". Football Manager. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Football Manager". footballmanager.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
  4. ^ "News – Pre-purchase Football Manager™ 2010 Now". SteamPowered.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Miles Jacobson". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014.
  6. ^ Parfitt, Orlando (12 April 2010). "Football Manager 2010 Handheld Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  7. ^ Boxer, Steve (28 August 2018). "A league of their own: six of the best football video games". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  8. ^ Graft, Kris. "UK Charts: Football Manager Rules, DJ Hero Debuts At No. 20". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Football Manager 2010 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Football Manager Handheld 2010 for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Football Manager 2010". Eurogamer.pt. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Football Manager 2010 UK Review". IGN. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  14. ^ Kelly, Rob (3 November 2009). "Football Manager 2010 video game review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  15. ^ Lettieri, Peter (20 April 2010). "'Football Manager Handheld 2010' — The definitive football management sim sizes up the App Store". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Football Manager 2010". Edge. December 2009. p. 104.
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