SEGA wants your face

By Ellie Gibson Published 26 July, 2005

For Football Manager 2006.

SEGA has announced plans to run the 'Face in the Game' competition once again - giving you the chance to see your very own head on the shoulders of a player in Football Manager 2006.

Visit the Sports Interactive website to submit your photograph, but be sure to read the rules first as there are a few restrictions - your pic can't feature any team colours, for example.

Also, since the footballers in the game are generally aged between 18-22, only photos of people who fall into that age range will be accepted as players. However, there's still hope if you're a young pup or an old codger, since you could appear in the game as a coach or a physio.

SEGA has also released some more screenshots and details of the game, including news that enhanced tactical options mean you now have even more choices when it comes to deciding how your team behaves. You can even encourage time wasting, if that's the way you want to play it.

There's a new formation panel on the match screen, which features live updates so you can keep a constant eye on both teams' line-ups without having to pause the match. There's also a new Snapshot screen that gives you an overview of everything from fixtures and team stats to budgets and contracts.

Speaking of the latter, the new virtual player contracts feature allows you to offer deals to 'Virtual' players generated for teams playing outside the football pyramid in the lower leagues, or in your reserve or junior teams, and therefore give them a chance to step out into the limelight.

You'll also receive man of the match news items to keep you informed of your rising stars, and key highlights are now instantly replayed for those managers who want to fine tune their players' performance to perfection.

And finally, we're promised loads of new licenses, which means more real life kits in FM2006 than in any previous Sports Interactive football title.

Football Manager 2006 is out on PC this November.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (15) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • PES_Fanboy #1 7 years ago

    "Football Manager 2006 is out on PC this November."

    I heard Satan was buying a copy in November, on his way to work on a snowplough.

    Seriously though, Mrs. Fanboy is already excited at the idea of becoming a Champo (sorry, still is Champo to me) Widow again, come January / February time ;o)

  • deaner #2 7 years ago

    Luckily, I look just like Sonic the Hedgehog.

  • OldWormsFan #3 7 years ago

    *yawn* Still no multiplayer!

    Come on SI, enough of the cash-in's please!

  • DodgyG #4 7 years ago

    Eh?, you can play multiplayer, and have been able to since CM3...

  • Subquest #5 7 years ago

    "...since the footballers in the game are generally aged between 18-22"

    eh?

  • OldWormsFan #6 7 years ago

    Come on dodgy, I mean real multiplayer not 'everyone must be connected at same time' rubbish :).

  • marcduffy #7 7 years ago

    OldWormsFan : they dont, a manager can leave instructions for his team when he is offline.

  • OldWormsFan #8 7 years ago

    Ok, let me slightly rephrase the question.

    Any idea when we are going to get a real multiplayer up un’ running? I mean, clicking on Multiplayer, seeing a number of leagues open awaiting teams and then joining that league etc…?

  • marcduffy #9 7 years ago

    OldWormsFan : No idea - sorry :)

  • OldWormsFan #10 7 years ago

    Doh! Damn y0u!

  • Wash #11 7 years ago

    I think MP can only effectively be done by pushing FM into the realms of MMO, with persistent managed servers and monthly costs.

    I presume theres some great logistic problems too.

    It will happen, but it needs to be done properly unlike the tat that is CMOnline.

  • OldWormsFan #12 7 years ago

    I agree Wash, it's just that i think SI have took the footy management genre so far, now its time for the uber MMORPG multiplayer aspect.

    Im sure it would make its money.....

    (and yes CM:o is tat)

  • DodgyG #13 7 years ago

    You should try www.hattrick.org for an online football management game. I can't see an MMO-esque FM game for quite sometime...

  • OldWormsFan #14 7 years ago

    Dodgy - tried that and all them lot, it just bored me.

    I fear too that I could be waiting quite a while for a FM game but saying that, there isnt a whole lot more left they could add to Footie Manager so it must be high on the developer wish list?

  • Miles_SI #15 7 years ago

    OldWormsFan - there is a lot more we want to add to FM in the future - we've already announced 12 (I think) new features for FM2006, with more to announce over the coming months, and lots more ideas for the longterm future for the series. Doesn't mean that we're not looking at multi-player elements aswell, but are very happy with offering players hot seat management and network play for now.