Sega sacrificing Euro/Oz operations to focus on four core IPs
Aliens. Sonic. Total War. Football Manager.
Sega will sacrifice operations in Europe and Australia to laser-focus on four key brands: Aliens, Sonic, Total War, Football Manager.
Football Manager 2012 News
Sports Interactive boss denies Sega Europe closure rumour
Miles Jacobson says French report is "false".
Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson has said on Twitter that rumours Sega Europe is to close are "false".
Sega cancelling titles, "streamlining" video game business
Key IP Sonic, Football Manager, Total War, Aliens unaffected.
Sega will cut jobs and cancel titles as it attempts to "streamline" the home video games business in Europe and the US.
Parent company Sega Sammy released a statement announcing the "structural reform" today. It comes as Sega braces investors for an "extraordinary loss" for the full financial year ending 31st March 2012.
"The Consumer Business centred on Sega Corporation is expected to post operating loss in the year ending March 2012, due to the challenging economic climate and significant changes in the home video game software market environment in the US and Europe.
Tablet tech in two years as powerful as PC tech last year
Football Manager boss Miles Jacobson counting on it.
Tablet technology in two years will be as powerful as PC tech was last year, Football Manager boss Miles Jacobson believes.
Football Manager 2012 Steam requirement a success
Game cracked 15 days later than usual.
In an effort to prevent rampant piracy, Sega and Sports Interactive required Steam authentication to play Football Manager 2012.
UK Top 40: Arkham City soars into first place
Ratchet lands 24th, Dance Central 2 is 40th.
Batman: Arkham City has glided to the top spot in this week's UK all-formats chart.
Batman: Arkham City! Tintin! Ratchet!
This week two very different pencil-drawn heroes of the comic book world each star in their own video games.
Football Manager 2012 offers TF2 extras
Pre-purchase nets footie boots for Valve FPS.
Pre-purchasing Football Manager 2012 from Steam gets you a handful of exclusive in-game Team Fortress 2 extras, Valve has announced.
SI discusses Football Manager piracy
"I'd love to have no DRM on our games."
Football Manager 2011 was the most pirated PC game in the series, Sports Interactive has told Eurogamer.
Football Manager 2012 demo out now
Carry on career when game launches.
The Football Manager 2012 PC and Mac demo is available to download now from Steam, Sega has announced.
Four-speed DVD drive.
The Football Manager 2012 minimum system requirements for PC and Mac have been confirmed.
Piracy "ruining" PC, "forcing" it online
We chat to GOG, Capcom, Pachter, PCGA.
Piracy is "ruining" PC games and "forcing" them online, Michael Pacther has told Eurogamer.
FM 2012 requires Steam to play
Sega hopes to combat piracy.
Football Manager 2012 fans have reacted angrily to the news that the PC game requires Steam to play.
Football Manager 2012 release date
The Wenger bus is coming.
Football Manager 2012 will be released for PC and Mac on 21st October 2011, Sega and Sports Interactive have announced.
A demo, which allows progress to be carried into the full game, will be released at an unspecified point in the run up to launch.
SI has no Vita Football Manager plans
"We're doing another PSP game this year."
Sports Interactive hasn't got a version of Football Manager in development - or in the pipeline - for PlayStation Vita, Eurogamer can reveal.
Football Manager 2012 announced
Improvements and details revealed.
Football Manager 2012 has been announced and will be released "before Christmas".
Sega and developer Sports Interactive highlighted the key improvements.
Loyalty bonuses have been added to the transfer and contracts part of the game. The amateur and youth contracts have been smartened up, and you can lock variables in negotiations where you aren't prepared to budge.