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Your Style, Your Personality: FM26's revamped manager creator

[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Deciding the sort of manager you want to be and the world you want to manage in are essential considerations at the start of every FM career.[/p][p]For Football Manager 26, we’ve refreshed the entire game setup and manager creation experience, enabling you to be unmistakably whoever you are, or whoever you want to be in the dugout and explore the most playable nations in series’ history.[/p][p]The full story is available on our website, here.[/p]

FIFA finds its way back to video games through a "multi-year partnership" with Football Manager


It's been a while since we've last seen anything FIFA in the world of video games, namely because EA took a gamble on saying goodbye to the sports association's official licence back in 2022. Whether that has paid off, literally, is neither here nor there right now though, as FIFA announced this week that it has signed a "multi-year partnership" with Football Manager, once again bringing its recognisable (if potentially tainted) name back to video games.

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Football Manager and FIFA sign multi-year partnership

[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Elevating authenticity to truly global heights, we’re delighted to have signed our first partnership with FIFA, football’s world governing body.[/p][p]The multi-year deal brings official licences for FIFA’s biggest competitions to the Football Manager series, including the FIFA World Cup 26™ held in Canada, Mexico and USA.[/p][p]The inclusion of officially branded and titled FIFA competitions will begin in FM26 with the FIFA World Cup™, FIFA Women’s World Cup™ and FIFA Club World Cup™. [/p][p]Announcing this partnership unlocks our ability to answer your questions – this licence coincides with the inclusion of a playable, revamped International Management module in FM26, FM26 Console and FM26 Touch* in a Content Update next year in advance of the World Cup.[/p][p]Full feature details will follow once we're in a position to confirm every element but we can reveal that for the FIFA World Cup 26 - the 23rd and largest edition in tournament history - the official kits of all 48 teams will be included in FM26 when they’re available alongside broadcast graphics and tournament branding.[/p][p][/p][p]*The International Management module will be available in FM26 Mobile (Netflix) from launch.[/p]

Powered by TransferRoom: FM26's Recruitment Revamp

[p][/p][p]Building your squad in the transfer market at the heart of every Football Manager career – the successful negotiations, the transfer deals you complete and the pathways you create for your wonderkids define your success.[/p][p]Recruitment is also an area of the footballing world that’s constantly evolving as clubs look for marginal gains on their rivals through whatever tools and date are available.[/p][p]For FM26 we’ve furthered our collaboration with our partners at TransferRoom to give you new, real-life inspired tools for incoming and outgoing deals while making the wider recruitment experience in-game smarter and more intuitive for you.[/p][p]You can get the full story, here.[/p]

In Possession, Out of Possession: FM26’s New Tactical Evolution

[p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]In recent years, the language of football tactics has evolved dramatically. Managers, pundits and fans alike now dive deeper into analysis, with sharper insight into complex ideas like pressing triggers and rest defence. One concept that’s rapidly entered the mainstream is the distinction between in possession and out of possession formations - the way a team changes shape based on whether they have the ball or not.[/p][p]As the game itself has evolved, so has Football Manager. Behind the scenes, we’ve spent years working with leading experts in the football industry to bring one of the sport’s biggest tactical developments into FM – distinct formations for when your team are in possession and out of possession.[/p][p]When we originally announced player roles being added in FM, this was done to provide instructions for players in a formation both when they had the ball and when they didn’t – and while this system worked well for that, what it didn’t do was allow managers in-game to have different formations for those scenarios.[/p][p]Now, we’re thrilled to announce that one of the most requested features from our community is being added to FM26 - separate In Possession and Out of Possession formations. These are just part of this year’s major innovation in tactics, giving you greater depth, flexibility and freedom than ever before in setting up your team.[/p][p]To read more, head to our website.[/p]