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In this update\u202fyou\u2019ll\u202fonce again be able to manage national teams and see our licensing agreement with FIFA come to life with official FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 branding, Broadcast Graphics, licensed kits* and the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 match ball.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u202finitial\u202flaunch of International Management in FM26 will be supplemented by a second update in June to finalise licensed assets*, including the official 26-man 2026 FIFA World Cup\u2122 tournament squads for participating nations.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ahead of that, I want to be transparent with you and\u202fmanage\u202fexpectations\u202ffor what is coming in this update.\u202fWhile the mode represents an improvement on FM24, the full revamp will not be realised at launch and will instead be developed further over time. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Challenges within the existing game that I’ll touch on below have limited the scope of what we set out to deliver. Looking ahead, your feedback and the improvements already under way will help shape our priorities for future game\u202fdevelopment.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
FM26: Our missed expectations\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reflecting on FM26 overall, we understand the changes we made to the User Interface\u202fweren’t\u202fwell received by everyone.\u202fIt\u2019s\u202falso clear many were frustrated by the changes to navigation and the loss of immersion compared to\u202fprevious\u202feditions.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
For FM26, the intention was to deliver a UI that was more fluid throughout the game, alleviating the disconnect between old and\u202fnew items\u202fwe had in FM24. I was open that we wanted to create a UI for our games that would make productivity tools envious, but that\u202fwe\u2019d\u202frolled back some of our more overambitious changes in FM26. \u00a0<\/p>\n
I also said that we wanted to build something that was\u202fultimately platform\u202fagnostic, enabling smoother implementation for our teams across our various products.\u202fInstead, this shift was\u202fultimately detrimental\u202fto\u202fsome\u202fof your\u202fexperiences.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since launch we have worked hard to try and rectify or remedy issues as best as we can. Direct responses to your feedback include the redesigning of certain game screens, as well as the reintroduction of some features and functionality. Doing this on an active game\u202fwouldn\u2019t\u202fhave been possible without moving to Unity.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
While we\u202fhaven’t\u202fbeen able to address or fix everything\u202fyou’ve\u202freported, I hope that the regularity of updates offers some reassurance for the challenges you have\u202fencountered. FM26 is now a better game than at launch and the foundations we have in place are much stronger for future iterations.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
That said, we know that what we released\u202fhas failed to\u202fmeet the expectations of many. This was the first instalment of a new era and our first release in two years.\u202fWe know how excited and enthusiastic you were, and so to have come below expectations for some is extremely disappointing.\u202fYou expect nothing less than excellence from Football Manager, and\u202fthat\u2019s\u202fwhat the brand stands for. But, despite all the updates thus far, we\u202fhaven\u2019t\u202fgot to that level.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is something I take full responsibility for.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Looking ahead\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
I know that as a studio we are still filled with tenacious,\u202fpassionate\u202fand talented people who want FM to thrive and evolve.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
To ensure everyone is best equipped to do that,\u202fwe\u2019re\u202fturning as many learnings from this cycle as we can into actionable changes. Whether that\u2019s internal role changes, new\u202fhires\u202for\u202fnew ways of working, I am leading a team committed to putting things right and releasing games more of our fans will love.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For our next release, we\u2019ve got a clear set of priorities, informed by the recurring pain points you\u2019ve raised. Immersion is the main\u202felement we’re\u202ffocused on – be that\u202fgame world, UI navigation or the UI itself. We are looking to elevate all of them and are making good headway.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everyone at the Studio is committed to rebuilding your full confidence in us, but we know that trust is earned not given.\u202fSo,\u202fwe will speak with you about our work when the time is right and\u202flook forward to sharing updates with you. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Miles Jacobson\u202f\u00a0
\nStudio Director\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
*While we previously indicated that official kits would be included as part of the international management feature, licensing approvals are still ongoing. As a result, not all FIFA World Cup 26\u2122 team kits will be available upon launch of the feature and some may be added at a later date.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this update\u202fyou\u2019ll\u202fonce again be able to manage national teams and see our licensing agreement with FIFA come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-578115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}