We caught up with Roy Meredith, general manager of the Championship Manager series, to talk about the next iteration of the popular management series. Can it rival Football Manager this year? It remains to be seen, but Eidos are aiming to make it a more accessible experience than Sports Interactive's cherished series and are bringing a 3D match engine, a new scouting system and a flexible set piece creator among other new features.
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Game facts
Championship Manager 2009
Genre
Sports
Developer
Beautiful Game Studios
Publisher
Eidos
Release date
16 September 2009
Platforms
PC
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Editions
Each with its own newsroom and its own scores.
1998
Publishing since
Independently owned for the whole of it.
100%
Hands-on
Written from time with the game, never press material.
1–10
Network Score
Every edition’s score, averaged and shown.