Sports Interactive have kept quiet about their plans for iPhone up until now when they let us know that Football Manager Handheld 2010 will arrive in the AppStore in the next 48 hours (hopefully at midnight today). Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive studio manager, went on the official forums with the following message:
"I am beyond excited to be able to announce today that FMH2010 is coming to iPhone and iPod touch. And even more excited to be able to announce that what has been our best kept secret ever, it's coming out in the next 48 hours!
We don't know exactly when it will be available in the apps store, although we've set a midnight local time release for tonight - it takes a while for all servers to propogate though, hence me saying it'll be live in the next 48 hours."
He also added this:
"We are expecting some reviews today from journalists who received ridiculously limited edition Football Manager Handheld iPod Touches (engraved by the people who engrave the FA Cup!) with the game pre-installed on it, which has been the only way anyone outside of SI and SEGA has been able to see the game. I will put links to the reviews when they are available. There will also be a competition to win one of these devices in the coming weeks!"
So expect a number of totally unbiased reviews to pop in today. Where's my iPod Touch, Miles? :(
There will be 34 playable leagues including England, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Brazil and Australia. And there will be a player database of over 20,000 real world players fully updated as of the January transfer window.