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Desert Island Games is simple. You’re deserted on a lost island, but don’t fret because it’s got every console imaginable, constant electricity and a decent internet connection. The catch? You can only take three games. This week Sinan Kubba makes his three picks.
Final Fantasy X
I realise that I’m the second person to pick Final [...]

My name is Sam Morris, and I have a problem with Football Manager 2010…

The one genre you can depend on for innovation, from year to year, is the hyper-competitive world of sports. What game evolved the best in 2009, find out here…

We’ve championed Championship Manager 2010 to narrow the gap between the always great Football Manager and the recently struggling CM. Improved scouting and a bespoke 3D engine will help them close down the gap on Sports Interactive but their recent shot will do more.
This is because Eidos are now “giving something back to the fans” [...]

Football Manager 2010 hasn’t even been announced yet, well if that was a game that ever needed announcing. We all knew it was coming but we didn’t know it was going to get a massive interface lift.
Miles Jacobson, Studio Director of the Football Manager series, according to a later forum post, had a bit too [...]

It might not be a big deal across the pond for obvious reasons but back in Europe, Football Manager is generally regarded as a big deal. Every year prospective wannabee managers get another simulation complete with game changing improvements along with a brand new database with brand new talent to be picked out. I’m sure [...]

Sports Interactive could have taken 2009 as a gap year, they have released an MMO after all. They haven’t, find out why.

With all the problems that DRM has caused over the last few years it’s a real wonder why companies even incorporate it into their games. Recently Spore was the debatable topic due to it’s ludicrous DRM issues were you would have to phone up to activate your game. Speaking of EA they also have a [...]

With Sports Interactive busy making Football Manager Live it’s a wonder how they manage to find the time to include a whole host of improvement’s for the offline rendition. Football Manager 2009 is ready to hit this autumn and will come with a whole host of new features although one of the more important updates [...]