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Sweed
09-23-2007, 04:51 PM
FM 08 demo to be released next Sunday.

http://community.sigames.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/521102691/m/9502054643

Posted Sep 22, 6:25 PM by Miles

We are very happy to announce today, via the UK’s News of the World paper, that the demo of Football Manager 2008 will be released next Sunday morning, the 30th September.

There will be 2 different versions of the demo for each PC and Mac, with all demo’s providing half a season of unrestricted gameplay,

The “strawberry” version of the demo includes all player pictures and logo’s, with quickstarts from the world’s biggest leagues, giving people a chance to try out their skills in multiple countries. This will also include multiple language translations (to be decided). This demo will be available from our website at www.sigames.com

The “vanilla” version of the demo is just English language, and features the English and Scottish leagues, with no player photo’s or logo’s to try and keep the size of the download down. This version will be available from the News of the World website.

There is still no firm release date for the game, but we hope to be able to have this in the next week or so, and will let everyone know as soon as it’s set.

There will also be demos for Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008 (the US release of the game) and a brand new version, Futbol Manager 2008, a South American version of the game. Release details for both of these will follow at the same time as we provide release dates, as they are still to be confirmed.

Whilst we’re on the subject of Football Manager 2008, now is also the time to reveal new licenses for this years game.

We are very proud to announce the procurement of a license for the French Ligue de Football Professionnel, with both the 1st & 2nd divisions covered by the license that provides real club names, logo’s and kits for all the clubs in those leagues.

We also welcome back the Dutch national team to the game, which was missing from last years game.

On top of this, we have new licenses in Italy from Sampdoria and Fiorentina.

We’ve been pretty quiet so far this year on the game apart from the press release revealing some of the new features which can be found here along with some screenshots. As of next week, we’re going to start revealing a lot more, with blogs coming daily throughout the week up until the release of the game, with lots more feature information, some indepth looks at some of the key areas of the game, and a few surprises along the way.

For now, we’ll leave you with 2 other things First off is the packshot for the UK version of Football Manager 2008, which you can find at http://www.sigames.com/news.php?type=view&article_id=1278 and also the minimum and recommended specs for the game which you can also find below.

Thank you for your continued support of Sports Interactive and our games. We hope you enjoy Football Manager 2008 as much as we enjoyed making it.

Miles

Football Manager 2008 PC specs
Minimum – Windows XP/Vista. 1.2Ghz Processor. 256MB Ram. DirectX8.1 compatible sound card. 4xCD Rom drive, 1024x768 32Bit display. 750MB HD space. MS compatible mouse & keyboard.
Recommended – Windows XP/Vista. AMD or Intel Dual Core 2.2Ghz processor. 1GB Ram. DirectX8.1 compatible sound card. 4xCD Rom drive, 1024x768 32Bit display. 750MB HD space. MS compatible mouse & keyboard.

Football Manager 2008 Mac specs
Minimum PowerMac/PowerBook: Power PC - G4 1.2Ghz, 256MB Ram, Mac OS10.3.9. 4xCD Rom drive, 1024x768 32bit display. 750MB HD Space Mac Pro/MacBook – Intel Core Duo 1.8Ghz, Mac OS 10.4.4, 256MB Ram. 4xCD Rom drive, 1024x768 32bit display. 750MB HD Space
Recommended PowerMac/PowerBook: Power PC – G5 2Ghz, Mac OS 10.4.9, 1GB Ram, 4xCD Rom drive, 1024x768 32bit display. 750MB HD Space
Mac Pro/MacBook – Intel Core Duo: 2Ghz, Mac OS 10.4.9, 1GB Ram, 4xCD Rom drive, 1024x768 32bit display. 750MB HD Space

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Miles Jacobson, Sep 23, 7:08 AM

Hell of a time to release a demo, my wife's birthday :)

DaddyTorgo
09-23-2007, 04:51 PM
WOOD!!!!!

path12
09-23-2007, 05:28 PM
So the German leagues will be fake again I take it.......good to see about France though.

DaddyTorgo
09-23-2007, 05:29 PM
so I have one week left on my 20-year FM 07 dynasty?

guess i'd better get back to crackin on it!!!!

least till my superstar-babies retire...

Icy
09-23-2007, 05:33 PM
Wow great news but... i'm enjoying a lot my current career in 07, so... i'll need to split my playing time.

DaddyTorgo
09-23-2007, 05:34 PM
Wow great news but... i'm enjoying a lot my current career in 07, so... i'll need to split my playing time.

I find it sooooo hard to split my playing time :(

path12
09-23-2007, 06:08 PM
For some reason 07 hasn't grabbed me as much as previous versions. I finally got one good career going but it seemed harder than usual.

DaddyTorgo
09-23-2007, 06:13 PM
For some reason 07 hasn't grabbed me as much as previous versions. I finally got one good career going but it seemed harder than usual.

really?? I fucking love 07. Oh well. TETO

(that's my new saying)

path12
09-23-2007, 06:36 PM
So what is TETO?

SirFozzie
09-23-2007, 06:38 PM
To Each Their Own

path12
09-23-2007, 06:39 PM
Thanks. I'm acronymically challenged.

path12
09-23-2007, 06:42 PM
Dola, I am pretty excited to see 08 though. I think the evolution of the media/player interaction is what really is improving the series. My problem with 07 stemmed more from a) weird morale jumps leading to very streaky play and b) difficulty in getting new job offers (I like to start low and work my way up with a couple new teams).

highfiveoh
09-23-2007, 06:43 PM
Thanks. I'm acronymically challenged.

WTF does that mean?

path12
09-23-2007, 06:55 PM
WTF does that mean?

So what is WTF? :p

DaddyTorgo
09-23-2007, 06:57 PM
To Each Their Own

dude...well done

MJ4H
09-23-2007, 06:58 PM
morale is the most annoying part of the game.

Passacaglia
09-23-2007, 07:31 PM
So the German leagues will be fake again I take it.......good to see about France though.

What was fake about the German League?

path12
09-23-2007, 11:11 PM
What was fake about the German League?

Names and quite a few of the players IIRC. For instance, Schalke04 is Gelsenkirchen.

MrBug708
09-24-2007, 12:47 AM
There wasn't a Dutch National team?

MrBug708
09-24-2007, 12:48 AM
Names and quite a few of the players IIRC. For instance, Schalke04 is Gelsenkirchen.

I think they used a little known name for the teams or the city they play in. It would be like calling the New York Yankee's the Bronx Bombers

Bee
09-24-2007, 06:06 AM
There wasn't a Dutch National team?

I've never even heard of the nation of Dutch. Is that in Africa someplace?

ArlingtonColt
09-24-2007, 06:20 AM
Sweet 2 days after my birthday! Thank you for the b-day present Marc!

FrogMan
09-24-2007, 06:59 AM
What was fake about the German League?

Names and quite a few of the players IIRC. For instance, Schalke04 is Gelsenkirchen.


that faking thing is quite a non issue though. In a matter of a coupel of weeks a new fake.lnc file is usuallt available and you can use it with career started without it, unlike EHM...

FM

Toddzilla
09-24-2007, 07:13 AM
To Each Their Own

dude...well done

Feh. YMMV.

Toddzilla
09-24-2007, 07:14 AM
The “vanilla” version of the demo is just English language, and features the English and Scottish leagues, with no player photo’s or logo’s to try and keep the size of the download down.....sigh....:rolleyes:

Northwood_DK
09-24-2007, 07:28 AM
What was fake about the German League?


Try to Google or Wiki Jens Mustermann

path12
09-24-2007, 03:18 PM
that faking thing is quite a non issue though. In a matter of a coupel of weeks a new fake.lnc file is usuallt available and you can use it with career started without it, unlike EHM...

FM

I wasn't able to get it to work right, but I am a technological moron at times.