With only a few days until the English Premier League is back in action excitement arrived early at the Passion4FM office. Today the news we’ve all been waiting for the entire summer arrived! Finally, the Football Manager 2019 release date has been revealed, and there are big changes awaiting to the Football Manager brand!
Read on and get all important news for Football Manager 2019 and learn what you can expect for the coming FM19 edition!
Football Manager 2019 is Coming… in November!
After weeks of cryptic tweets from the official Football Manager Twitter account and Studio Director Miles Jacobson tweeting ‘End of an Era’ alongside a screenshot of former Football Manager copies late last night, the speculations surrounded whether the beloved Football Manager series has come to an end! Luckily, we didn’t need to wait long before our questions about the meaning behind the tweet were. Earlier today, 06th of August 2018, the long anticipated Football Manager 2019 announcement were published.
Football Manager 2019 will hit the virtual ‘shelves’ Friday, November 2nd. This year, the traditional PC and MAC version of FM, will be released alongside Football Manager 2019 Touch (for PC, Mac, iOS and Android) and Football Manager 2019 Mobile (for iOS and Android).
With the announcement, the official Football Manager 2019 trailer were published revealing that Sports Interactive have quite shockingly decided to re-brand the Football Manager game series with a brand new logo!
After 14 editions and over 13 years (!), actually since the FM 2015 version, the traditional logo and the ‘Manager man’ gracing the front cover of Football Manager, we will need to get accustomed to a brand new and more modern logo. The retirement of the ‘Manager Man’ and the icon logo we’ve had with us through our childhood means the game shifts focus – looking to provide a more fresh look whilst closing the gap between YOU, as the manager, and the game by having a bird-eyes view of the players walking down the tunnel, as you were in the tunnel with your players!
Football Manager 2019 will be released Friday November 2nd 2018.
Football Manager 2019 is YOUR opportunity to take control of the club you love when the new season begins on November 2nd. New features and upgrades bring you closer to your squad than ever before and tilts the world’s favorite management simulation even closer to reality. Welcome to the job!
What to Expect From Football Manager 2019?
Confirmed by Sports Interactive and Miles Jacobson pre-release FM18, Football Manager 2019 looks to build-upon the game as we know it, with further improvements to game-mechanics and user-experience. While we can not demand or expect major changes to the game, the announcement of Football Manager 2019 gave little information about new features, changes and improvements for the coming game. Actually, we have to wait a while before further information about the game is revealed, but so far FM19 will let you put your managerial abilities to test;
- in 50 of the biggest footballing countries
- one of world’s top 2500 clubs
- by having a pool of more than 500,000 real players and staff to scout through
- Watch your unique football vision play-out on our acclaimed 3D engine
Further news about the many Football Manager 2019 features and what has been improved for FM19 is expected to arrive ‘late September’. Watch this space to get all the latest information about FM2019.
NB! Features and game upgrades about Football Manager 2019 Touch and Football Manager 2019 Mobile will drop towards the end of October, and will be made available on Passion4FM short after.
Following you’ll find confirmed news about changes coming to FM 2019:
FM19 Featuring DFL Bundesliga Licence For The First Time!
Football Manager 2019 will be the 15th edition of the beloved and iconic video game, and for all this time Sports Interactive has lacked
the licence to one of the biggest leagues in Europe – the DFL Bundesliga. For long, we’ve needed to download unofficial assets to unlock the German national team, get player photos from the top leagues in Germany as well as following instructions to get the real names of German clubs and specific players appearing. Poor German Football Manager fans has not even been able to buy the game!
Miles Jacobson and Bundesliga International officially announced on the 18th of July last year that an agreement about the Bundesliga license has been agreed for four seasons starting from the 2018-2019 season.
This means that from Football Manager 2019 until Football Manager 2022 the Bundesliga will feature in the game with official license. Not only will Football Manager 2019 be the first version the Football Manager franchise will be open for the German market, but it will also mean that Sports Interactive has earned the rights to use the real name of the German Bundesliga. Real logos, club names and player faces from Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga will for once appear in Football Manager!
With the Bundesliga licence agreed, there will be a total of 26 fully-licensed league competitions from 11 countries as well as a host of individual club licences from some of the world’s biggest leagues, with more still to be confirmed!
Licensing updates along with new features and game upgrades will drop towards the end of September on the social channels of Football Manager.
Football Manager 2019 Early Signing Bonus and Pre-Order Opportunities
Similar to last year, the fans of the series can enjoy a 10% early signing bonus by pre-purchasing FM19 on Steam any time before release date. The 10% pre-order saving is valid until 2nd of November and includes a free copy of Football Manager 2019 Touch (for PC/Mac only) alongside the ability to enjoy a early access to a fully-playable Beta* which will be available at least 2 weeks before launch.
*Single player progress achieved in Beta can be carried out into full release.
2 weeks early Beta access and a free copy of FM 2019 Touch is available for anyone who pre-purchase Football Manager 2019 from a physical or participating retailer. According to the latest SI Insider email, the 10% savings should be available for all participating retailers and SEGA approved partners, unless they unique pre-order offers and discounts.
Football Manager 2019 System Requirements
Windows (Minimum Specs):
- OS: Windows 7 (SP1), 8/8.1, 10 (1803/April 2018 Update) – 64-bit or 32-bit
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core or AMD Athlon – 2.2 GHz +
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel GMA X4500, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 – 256MB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 7 GB available space
Mac OS X (Minimum Specs):
- OS: 10.10.5, 10.11.6, 10.12.5, 10.13.5, 10.14 – 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core 2 – 1.8 GHz +
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel GMA X4500, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 – 256MB VRAM
- Storage: 7 GB available space
- Additional Notes: OpenGL: 2.1
