Publisher Sega and developer Sports Interactive have announced that Football Manager 26 is coming to PC on November 4. Along with the main PC version, the title will also be getting console (Xbox Series X/S and PS5) and mobile (via Netflix) versions on the same day. Football Manager 26 Touch has also been announced for the Nintendo Switch, albeit with a December 4 release date.
Alongside the release date, Sports Interactive has also revealed a new trailer, this time giving us a look at what the main UI will look like. The studio took fan feedback into account to develop its refresh of the core interface, offering a cleaner look that still maintains the density of information that players appreciate from the title.
The top of the screen will be taken up by a redesigned navbar, which will give players access to various options, ranging from squad management to recruitment, and even club management as a whole. The Portal serves as the main home screen, providing a better look at how their team might be doing, as well as details like upcoming matches and league standings. All of the information in the Portal has been divided into different cards, each offering a glimpse at some of the finer details that players can access.
Football Manager 26 is also bringing with it the new bookmarks feature, which allows players to pin specific pages that they might want to visit often without having to dig through varying levels of sub-menus to access them. Going by the trailer, players can set up to six bookmarks, with complete freedom over which of the game’s many management-centric screens can be accessed through the feature.
The search tool has also been overhauled, offering deeper functionality. A single search query allows for looking through players, clubs, teams, messages, staff members, and other aspects. Search now also includes guides that players can access in case they might be looking for introductions or details to specific features. These guides can all be accessed in-game through the FMPedia.
As for the other Football Manager 26 releases, the upcoming Mobile release is set to be the first one in the series to include save game compatibility for the previous main title in the series – Football Manager 24 Mobile. Similarly, Football Manager 26 Console and Touch will also include the same feature to bring over save files from Football Manager 2024 and 2023.
For more details about Football Manager 26, check out the trailer released earlier this month which gave us our first look at the revamped match day experience offered by the management sim. The title now makes use of Unity Engine to render matches in full 3D, complete with player-accurate animations and other quirks. Along with this, the developer has also revealed the PC and laptop specs required to run the title.
