Football Manager dev talks women's game: "We need to be doing it justice"
radiotimes.comOn the latest episode of the One More Life podcast, host Rob Leane (RadioTimes.com Gaming Editor) is joined by Ant Farley (design manager for Sports Interactive on Football Manager) to kick off the new FM season and look ahead to the future of the franchise.
That future will include the addition of women's football in FM25.
«It's a really exciting time for the studio,» Farley said, speaking at Immediate Media’s London office in the build-up to Football Manager 2024’s release.
«We're doing two games at once and it's challenging. It's very hard work at the moment, but it's very exciting.»
With this year’s FM24 and next year’s FM25 both being developed in tandem, Farley explained how each instalment has its own major upgrades and challenges.
Said Farley: «Football Manager 24, we are really considering a love letter to Football Manager. This is the last version of this kind of Football Manager before the big, bold new horizon with 25.
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»My role is in the design team, so I manage the group of creatives that are working on new features for the game. And the remit this year really was, 'Let's take what we've got and make it as good as we possibly can.'
«Some of those areas that might have been a bit underloved, we've been able to put a lot of focus into — set-pieces being one that I think will go down very well with the community.
»And it's really about making it the best possible last version of Football Manager before we get this brave new world with 25 that we've spoken about, and the change of game
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