someguy Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Just wondered if there was any news of how far along the new game is. Not looking for specific news about new features. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 nothing official as yet, although everyone's taking guesses at the release date already! no doubt SI will fill us in when they have something concrete! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midge Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 It was previously said that the new ideas for FM09 were already agreed upon by January iirc. they would be most of the way through testing by now I would have thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 game is in testing now and any new features would have been in development for some time already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 I just hope the main improvements are on player/club/manager/media interaction and the match engine. People will probably disagree with the last one but I hope to buy the new game, go to my first match and find a slightly better looking match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Someguy - game development for this works much like it does for the other annual sports games. For SI, I imagine its something like this: July '07-August '07 - Most of the team working on bug fixes for FM'08. Features meeting regarding FM'09. Possibly a branch is created and one or two senior engineers start it on the largest components of the key features agreed to September '07 - Launch of FM'08. Most of the team takes a well-earned vacation from FM'08 launch. Feature-set tied off for FM'09. October '07-January '08 - Part of the team working on FM'08 patches, most of the team begin work on FM'09 February '08-May '08 - Most of the team really cranking away as they try to get the game ready May '08 - Feature complete, alpha testing begins June '08-August '08 - Heavy QA testing. Bug fixes only. Meanwhile, they're starting to think about FM'10... September '08 - Final testing, final DB update, launch! ... and another well-earned vacation. October '08-January '09 - Part of the team working on FM'09 patches, while most of the team begins work on FM'10. So ... now is the right time to submit FM 10 ideas ... or any last bug reports about FM'08. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macflyer Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 If it is worth anything, CD WOW! lists the FM 09 being available on Oct. 15th 2008 for a price tag of 43.99 GBP. http://www.cdwow.com/search?query=football+manager&category=all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 If it is worth anything, CD WOW! lists the FM 09 being available on Oct. 15th 2008 for a price tag of 43.99 GBP.http://www.cdwow.com/search?query=football+manager&category=all 44 quid!? I can see that price dropping significantly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 If it is worth anything, CD WOW! lists the FM 09 being available on Oct. 15th 2008 for a price tag of 43.99 GBP.http://www.cdwow.com/search?query=football+manager&category=all this happens every year. its a GUESS, based on previous years, and when they think it will be released. tbf, if SI havent mentioned a release date on here, then i think it highly unlikely that CD WOW! would know.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macflyer Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Sure rinso. More important to me is the feature list. If Eidos publishes CM 09 before FM I can wait until the first patch arrives.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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