Decision taken after ‘careful consideration’ with publisher Sega
The developer of Football Manager 25 has officially cancelled the game after a series of delays that saw it pushed from November last year.
In a statement, Sports Interactive apologised to fans who had pre-ordered the game, promising full refunds. “With the launch of FM25 we set out to create the biggest technical and visual advancement in the series for a generation, laying the building blocks for a new era. Due to a variety of challenges that we’ve been open about to date, and many more unforeseen, we currently haven’t achieved what we set out to do in enough areas of the game, despite the phenomenal efforts of our team.”
“We could have pressed on, released FM25 in its current state, and fixed things down the line – but that’s not the right thing to do,” the company said. “We were also unwilling to go beyond a March release as it would be too late in the football season to expect players to then buy another game later in the year.”
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