I won’t lie — when it was revealed that Football Manager 25 was being canceled after a long delay, I wasn’t too optimistic about the future of the series. My initial concern was that the team at Sports Interactive had bitten off way more than they could chew by attempting to drastically overhaul a game built upon decades of work, and that the future of the series could be in jeopardy. Was that a reasonable fear? Maybe not, considering SI has been doing this for almost as long as I’ve been alive, but it was a fear nonetheless. And then I saw the gameplay for Football Manager 26 earlier today, and ladies and gentlemen… I’m happy to report that my fears were greatly exaggerated.
