Sega and Sports Interactive have announced that Football Manager 25, originally scheduled for release on November 26, 2024, will be delayed to March 2025. Sports Interactive mentioned in the statement that after careful consideration, they have made the difficult decision to further delay the release of Football Manager 25, and the specific release platform will be confirmed and announced at a later date.
The main reason for this delay is that the game will introduce women's soccer content for the first time and will feature a new Unity engine graphics system, a change that Sports Interactive sees as "a new start for the next two decades".
The studio noted that while it had previously been announced that the release needed to be postponed to provide more time to refine the first launch of the new era, the extra time was still not enough to ensure that the quality and experience of the game met the high standards of players and internally. The team worked hard through a difficult development cycle, but many things were still moving slower than expected.
Football Manager 25 represents a huge leap forward in the series' technology and visuals, and the developers stressed that they cannot afford to sacrifice this important moment in history in their rush to release it in November. As a result, the team needed more time to complete development in order to ensure that the game met player expectations and maintained a consistently high standard.