The World Cup has been in at least the last 29 Sports Interactive games dating back to Championship Manager 2. Given that the game won't have international management on Day 1 (patched in later as per this article) it's actually the first since the CM1-engine games that WON'T have it playable on release
The official licence will make it look fancier, especially for console players who can't mod it day 1 like the core PC userbase, but it's a shame all the gaming press headlines are stuff like "add the World Cup". I first won it in CM 00/01 25 years ago!
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Re: Football Manager 26 Will Officially Add the World Cup as Part of Deal with FIFA
The World Cup has been in at least the last 29 Sports Interactive games dating back to Championship Manager 2. Given that the game won't have international management on Day 1 (patched in later as per this article) it's actually the first since the CM1-engine games that WON'T have it playable on release
The official licence will make it look fancier, especially for console players who can't mod it day 1 like the core PC userbase, but it's a shame all the gaming press headlines are stuff like "add the World Cup". I first won it in CM 00/01 25 years ago!