The latest instalment in the popular sports franchise from developer Sports Interactive and publisher SEGA was released on Steam this week. It was available for Linux from day one and comes with a demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoSpAffvDP0
Football Manager 2014 was one of the big titles on display in the teaser image when Valve announced SteamOS in September last year, along with Total War™: ROME II, Metro: Last Light, Trine 2 and Europa Universalis IV. Developer Sports Interactive did not disappoint and Football Manager 2014 was indeed cross-platform when it released the following month.
The Football Manager games are regularly among the most played games on Steam by number of concurrent players. They also have a loyal fan base, and as such are likely to be games that could be the main selling point for a lot people when considering whether or not to make the leap to Linux as their main platform for gaming.
Image courtesy of Steam Charts.
In an interview with Sportra in November last year, studio director of Sports Interactive, Miles Jacobson, said that they were not planning on bringing their Football Manager series to consoles:
So it's possible Football Manager 2015 might be a console exclusive on Steam Machines when they land on store shelves sometime next year. It would be the first since Football Manager 2009 was released for the Xbox 360.
There's a Linux demo available for download from Steam. I've tried it and it ran well on my laptop's integrated Intel GPU. The only issue worth mentioning is that by default it started in windowed mode and some UI buttons were hidden under my dock. Resizing the window caused the game to hang but I haven't tried fiddling around with settings after that.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoSpAffvDP0
Football Manager 2014 was one of the big titles on display in the teaser image when Valve announced SteamOS in September last year, along with Total War™: ROME II, Metro: Last Light, Trine 2 and Europa Universalis IV. Developer Sports Interactive did not disappoint and Football Manager 2014 was indeed cross-platform when it released the following month.
The Football Manager games are regularly among the most played games on Steam by number of concurrent players. They also have a loyal fan base, and as such are likely to be games that could be the main selling point for a lot people when considering whether or not to make the leap to Linux as their main platform for gaming.
Image courtesy of Steam Charts.
In an interview with Sportra in November last year, studio director of Sports Interactive, Miles Jacobson, said that they were not planning on bringing their Football Manager series to consoles:
Quote[...] we have no plans at all to be on next-generation consoles at the moment.
So it's possible Football Manager 2015 might be a console exclusive on Steam Machines when they land on store shelves sometime next year. It would be the first since Football Manager 2009 was released for the Xbox 360.
There's a Linux demo available for download from Steam. I've tried it and it ran well on my laptop's integrated Intel GPU. The only issue worth mentioning is that by default it started in windowed mode and some UI buttons were hidden under my dock. Resizing the window caused the game to hang but I haven't tried fiddling around with settings after that.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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It'd be a Steam Machine console exclusive, but can you play it with a controller? It isn't listed as controller-compatible as far as I can tell.
It's nice to see that FM2014 wasn't a one-off in any case. Unfortunately, I don't care for football, so I've not played a football manager game since Ultimate Soccer Manager on the Amiga.
It's nice to see that FM2014 wasn't a one-off in any case. Unfortunately, I don't care for football, so I've not played a football manager game since Ultimate Soccer Manager on the Amiga.
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Quoting: WorMzyIt'd be a Steam Machine console exclusive, but can you play it with a controller? It isn't listed as controller-compatible as far as I can tell.
It's nice to see that FM2014 wasn't a one-off in any case. Unfortunately, I don't care for football, so I've not played a football manager game since Ultimate Soccer Manager on the Amiga.
Even if it doesn't support a controller, every game on Steam will be playable with the Steam controller. Everyone will be able to create custom mappings for the games, emulating keyboard and mouse, as far as I'm aware Valve is gonna have something like Steam Workshop for those mappings.
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Segata Sanshiro Nov 8, 2014
QuoteUnfortunately, I don't care for football, so I've not played a football manager game since Ultimate Soccer Manager on the Amiga.
I quite liked LMA Manager on the PS2, but mostly because I treated it as a business sim. I don't really know anything about football though, so just assumed bying the most expensive players possible was the way to go.
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Quoting: EikeQuoting: dudeNot available in Germany... does anyone know why?Licences
Funny, 'cause it's untrue. It says "deutschsprachiger Raum", which means Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland. In Austria I can buy the game, it's listed fine in steam, as is the predecessor :)
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Quoting: SeredFunny, 'cause it's untrue. It says "deutschsprachiger Raum", which means Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland. In Austria I can buy the game, it's listed fine in steam, as is the predecessor :)
If you find some public source for that information, I can change the article.
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Quoting: EikeQuoting: SeredFunny, 'cause it's untrue. It says "deutschsprachiger Raum", which means Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland. In Austria I can buy the game, it's listed fine in steam, as is the predecessor :)If you find some public source for that information, I can change the article.
Sorry, I currently have absolutely no time to search for a public source on this matter.
All I can say is, that I am currently living in Austria and I can see all the games just fine in the Steam Store. I can even add them to my cart and there is no warning/rejection until at least the last page of the payment process saying I couldn't buy the game or anything.
But I don't want to buy the game just to prove my point ^^
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I've never actually played any football manager type games either, except those online fantasy football leagues a few times after having been coaxed into it by friends and/or co-workers. Last time I entered it cost me a case of beer. There's definitely more to it than just buying the most expensive players though, as you have to find a set of players that work as a team. Plus if you want to make money trading players you have to consider it as sort of a stock market, where you earn money by predicting which players are going to increase in value after you buy them.
As for actual football video games, the only one I ever really played was Nintendo World Cup on the NES. I don't think there was any manager aspect to it though and the whole thing was more of a parody on football. It was a ton of fun though.
As for actual football video games, the only one I ever really played was Nintendo World Cup on the NES. I don't think there was any manager aspect to it though and the whole thing was more of a parody on football. It was a ton of fun though.
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