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Football Manager 26 Sets Nov. 4 Launch With First Integrated Women’s Game

Sports Interactive pairs a Unity-powered match engine with a deeply researched, fully licensed women’s setup to reset the series.

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Overview

  • The Barclays Women’s Super League and Women’s Super League 2 join the series with full licences covering 24 teams, including official player photos, club logos and kits.
  • A new women’s database built from scratch includes more than 36,000 players and about 5,000 staff across 14 playable leagues in 11 nations on three continents.
  • FM26 debuts a Unity-based match engine after FM25 was cancelled during the transition to the new technology.
  • Motion-capture sessions used real players, including Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse and former pros Mollie and Rosie Kmita, to model authentic animations.
  • Players can run men’s and women’s leagues side by side or separately, with PC, PlayStation and Xbox versions on Nov. 4, a Switch release on Dec. 4, a Netflix mobile edition, and hijabs supported at launch as some women-specific systems are deferred.