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Publisher Sega and developer Sports Interactive have announced a partnership with FIFA for Football manager 26.
The deal will bring FIFA competitions such as the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women's World Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, as well as official kits, broadcast graphics and tournament branding for Football manager 26.
“The announcement of this partnership with FIFA is an incredibly historic moment for the studio,” said Sports Interactive studio director Miles Jacobson. “Ahead of the World Cup, it was important to update International Management and make it a much more feature-rich module for our players.
“Being able to do this with the support of FIFA with an official license, providing us with tournament broadcast graphics and in-game tournament kit, is a real honor and we're excited for our fans to experience it next year. And this is just the beginning of our relationship – stay tuned for more in 2026 and beyond.”
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The multi-year agreement will provide official licenses for FIFA's largest competitions. Football Manager series, including the 26th FIFA World Cup, held in Canada, Mexico and the United States of America.
The inclusion of competitions under the official FIFA brand and name will begin in Football manager 26 with the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women's World Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, with more tournaments to follow.
This coincides with the future inclusion of a renewed International Control module in next year's content update for Football manager 26, Football Manager 26 ConsoleAnd Football Manager 26 Touch ahead of the 26th FIFA World Cup.
Full details of the features will be revealed at a later date, but this deal means the official kits of the final 48 FIFA 26 World Cup teams will be included in the kit. Football manager 26 when they will be available along with broadcast graphics and tournament branding.
Football manager 26 releases worldwide on all platforms from November 4th, giving football fans the opportunity to shape their destiny by taking them to the heart of the beautiful game.
First created with Unity Engine. Football manager 26 refreshes the entire management experience and sets a bold new standard in the iconic history of Sports Interactive and SEGA.
Football manager 26 will be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC via Steam, Epic Games StoreAnd Microsoft StoreiOS and Android on November 4th and Nintendo Switch on December 4th.
Eternal and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced by VGChartz in 2007. After several years of supporting the site, he was hired as a junior analyst in 2010, worked his way up to lead analyst in 2012, and took over equipment evaluation in 2017. He expanded his involvement in the gaming community by creating content himself. YouTube channel And Twitch channel. You can subscribe to the author on bluesky.
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