Football Manager 26 Preorders Are Now Live After Skipping Last Year

FM26 is launching connected PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. FM26 Touch is Switch-only, portion FM26 Mobile is Netflix-exclusive. Basically, unless you’re gaming connected a toaster, you’ll beryllium capable to play.

For now, preorders are unfastened for PC done Steam, Epic Games Store, and Fanatical (Steam key). Console preorders are “coming soon,” which is PR-speak for “sit choky and hold your turn".

For those connected PC, your champion enactment is presently to preorder done Fanatical, which has FM26 down to £40.99 successful the UK and $44.99 successful the US. That's 18% disconnected the database price, and a tidy redeeming if you were astir surely going to bargain the game.

It's the champion discount amongst the bunch, with Epic and Steam presently offering 10% disconnected for those who preorder. It's besides a Steam key, truthful you tin instantly quell those fears of juggling it successful immoderate different libraries.

• Preorder from Fanatical (Steam key)
• Preorder from the Epic Games Store
• Preorder from Steam

What’s New successful FM26

FM26 isn’t conscionable showing up precocious to the party; it’s arriving with a afloat makeover. The bid is moving to the Unity engine, bringing a large graphical upgrade and much realistic animations. Sports Interactive dropped a Match Day First Look successful September, showing disconnected the caller tech successful action.

Women’s shot is yet making its debut too, with large leagues from England, Spain, Germany, France, and the US expected. Tactics are getting deeper arsenic well, with caller subordinate roles, much enactment tweaks, and power implicit however your squad plays with oregon without the ball. Translation: adjacent much ways to outcry astatine your virtual fullbacks for ignoring instructions.

Expect the accustomed UI polish and quality-of-life updates, but FM26’s existent transportation is clear, aft a twelvemonth warming the bench, it wants to beryllium seen arsenic a due next-gen reboot, not conscionable different spreadsheet simulator with vague writer background.

If obsessing implicit subordinate stats connected your commute sounds similar heaven, FM26 Touch besides lands connected Switch December 4, portion FM26 Mobile arrives connected Netflix, meaning you tin present play Football Manager connected the aforesaid app you binge Squid Game (yay?).

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Sep 11, 2025 10:15 am