After two delays and months of silence, Sports Interactive announced the decision to cancel FM25 in a 3am social media post on Friday.
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Read More“Due to a variety of challenges that we’ve been open about to date, and many more unforeseen, we currently haven’t achieved what we set out to do in enough areas of the game,” the Sports Interactive statement added.
“We know this will come as a huge disappointment, especially given that the release date has already moved twice, and you have been eagerly anticipating the first gameplay reveal. We can only apologise for the time it has taken to communicate this decision.
Sports Interactive are now shifting their focus to the 2026 version of Football Manager.
The 2025 version was set to undergo significant changes, moving to a new engine which Sports Interactive admitted last June would be a “huge undertaking” – making for “the biggest technical and visual advancement in the series for a generation”.
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“In the future and with more experience, it will lead to faster creation and implementation of game features and design-led tweaks.
In essence, also, this is what led to the delays and eventual cancellation.
More than three months of silence followed, without any updates, which was starting to speak volumes about the state of FM25 – many assuming a March release date was looking unlikely.
“Whilst many areas of the game have hit our targets, the overarching player experience and interface is not where we need it to be,” they said.
The i Paper had spoken to fans of Football Manager earlier in the week, with opinion varying from “devastated” to “apathetic” over the delays.
Sports Interactive opted against making an FM24 update with 2024-25 data as “this is a substantial undertaking and would divert critical resources away from the development of the next release which requires our full focus,” they said.
Will fans who bought FM25 get a refund?
Yes. The game had been available to pre-order, and Sports Interactive have confirmed gamers “will automatically be refunded in full if purchased through an official SEGA-approved retailer”, adding: “Retailers will process refunds in due course, for any enquiries please contact your point of purchase.”
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