Sports Interactive has announced that it has begun a "multi-year" project to add women's football to the huge simulation series – and it will be a part of the main game, not a standalone series.
While details are understandably slim at this early stage, we know that women's football will become a part of the existing Football Manager set-up, with players able to seamlessly move between jobs in female and male football. No set date has been given for when women's football will become a part of the series, but it will be added as soon as possible.
In a press release, Sports Interactive wrote that the team is, "committed to ensuring that women’s football is represented as authentically as possible and with the level of realism and attention to detail that the series is renowned for and will not announce a launch date until these standards have been met."
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Studio director Miles Jacobson explained, "We know that adding women’s football to FM is going to cost in the millions and that the short-term return it delivers will be minimal. But that’s not the point. There’s no hiding that there’s currently a glass ceiling for women’s football and we want to do what we can to help smash through it. We believe in equality for all and we want to be part of the solution."
“We want to be a part of the process that puts women’s football on an equal footing with the men’s game. We know that we’re not alone in this – the historic TV deal that Sky and the BBC recently agreed with WSL in England is proof of that – but we intend to do everything we can to get women’s football to where it deserves to be.”
Women's football has gained huge popularity in recent years, seeing record stadium attendances and major TV deals. In the world of gaming, women's international football became a part of the FIFA series several years ago, and EA's sports game will add its first female commentator, Alex Scott in FIFA 22. It's not just football seeing more female representation in sports games either; earlier this month, Candace Parker became the first female cover star for the NBA 2K series.
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While details are understandably slim at this early stage, we know that women's football will become a part of the existing Football Manager set-up, with players able to seamlessly move between jobs in female and male football. No set date has been given for when women's football will become a part of the series, but it will be added as soon as possible.
In a press release, Sports Interactive wrote that the team is, "committed to ensuring that women’s football is represented as authentically as possible and with the level of realism and attention to detail that the series is renowned for and will not announce a launch date until these standards have been met."
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Studio director Miles Jacobson explained, "We know that adding women’s football to FM is going to cost in the millions and that the short-term return it delivers will be minimal. But that’s not the point. There’s no hiding that there’s currently a glass ceiling for women’s football and we want to do what we can to help smash through it. We believe in equality for all and we want to be part of the solution."
“We want to be a part of the process that puts women’s football on an equal footing with the men’s game. We know that we’re not alone in this – the historic TV deal that Sky and the BBC recently agreed with WSL in England is proof of that – but we intend to do everything we can to get women’s football to where it deserves to be.”
Women's football has gained huge popularity in recent years, seeing record stadium attendances and major TV deals. In the world of gaming, women's international football became a part of the FIFA series several years ago, and EA's sports game will add its first female commentator, Alex Scott in FIFA 22. It's not just football seeing more female representation in sports games either; earlier this month, Candace Parker became the first female cover star for the NBA 2K series.
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Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [email protected].
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