Football Manager Live release code almost ready

Speaking to Evo Gamer, Sports Interactive’s Miles Jacobson has revealed that development on Football Manager Live – the online multiplayer version of its hugely successful football management series – is going very well.

“We’re pretty close to finishing the first iteration now, as in the code that will be released,” said Jacobson. “The game will likely never be “finished” because, like FM, there are loads of ideas for features, and we are taking a stance of “constant development”, meaning that there will be new features and updates every few months for those that subscribe to the game, which will be part of the subscription.”

Regarding the cost of the subscription, Jacobson said: “We (SI and Sega) want to ensure that the game is great value for money, so these will be finalised very late in the process to ensure that we’re able to pay all of the costs (servers and bandwidth are not cheap!) and still deliver the game as cheap as possible to the customer.”

And finally, what are the chances of seeing the new Live game on other platforms? According to Jacobson “the possibilities are endless”, but SI is “concentrating on delivering a great game for PC & Mac first, then will discuss other platforms once it’s all done”.