When it comes to realism regarding competition rules the Football Manager series is by far the best on the market and FM 2013 does not disappoint. All the playable competitions were updated with their new real-life rules, plus some other improvements were made on already existing features.
Here’s a quick recap of what the most important new things regarding competitions in FM 2013:
revamped youth academy and reserves competitions in England
co-ownership deals updated giving more liberty to negotiate such transfers
MLS updated, Montreal Impact are included in the new game
all the playable leagues were updated, including a the new youth rules in the… Romanian league! (plus several others)
As always, Miles Jacobson gives you all the details in the video:
Here are the previously announced new features in Football Manager 2013:
Head of youth development – the man who will make sure that you recruit the best youngsters in your region but also manage your youth team
Chief scout – the man who will filter the various scout reports, presenting you only the most viable options for transfers. This staff member can also handle assigning your scouts to specific tasks.
separate leaderboards for each game mode (full career, FM Classic, challenges).
separate leaderboards for nations/divisions.
sophisticated scoring system that takes into account trophies, goals scored, but also the initial reputation of the club that you achieved those results with.
fully integrated with Steam, you will be able to compare your score to those of your Steam friends.
manager wages count towards the points you earn, so now there’s a point in negotiating a higher salary with your club.
much easier to set up, network games will run through the powerful Steam servers.
you have the possibility to export your team from single player mode into a network game. This way you can play against one of your friends regardless of which season your team is playing in the single player mode. For instance, I could play with Viitorul Constanta against Darren’s Scarborough or Kevin’s Toronto FC!
agree on match view settings before the actual game, which avoids having the two players having different settings.
live feed of suggestions and updates during the match in a single, customizable, panel, instead of multiple panels like in FM 2012
quicker in-game substitutions
animated action bar and match info bar during the match
easier access to camera selection and match speed settings
Remember that if you want to buy the game, which you should, you can do that at a reduced price from our Games Store: just 27 pounds! If you buy a legal copy of the game that means you support the guys who make the game, and if you buying it from us it means that you support this website that has served you pretty well for a few years now.
If you are feeling lucky you can take part in our FM 2013 GiveAway for a chance to win a free copy of Football Manager 2013, ready to download on release date!
No, that won’t be included as far as I know. EA still has exclusive license rights and they are unwilling to let anybody else pay for the right to use those names.
Just to Confirm since this was brought up on the Podcast, what Johnny Karp said is absolutely correct however, I imagine as in previous editions correcting this will be rather simple.
As always SI don’t seem to have disappointed with the database updates. I’m just biting at the bit to hear the release date but think it’ll be at least a week or so before they announce anything.
Has FM2013 included the J League, which Championship Manager has had for a few years now, but as CM now seems to have fallen by the wayside I am looking to Football Manager in the hope that they have taken this league on board.
Dan Mills
20 сентября, 2012 at 15:24
hi johnny
are the german national team going to be finally included on fm 2013 or is there still an issue with it due to licensing issues?
Johnny Karp
20 сентября, 2012 at 15:25
No, that won’t be included as far as I know. EA still has exclusive license rights and they are unwilling to let anybody else pay for the right to use those names.
Dan Mills
20 сентября, 2012 at 15:35
ok cheers
Miles Smith
20 сентября, 2012 at 16:38
Just to Confirm since this was brought up on the Podcast, what Johnny Karp said is absolutely correct however, I imagine as in previous editions correcting this will be rather simple.
Johnny Karp
20 сентября, 2012 at 18:51
I will provide a real names fix if I can, like I have done for FM 2012 and FM 2011, no worries :)
Bhargav
20 сентября, 2012 at 17:22
Wow! The UI looks so slick!
Darren Smith
20 сентября, 2012 at 19:35
As always SI don’t seem to have disappointed with the database updates. I’m just biting at the bit to hear the release date but think it’ll be at least a week or so before they announce anything.
Johnny Karp
20 сентября, 2012 at 19:59
Miles said that he might announce the release date in the next podcast, which will be on September 28th. We’ll see…
Niels Theis Bendtsen
20 сентября, 2012 at 19:50
I had hoped too see a few more nations added. I miss a few more african nations but more importantly cypres.
Bill Okpalor
20 сентября, 2012 at 20:51
Johnny I agree with you that The Football Manager Series is the be Football Managing game ever made.
saltwater
20 сентября, 2012 at 21:41
Wow these videos are really starting to kill me. I’m hoping the demo is out latest 12th of October, and I’m liking the new layout of the League page
Kevin
20 сентября, 2012 at 23:55
Hmmmm…..Montreal Impact eh??
Johnny Karp
21 сентября, 2012 at 07:48
Haha, sounds appealing, doesn’t it? :P
TheZiggy
21 сентября, 2012 at 13:41
Kevin’s interest is definitely piqued. To coin a phrase: «resistance is useless» :)
Kevin
23 сентября, 2012 at 19:08
…From La Belle Provence, welcome to my new FM 2013 Story featuring…
:)
Johnny Karp
23 сентября, 2012 at 19:16
You’d have to write it in French :P
Kevin
23 сентября, 2012 at 22:21
Crap….didn’t think of that :(
MRDNRA
23 сентября, 2012 at 08:56
Are the new fair play rules going to be introduced as well for the Championship and other leagues?
Johnny Karp
23 сентября, 2012 at 09:00
Don’t know anything more than what was announced in the video.
Victor Baluta
23 сентября, 2012 at 19:19
As usual FM producers are doing a great job by keeping the game as real as possible.
Martyn Hart
22 октября, 2012 at 04:06
Hi
Has FM2013 included the J League, which Championship Manager has had for a few years now, but as CM now seems to have fallen by the wayside I am looking to Football Manager in the hope that they have taken this league on board.
Johnny Karp
22 октября, 2012 at 06:54
I don’t think it is included, due to licensing issues. I’m not entirely sure though.