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Screenshots from Franchise Hockey Manager 2013
The first set of screenshots from Franchise Hockey Manager 2013 has been released to the public. Here they finally are!
FM Handheld 2013 Released
Sports Interactive and SEGA are delighted to announce the launch of Football Manager Handheld 2013 for iOS and Android devices. This season’s release not only includes up-to-date player and competition data, it also includes a number of gameplay enhancements, many of which have been implemented as a direct result of user feedback. These include: – An all-new player comparison module (al...[Read More]
Review – DDS College Basketball 2
Review of Draft Day Sports: College Basketball 2 Coaching in college is a lot of work. But it can also be very rewarding. Why anybody would choose to coach college sports over professional sports is mind-boggling. I realize most college coaches would jump at the opportunity to coach in the pros, but there are a handful who choose not to. Those coaches are crazy. I suppose there is something t...[Read More]
Review – Football Manager 2013
Our Review of Football Manager 2013 Still catering to the obsessed, but now with more to offer casual players. There’s no such thing as a worldwide holiday for fans of soccer sims (or football, if you prefer), but if there was, it would probably be the day a new iteration of the Football Manager series goes live. As it always does, Sports Interactive’s labor of love attempts to ca...[Read More]
Review – GM Hockey Legacy 2012
Review of GM Hockey Legacy 2012 A somewhat more cartoon-like take on the coolest sport on earth. It’s November, and that means that (most) years, my nights would be filled up by flipping through various hockey games, checking box scores and fiddling around with whatever fantasy line-up I’ve put together for myself. Of course, the NHL’s lockout of the NHLPA and subsequent can...[Read More]
A virtual virtual sports community lifer
I’m a virtual virtual sports community lifer.While I was unaware of the vast world of mail leagues (that’s antiquated, your-grandpas-snail-mail mail leagues, where you rolled dice to see who got a hit, not hit a button), I became quite in tune with the world of online sim gaming. My first taste, which happened to be the only online league run by OOTP dynasty legend DreamTeams, ca...[Read More]
Football Manager 2013 Released
Football Manager 2013, announced today by Sports Interactive and SEGA, marks a seismic shift in the development of the best-selling series. In addition to offering an array of improvements and enhancements over its predecessors, the new release also incorporates a series of radical changes and new game modes which, for some, will revolutionise the way the game is played. Perhaps...[Read More]
PFS 2013 Rosters Released
The PFS player universe has been updated with 2012-2013 players and rosters. There is also a rough draft class in for 2013-2014. Pro Football Simulator now has players and rosters from 1950 all the way through 2013. There are also league formats that cover just about every professional league in history, including NFL, AFL, CFL, WFL, and the USFL. There are several formats that you can use to...[Read More]
If there’s a text sim, I’ve probably owned it
I knew there was something wrong with me right around the time I bought Front Page Sports Baseball Pro ’98. When I broke open the box with Randy Johnson on the cover and installed the Sierra Sports classic, I played it like you were “supposed to” play sports video games, meaning I mashed buttons on the keyboard and played arcade style. To my 16-year-old mind, the game didn’t seem all th...[Read More]
The Beauty of Hockey Simulation
There are two things I’ve always loved to do. Follow sports and tell stories. From an early age — as soon as I could walk, really — I was playing sports, watching them on TV, and using my imagination to create worlds of my own. I loved playing the early console games: your early Maddens, the NHL 94 type games, Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball and so on. I played them so much that I ...[Read More]