The football management simulation was made available on the PSN at 5pm today and would normally cost £13.99 or €17.99 but for this special introductory price. The game will appeal to those that are interested in pick-up-and-play games and allow football fans the ultimate job of being a football manager for any of the top clubs in the world, all from the comfort of their own couch.

Much like its closest and arguably more successful rival, Football Manager 2012, features a huge player and team database including teams from top footballing nations and includes both cup and league competitions. It also features real-time graphics for contract negotiations, a brand new memory system which allows staff and players to recollect controversial decisions you may have made, a unique leveling up system for characters and an accurate tactical match engine. A trailer of the game can be viewed at CVG.

What’s also very appealing about this football management simulation is it will cost a fraction of what its closest rival does. However, Football Manager 2012 offers a lot more for the money in terms of content, realism and authenticity. It has a far more complex engine and lets players choose from any team from over 50 different nations. It has an easy to use intelligent interface and a brand new tutorial. Premier Manager 2012 will no doubt be entertaining and a great alternative but will only ever be a poor man’s Football Manager in our eyes.

Will you be downloading Premier Manager 2012?

More About: Football Manager 2012, Premier Manager 2012, psn, Urbanscan

For more Product-Reviews.net coverage:

• Follow Product Reviews on Twitter
• Become a Fan on Facebook
• Subscribe to PR
• Download our free apps for iPhone and iPad

Until today the exact release date of Sports Interactive’s manager simulation was unknown, with only a window of possible release being before Christmas. Now we can tell you that the game is expected to be available October 21st. if you’re a football fan you will also be in for a treat around that time of year as PES 2012 is set to release October 14th and FIFA 12 hits the shelves September 30th.

The announcement came from Sports Interactive’s Studio Director, Miles Jacobson at a FM12 forum. With it came a few revelations of details about scouting and its new features in this year’s Mac and PC exclusive. He also mentioned that this release date was provisional, meaning it is the date they are aiming for and is subject to change.

Some of the new features include improved team reports, which come back from scouts. Managers can now ask their scout for a team report on any team in the game world, as well as for players and next opposition team. The details are more realistic as they are modeled as much as possible on real life scout reports.

Other new features are Strength Overview which is the first screen you are presented with, which allows managers to see a club’s top 3 players in each position as well as a star rating for each player. There is also Position Strength which when clicked shows players’rankings and ratings at a club. Check out the link above for more details on what you can expect to feature in the new title.

Will you be getting Football Manager 2012 this fall?

More About: Football Manager 2012, Sports Interactive

For more Product-Reviews.net coverage:

• Follow Product Reviews on Twitter
• Become a Fan on Facebook
• Subscribe to PR
• Download our free apps for iPhone and iPad