Championship Manager 2009

Friday 11th September/...Eidos Interactive Ltd, creator of some of the world’s leading videogame properties, today announces that Championship Manager 2010 is now available on PC-DVD across Europe, in an exclusive Special Edition featuring the full game and free CM Season Live™ which is normally priced at £5 for six updates throughout the season, a CM Manager's Notebook & pencil plus a giant league structure poster – everything you need to become the definitive manager.

“This is a very exciting moment in the history of the Championship Manager franchise,” said Roy Meredith, General Manager of Championship Manager. “Two years of hard graft have come to fruition in what I can confidently say is the best version of Championship Manager the studio has made.”

Championship Manager 2010 delivers players a host of unique features never seen before in football management games including; a bespoke 3D match engine with over 500 individual player animations created specifically for Championship Manager, a Set-piece creator giving users the chance to create their own unique free kicks and corners, Scouting Networks allowing users to set-up local networks in countries around the world and scout for local players and Practice matches helping users build and mould their perfect team or trial new players. The new features are more accessible than ever before thanks to the completely reworked user interface design.

Championship Manager will be released across Europe fully localised into Turkish, Polish, French, Italian and Spanish.

For more information on Championship Manager 2010 and to gain insight on the game in the form of the Football Academy as well as articles from the Champ Man Football Council including Graham Poll, Mervyn Day and Brian McClair visit www.championshipmanager.co.uk

Championship Manager 2010; Special Edition (PC-DVD) is available from all good retailers now SRP £29.99

About Eidos

Eidos is the creator of some of the world's leading videogame properties, consisting of several development studios including Crystal Dynamics, IO Interactive, Beautiful Game Studios, Eidos Game Studios, Eidos Hungary and Eidos Montreal, plus sales and distribution offices in Europe and the US. The Group has a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: Tomb Raider™, Hitman™, Deus Ex™, Championship Manager™ and Just Cause™. Eidos is a wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

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