Sega’s quarterly earnings revealed that after two delays, this year’s Football Manager isn’t coming: “Whilst many areas of the game have hit our targets, the overarching player experience and interface is not where we need it to be.

SEGA has cancelled its Football Manager 25 project with all focus now shifted to delivering Football Manager 26 later in the year.

Football Manager was once one of the year's most reliable annual sights, alongside Call of Duty or EA's now-off-brand FIFA, but for the first time in two decades, the next entry has been officially canceled.

If you had plans to play Football Manager 25 this year, SEGA has decided to cancel the title's launch and focus on next year's iteration.

For the first time in its 20-year history, soccer management sim Football Manager will be skipping a year. Football Manager 25, already delayed twice, has been canceled shortly ahead of its proposed March 2025 release date.

Sega and Sports Interactive have canceled Football Manager 25 across all platforms after what has been a difficult development. It’s the first time the long-running sports sim series has skipped a year entirely since it began in 2004.

Football Manager 2025 has finally been scrapped after two previous delays, with Sports Interactive now set to focus on the 2026 release. FM25 had previously been teased as the biggest leap forward for the popular video game series, including a new match engine, complete gameplay and visual overhaul and the inclusion of women's football.

Sports Interactive has announced that the 2025 version of Football Manager, its popular football management video game series, has been cancelled. A statement from its British developer Sports Interactive said that “following extensive internal discussion and careful consideration” with licensor and partner Sega,