Champ Magazine For All
Posted by Ben on Friday, September 27 2002

Sports Interactive, developer of the best-selling Championship Manager football management games, and Eidos, publisher of the series, have agreed a deal with Future Publishing to launch the Official Championship Manager Magazine. Issue one, priced £5.49 will launch on October 24th 2002.

The Official Championship Manager Magazine, project edited by Mark Sutherns, will provide the most comprehensive guide to the series yet. Written by a squad of journalists with unprecedented access to the development team, the magazine will be the first for news and information on CM4, the latest in the hugely successful Championship Manager series. A cover-mounted CD will offer fans of the game a selection of additional treats, details of which will be revealed shortly.

The Official Championship Manager Magazine will appear at key stages throughout the game’s development lifecycle, and will detail the development of the game through until release and beyond. All CD data and screenshots featured within the magazine will also be available for direct download from www.sigames.com on the day the magazine is released.

“With over three million copies in its illustrious 10-year history, Championship Manager is probably the only game with a following which can support such an ambitious publication,” says Miles Jacobson, managing director, Sports Interactive. “We’ll be working closely with Future Publishing to give our fans a superb collection of official magazines – with stacks of additional data available only through the magazine and on www.sigames.com.”

“This is a unique agreement for Future Games,” adds publisher James Binns, “We have had a lot of success with our licensed titles, based around hardware platforms and operating systems – we’ve never backed a series of games like this before. Championship Manager is a software phenomenon. We’re investing heavily in the magazine and look forward to producing a quality publication treated with the love and respect its fans demand.”

The Official Championship Manager Magazine will be available from all good newsagents on October 24th, priced £5.49.

Additionally, Xbox owners should watch out for some hugely exciting Sports Interactive news due shortly. More will be revealed at next week’s X02 event, and on Sigames.com at 9pm (UK time) on Tuesday, 24th September.