Videogamer writes: "Roy Meredith, the general manager of Championship Manager developer Beautiful Game Studios, is a man on a mission. He's also not afraid to offer a thought or two on the competition. When we meet him, two floors underneath publisher Eidos' offices in Wimbledon, south London, he's quick to admit the failings of his game. That's predictable - any fan of the genre knows the Champ Man series has been on the wane for a good few years now. But, more surprisingly, and more aggressively, it's not long before he fixes Sports Interactive's more popular, higher review scoring bitter rival, Football Manager, squarely in his sights."
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Eurogamer writes: "Beautiful Game Studios boss Roy Meredith has been answering your Championship Manager 2009 questions live on Eurogamer today.
He's been tackling all sorts, from release dates to demos to Football Manager - the inevitable yard-stick. Thank you to Roy "Of the Rovers" Meredith for joining us, and thank you to all of you for your questions.
As promised, here are the exclusive Championship Manager 2009 screenshots given to Eurogamer."
So what do people already know about Championship Manager 2009? Well, they know that for the first time in the series' history the game will feature a 3D match engine sporting 450 unique player animations (350 for goalkeepers) and player tendencies such as Ronaldo stepping over the ball 116 times before pretending he's stepped on a landmine. What else? How about the fact that most parts of the game have either been revamped or redesigned, such as the tactics screen that now features rotating info buttons, or the ability to set separate formations for attacking and defensive phases of play?
It would seem then that people already know plenty about Eidos's forthcoming football management game. But they don't know it all yet.
