EIDOS ANNOUNCES CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER ONLINE
Eidos, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces an online version of the number one selling football management simulation Championship Manager. Championship Manager Online will be playable at www.cm-online.com through subscription from January 2005.
Championship Manager Online is a stand-alone massive multiplayer online football management simulation. As well as testing your managerial skills against thousands of human opponents, the game offers a "buddy league" mode that lets you compete in a league with just your friends. Championship Manager Online is being developed by Swedish-based Jadestone, which has over five years experience of producing successful online football management simulations.
Championship Manager Online will provide the realism and depth that have become hallmarks of the series. Choose to manage a club from one of six national leagues (England, Scotland, Italy, Spain, Germany and France) dealing with everything from transfers and tactics to training. New leagues will be added and the game will be continually updated to reflect changes in the real-world of football. You can also be kept informed of your team's progress at all times via SMS. Within the game, users are grouped together in separate "worlds" meaning that there can only ever be, for example, one Chelsea and one Joe Cole in each world.
Jonathan Kemp, European managing director of Eidos says:
"Championship Manager Online is the latest part of our strategy of making the Championship Manager brand a constant part of every football fans life. Offering an online version will help attract new fans to the series as well as provide existing fans the opportunity to test their managerial skills against real-life opposition to see who the real Championship Manager is."
For further information, please contact:
Steve Starvis (Head of Communications) at:
Eidos, Wimbledon Bridge House, 1 Hartfield Rd, Wimbledon, London SW19 3RU
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8636 3000; Fax: +44 (0) 020 8636 3001
About Eidos
Eidos plc is one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software with a diverse mix of titles for the PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube™ and the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft. For more information on Eidos and its products visit www.eidos.com
About Jadestone
Jadestone Group (Jadestone) is a leading creator and developer of internationally acclaimed mobile- and online multi-player games. The company develops both proprietary Game Formats and games based on leading external IPs together with leading international media companies and publishers. Jadestone Group, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, boasts a solid competence mix of strong business profiles and highly experienced network gaming creators, architects and developers. The company is privately owned and funded.
Well, I'm not sure how this will work out, hope they dont charge too much!
