Sports Interactive has officially cancelled Football Manager 25 after its release was delayed by months from the series' usual launch window. In its announcement, the developer said that it made the decision after an extensive discussion with Sega,

The annual release of a Football Manager game is a comforting part of the natural progression of time, even as someone who has never played one, nor ever will. Originally called Championship Manager,

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,