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Football Manager 2022 will be available on day one from Xbox Game PassThey can remove all the other games from Game Pass now

They can remove all the other games from Game Pass now

Key art for Football Manager 2022 showing a group of male haircut models in a tunnel about to emerge onto a pretend football pitch. The models are applauding themselves.

Every year, I ask: is this the one? Is this the year where I get back into Football Manager? Throw all my books and films and other games away and boil my cultural consumption down to the media equivalent of Huel. Everything I need in one entertaining paste.

I’m asking it again right now.Football Manager 2022will release on November 9th, and Sports Interactive have announced that this year it’ll also be available on day one via Xbox Game Pass.

Including FM with Game Pass is, I assume, some kind of ironic joke. “Hey, here’s a copy of Football Manager, and also 100 other great games you now won’t play because you’re playing Football Manager.”

Here’s the trailer that SI released alongside the announcement:

Football Manager 2022 | Release Date | #FM22 Announce TrailerWatch on YouTube

Football Manager 2022 | Release Date | #FM22 Announce Trailer

Cover image for YouTube video

The only thing preventing me from sinking back into Football Manager’s statistical muck is that, in recent years, the new features have felt underwhelming to me when announced. I love Football Manager, but ther are several systems in there I’d love to see revamped - or would love to never have to deal with ever again. I imagine this year’s update will be similarly incremental, but I’m crossing my fingers for something more inspirational than a few more media interview questions and 3D modelled hot dog stands.

Alongside Game Pass, Football Manager 2022 will also be available as always viaSteamand, as per last year, theEpic Games Store.