Football Manager 2024: Release date, early access beta, new features and improvements

FM24 is released on Monday November 6 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch; early access beta will be available to PC users who pre-purchased the game around two weeks before the official release date; new features, improvements and future upgrades detailed below

@JoeShreadSky

Tuesday 17 October 2023 14:37, UK

With the days ticking down until the release of Football Manager 2024, Sky Sports details all you need to know about a game described as a «love letter to football»...

FM24 will be released from 4pm on Monday November 6, as will Football Manager 2024 Console on PlayStation 5 and Xbox, and Football Manager 2024 Touch on Nintendo Switch.

Early access to FM24 will be available to those who purchase the game from participating retailers around two weeks before the official release date.

However, early access to FM23 came two-and-a-half weeks before the game was officially released. Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive's studio director, said early access will «literally roll out when we believe it to be ready».

Early access is only available to those playing the PC version via Steam and Epic.

One of the more fascinating features to be introduced in FM24 will be presented to users as soon as they begin the game, with the option of three different ways to start their first save.

Along with the standard option of loading the most accurate data and squads, users will also be able to choose from 'real world' and 'your world' options.

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'Real world' allows users to load squads as they were on the real-life date of the start of their save, with transfers then taking place