Football Manager, first launched in 2004, allows fans to step into the shoes of a gaffer and guide a chosen team through a season.
Sports Interactive had promised a range of upgrades to the game’s visuals and interface in the next edition, and also introduced women’s teams for the first time.
The developer previously told BBC Newsbeat it had to build a new stats database and record new motion-capture sequences for female players.
It also announced it had scaled back its international management mode and removed or paused work on some other features seen in previous games.
