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2.0: End of Early Access on November 1Hi everyone,as you have probably noticed, the pace of updates and patches has slowed down a little over the past few weeks.There is a good reason for that: the game has reached a level of maturity I am very happy with. Many systems fit together well, the balancing is in a good place, and the foundation for version 2.0 is in place.That is why Early Access will end on November 1.That does not mean development is finished, though. Quite the opposite.First of all, I want to thank you. Your feedback, tips, ideas and even your criticism have been enormously valuable during Early Access. Much of the game would not be where it is today without your involvement. Please keep it up: constructive feedback is still very welcome.What am I working on right now, and why?From the start, my goal was to give you one of the best manager games out there, and above all one that keeps you motivated in the long run.To me, that means taking good, constructive ideas from the community seriously and, wherever it makes sense and is technically possible, working them into the game.One area is in the spotlight right now: the Matchday.I believe the Matchday is the reward for

The biggest update so far. Three systems are new or rebuilt from the ground up, and all 26 languages are complete for the first time.Merch LabThe old research system is gone. In its place is the Merch Lab: six sliders instead of three focus areas, a prototype takes one week.The lab learns as you go. Audience knowledge, suppliers and lab experience make tests cheaper and the estimate sharper.Fan moodYour four fan groups now have an attitude. Six things move it, from signings and departures through a change of manager to the ticket price. Families react hardest to the price.That attitude pulls on fan growth, willingness to spend and attendance, and every group has its own home in the ground: the terrace stands, the collectors sit in the box.DilemmasFifteen decisions land on your desk uninvited. Each one has a deadline, and if you let it run out, the game decides for you.The consequences really reach the squad, right down to the captain's armband. You write your own in the workbench and share them through the Workshop.TrainingInstead of fixed presets you save whole weekly plans and let them rotate, each week with its own intensity. The week navigator shows you what it does before

The biggest update so far. The world is now really the world, the game speaks 28 languages, and player development has been rebuilt from the ground up.The whole football world53 countries become 128, and two shipped worlds become six: next to the two European ones there is now South America, North America, Asia with Oceania, and Africa. Every country brings its own names, sponsors and club prefixes: RC in the Maghreb, CLB in Vietnam, FBC in Peru.Together the four new worlds bring 75 associations, 152 divisions and 2,314 clubs, plus 84 competitions: domestic cups and two continental cups per region. The league structure is the real one, the clubs and players inside it are invented.Nationality follows the club country. Before this, every club in the world had 46% Germans in the squad, even in Rosario.28 languagesSix interface languages become 28, with real national flags instead of six hand-drawn ones.Portuguese is split: Brazil and Portugal are two packs, not one full of compromises. The same goes for Latin American Spanish.Player developmentA talent now turns potential into strength about six times more slowly. Before, a seventeen-year-old hit his ceiling at nineteen, and then noth

The biggest update since launch. At the centre: a game world covering all of Europe, and an economy that fits the division you play in.All of EuropeAlongside "Small Europe" there is now a second world: 52 associations, 199 sections, 3,064 clubs, 55 competitions. Real league structure, invented clubs. Switch under Mods, Game worlds.The European cups hand out their places by association ranking instead of evenly.The association coefficient now carries forward. What your clubs win in Europe moves the ranking over the years.The click on "Next" is now four times faster. Even so it takes a few moments before the game world has played out its week.EconomyIncome and wages now depend on your tier.Lose everything anyway and the club goes into administration: debts gone, club survives, nine points deducted.Transfer fees are a multiple of the annual salary. A player costs what he earns.Training camps: eight places, three on offer each break, each only once. The price follows your division; before, the cheapest one cost a fourth-tier club three times everything it owned.OtherFriendlies show the opponent, expected attendance and expected takings before you commit.Various impr