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Championship Manager 2008
Developer(s)	Beautiful Game Studios (PC) Virtual Programming (Mac)
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive
Series	Championship Manager series
Platform(s)	Windows, Mac OS X
Release date(s)	Windows EU 2007-11-02 NA 2007-11-06 AUS 2007-11-29 Mac OS X 16 November 2007
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	PEGI: 3+
Media	DVD-ROM
Input methods	Keyboard and Mouse

Championship Manager 2008 is an iteration in Eidos' Championship Manager series of computer games.

It is available for Windows and Mac although there is no PSP version as there was in Championship Manager 2007. The game was released on November 2, 2007.^[1]

Features

Users can now play in a multi-player mode, meaning that they can have more than one person on an account. Also, users can manage nations and can apply "Club Benefactor", which lets the user have more money, although these additions were added in the previous Championship Manager. Another feature is the addition of more leagues – for example, the Australian League – player tendencies and team talks.

The game uses ProZone tool to give a comprehensive database of player statistics.

Reaction

Championship Manager 2008 received average reviews but was criticised by Gamespot UK who said it "ultimately fails because it doesn't seem to know who it's aiming at".

GameSpot gave Championship Manager 2008 a score of "6.0". PC Gamer UK gave the game 72 out of 100 but Ferrango gave it 45 out of 100^[2], showing the reception of the game was mixed.

Other Versions

• A mobile version of this game, Championship Manager 2008 Mobile ^[3] was developed in 2008, by BAFTA award-wining ^[4] mobile games developer Dynamo Games

References

1. ^ = Gamespot Summary of Championship Manager 2008
2. ^ = Ferrango Championship Manager 2008 Review
3. ^ http://www.dynamogames.com/showcase.php?id=9
4. ^ http://www.baftascotland.co.uk/archive/scotland-awards-2007/nominations-winners

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Championship Manager 2008
Developer(s)	Beautiful Game Studios
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive
Release date(s)	2007
Genre(s)	Soccer
System(s)	Windows, Mac OS
Rating(s)	PEGI: Ages 3+
Preceded by	Championship Manager 2007
Series	Championship Manager

Championship Manager 2008 is the 2008 edition of the Championship Manager series. The player manages a soccer team, taking control over the team squad and the coaching staff.

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