Popular video game "Football Manager" announced on Friday that its delayed 2025 edition has been cancelled as the "overarching player experience and interface is not where we need it to be."

FM25 has been cancelled so the team can focus on FM26 instead, in a crushing blow to millions of football fans from around the world. The game had been delayed several times before an announcement last night confirmed it wouldn't be coming out at all.

The latest edition of the Football Manager game was originally due to be released in November last year but was delayed until March and the game has now been cancelled altogether

Sadly, you might have seen this news coming — Football Manager 2025 has been cancelled, following a number of delays, with Sports Interactive pushing their focus now to the 2026 edition of the game.

Sega and Sports Interactive have canceled Football Manager 25 across all platforms after what has been a difficult development. It’s the first time the long-running sports sim series has skipped a year entirely since it began in 2004.

DEVELOPER Sports Interactive has finally confirmed that the next entry in the Football Manager series has been cancelled following delays. Football Manager 25 was set to launch in March 2025, but