{"id":30285,"date":"2025-11-04T11:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30285"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:09:45","slug":"football-manager-26-launches-globally-joining-xbox-game-pass-netflix-and-apple-arcade-on-day-one","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-11-04\/football-manager-26-launches-globally-joining-xbox-game-pass-netflix-and-apple-arcade-on-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Manager 26 launches globally, joining Xbox Game Pass, Netflix, and Apple Arcade on day one"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Football Manager 26 launches globally, joining Xbox Game Pass, Netflix, and Apple Arcade on day one<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/football-manager-26-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Football Manager 26 launches globally, joining Xbox Game Pass, Netflix, and Apple Arcade on day one\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/football-manager-26-web.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/football-manager-26-web.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/football-manager-26-web.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/football-manager-26-web.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Football Manager 26. Source: SEGA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__audio\">\t\t<span class=\"bg\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-audio\">\n\t\t<div class=\"audio green-audio-player\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"play-pause-btn\" id=\"playPause\">\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"controls\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"name-and-time\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-audio\">Listen to this article<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"total-time\">1:38<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider\" data-direction=\"horizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"progress\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pin\" id=\"progress-pin\" data-method=\"rewind\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#F2F2F1\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14.667 0v2.747c3.853 1.146 6.666 4.72 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landed in the catalogues of three subscription services on its launch day, including Xbox Game Pass, Netflix, and Apple Arcade.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>FM26 became the twenty-second title in the series, following Football Manager 2024, as\u00a0Football Manager 2025 was canceled.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p><strong class=\"game\">Football Manager 26<\/strong> was released worldwide on Nov. 4, 2025, as the first game in the series built on the Unity engine and the first to adopt a two-digit naming format as <strong class=\"game\">FM26<\/strong>, similar to the EA Sports FC series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simulator launched for Windows PC and macOS PCs via Steam and Epic Games Store, <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/codex\/playstation-5-ps-plus-in-2025-prices-performance-games-vs-xbox-pc\/\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, Xbox One, <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/codex\/xbox-series-x-and-s-specs-game-pass-pricing-and-buying-tips\/\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>, Nintendo Switch, <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/codex\/nintendo-switch-2-guide-in-2025-prices-performance-games\/\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, tablets and smartphones (Android and iOS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-facade__wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.20%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"youtube-facade__img js-activate\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/J0Mhw11bTYA\/hqdefault.jpg\" \n\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/J0Mhw11bTYA\/hqdefault.jpg 658w, https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/J0Mhw11bTYA\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" 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