Sports Interactive
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Sports Interactive Limited is a computer games development company currently based in Old Street
, Central London
and owned by the Japan
ese software and video game company Sega
. It is the developer of the popular games Football Manager
, NHL Eastside Hockey Manager
and Championship Manager Quiz
, and is the former developer of Championship Manager
. Each release of Championship Manager/Football Manager has traditionally been one of the fastest selling PC games in the UK with Championship Manager 4
the fastest of all time.
, the company is commonly abbreviated to "SI" amongst fans of their games.
In 2003, it was announced Sports Interactive would no longer develop games under the brand Championship Manager as this was owned by publisher Eidos Interactive
. Instead on 12 February 2004 it was announced that Sports Interactive had signed a publishing deal with Sega
and would produce its new football management games under the self-owned brand of Football Manager
.
since the club's formation: Championship Manager 01-02 contains a pro-AFC Wimbledon message occasionally visible at start-up (along with a similarly rare but now rather dated "Save Chip!" message), and they are currently AFC Wimbledon's main sponsors, with their logo appearing on the team strip.
In 2004, Sports Interactive announced a deal to help develop Markus Heinsohn's Out of the Park Baseball
.
On January 1, 2007 Sports Interactive announced that they were beginning work on a new game. The only detail revealed has stated that the game will be football-based, however what aspect of the game to be captured has yet to be disclosed.
similar to that of Football Manager 2007, but, as the name suggests, played completely online by up to 1000 people within any "gameworld" of which there will be multiple. The game was originally announced to be released in March 2008 but the game was actually released January 23, 2009. The game uses a database comprising over 330,000 football players and 10 playable leagues. In addition, game players can talk to one another via in-game chats.
were appointed as Members of the Order of the British Empire
for their services to the computer game industry.
In 2011 Studio Director of Sports Interactive Miles Jacobson was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
again for service to the computer game industry.
Old Street
Old Street is a street in east London that runs west to east from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell, in the London Borough of Islington, to the crossroads where it intersects with Shoreditch High Street , Kingsland Road and Hackney Road in Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney.The nearest...
, Central London
Central London
Central London is the innermost part of London, England. There is no official or commonly accepted definition of its area, but its characteristics are understood to include a high density built environment, high land values, an elevated daytime population and a concentration of regionally,...
and owned by the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese software and video game company Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
. It is the developer of the popular games Football Manager
Football Manager
Football Manager is a series of football management simulation games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager; however, following the break-up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive, Sports Interactive...
, NHL Eastside Hockey Manager
NHL Eastside Hockey Manager
NHL Eastside Hockey Manager is an ice hockey management simulation game developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was the first commercial release in the Eastside Hockey Manager series started by the freeware game Eastside Hockey Manager.The first version of the game was released...
and Championship Manager Quiz
Championship Manager Quiz
Championship Manager Quiz is a football trivia quiz video game for PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and Microsoft Windows, developed by King of the Jungle and published by Eidos Interactive....
, and is the former developer of Championship Manager
Championship Manager series
The Championship Manager series is a series of British football-management simulation computer games, the first of which was released in 1992.The Championship Manager brand and game was conceived by two brothers: Paul and Oliver Collyer...
. Each release of Championship Manager/Football Manager has traditionally been one of the fastest selling PC games in the UK with Championship Manager 4
Championship Manager 4
Championship Manager 4 is a football management game in the Championship Manager series. It was the penultimate game in the series to be developed by Sports Interactive before they and publishers Eidos decided to go their separate ways. The game was released for the PC in March of 2003 and then on...
the fastest of all time.
History
Founded by Paul Collyer and Oliver CollyerCollyer brothers (game designers)
Paul Edward Collyer MBE and Oliver Charles "Ov" Collyer MBE are two English computer game designers and programmers. They founded the development company Sports Interactive in 1992 and created the Championship Manager series of football video games, which became the Football Manager series in 2004...
, the company is commonly abbreviated to "SI" amongst fans of their games.
In 2003, it was announced Sports Interactive would no longer develop games under the brand Championship Manager as this was owned by publisher Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive Ltd. is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton....
. Instead on 12 February 2004 it was announced that Sports Interactive had signed a publishing deal with Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
and would produce its new football management games under the self-owned brand of Football Manager
Football Manager
Football Manager is a series of football management simulation games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager; however, following the break-up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive, Sports Interactive...
.
AFC Wimbledon
Sports Interactive have had a relationship with AFC WimbledonAFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....
since the club's formation: Championship Manager 01-02 contains a pro-AFC Wimbledon message occasionally visible at start-up (along with a similarly rare but now rather dated "Save Chip!" message), and they are currently AFC Wimbledon's main sponsors, with their logo appearing on the team strip.
In 2004, Sports Interactive announced a deal to help develop Markus Heinsohn's Out of the Park Baseball
Out of the Park Baseball
Out of the Park Baseball, abbreviated as OOTP, is a text-based baseball simulator for career, historical, and fictional play. OOTP was originally written in 1998, when lead developer Markus Heinsohn sought to combine realistic replay baseball simulation with career play to satisfy hardcore fans and...
.
Sega
On April 4, 2006 it was announced that Sega Holdings Europe Ltd, holding company for Sports Interactive's publishers Sega, had acquired Sports Interactive.On January 1, 2007 Sports Interactive announced that they were beginning work on a new game. The only detail revealed has stated that the game will be football-based, however what aspect of the game to be captured has yet to be disclosed.
Football Manager Live
On April 20, 2007, Sports Interactive announced the release of a "brand new massively multiplayer online football management game" entitled Football Manager LiveFootball Manager Live
Football Manager Live was a massively multiplayer online game developed by Sports Interactive released in November 2008 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X....
similar to that of Football Manager 2007, but, as the name suggests, played completely online by up to 1000 people within any "gameworld" of which there will be multiple. The game was originally announced to be released in March 2008 but the game was actually released January 23, 2009. The game uses a database comprising over 330,000 football players and 10 playable leagues. In addition, game players can talk to one another via in-game chats.
Games
- Championship Manager seriesChampionship Manager seriesThe Championship Manager series is a series of British football-management simulation computer games, the first of which was released in 1992.The Championship Manager brand and game was conceived by two brothers: Paul and Oliver Collyer...
- Championship ManagerChampionship ManagerChampionship Manager was the very first game in the popular Championship Manager series of association football management simulation games. The game was originally released on the Amiga and Atari ST in September, 1992 and then ported to the PC/DOS platform soon after...
- Championship Manager '93
- Championship Manager 2Championship Manager 2Championship Manager 2 is a football management computer game in the Sports Interactive's Championship Manager series. It was released in September 1995 for PC - it was originally due to be released much earlier but the release date slipped several times as the developers refused to ship the game...
- Championship Manager 96/97Championship Manager 96/97Championship Manager 96/97 is a game in the Championship Manager series of football management computer games. It was released in September 1996, for the PC and Amiga computers. This was the last Championship Manager game to be released for the Amiga, the platform that the series started on...
- Championship Manager 97/98Championship Manager 97/98Championship Manager 97/98 is a game in the Championship Manager series of football management computer games, based on the Championship Manager 2 game engine...
- Championship Manager 3Championship Manager 3Championship Manager 3 is a game in the Championship Manager series or football management computer games, the first in the third generation of the series...
- Championship Manager: Season 00/01Championship Manager: Season 00/01Championship Manager: Season 00/01 is a football managing video game. Ten more playable leagues were introduced for this version, including Australia, Finland, Greece, Northern Ireland, Russia and Wales...
- Championship Manager: Season 01/02
- Championship Manager 4Championship Manager 4Championship Manager 4 is a football management game in the Championship Manager series. It was the penultimate game in the series to be developed by Sports Interactive before they and publishers Eidos decided to go their separate ways. The game was released for the PC in March of 2003 and then on...
- Championship Manager: Season 03/04
- Championship Manager
- Football ManagerFootball ManagerFootball Manager is a series of football management simulation games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager; however, following the break-up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive, Sports Interactive...
- Football Manager 2005Football Manager 2005Football Manager 2005 is a game in the Football Manager computer game series. It was developed by Sports Interactive and released on November 5, 2004, published by Sega....
(4 November 2004 for PC/Mac) - Football Manager 2006Football Manager 2006Football Manager 2006 is a game in the Football Manager series of football management simulation games. It is available for PC, Mac, Xbox 360, and PSP platforms, and was released in the UK on October 21, 2005...
(21 October 2005 for PC/Mac & April for PSP) - Football Manager 2007Football Manager 2007Football Manager 2007 is the third game in the Football Manager series of football management simulation games by Sports Interactive, published by SEGA...
(20 October 2006 for PC/Mac & PSP) - Football Manager 2008Football Manager 2008Football Manager 2008 is the principal title of the 2008 edition of the Football Manager series of football management simulation games by Sports Interactive. The version for the United States and Canada is entitled Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008, while the South American version is Fútbol Manager...
(October 2007 for PC/Mac & PSP and March 2008 for Xbox 360) - Football Manager 2009Football Manager 2009Football Manager 2009 is a football manager simulation video game. It was released on PC, Mac and PlayStation Portable on 14 November 2008 in Europe and on 18 November 2008 in North America...
(14 November 2008 for PC/Mac & PSP) - Football Manager 2010Football Manager 2010Football Manager 2010 is a football manager simulation video game. It was released on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and PlayStation Portable on 30 October 2009. It is also available for digital download on Steam and iOS...
(30 October 2009 for PC/Mac & PSP and April for iPhone) - Football Manager 2011Football Manager 2011Football Manager 2011 is a football manager simulation video game. It was released on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on 5 November 2010. It was also released on PlayStation Portable on 26 November 2010...
(5 November 2010 for PC/Mac, December for PSP & iPhone and April for iPad) - Football Manager 2012Football Manager 2012Football Manager 2012 is a football manager simulation video game. It was released on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on 21 October 2011.-New Features:...
(21 October 2011 for PC/Mac, PSP, iPhone & iPad)
- Football Manager 2005
- Football Manager LiveFootball Manager LiveFootball Manager Live was a massively multiplayer online game developed by Sports Interactive released in November 2008 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X....
(23 January 2009)
- Eastside Hockey ManagerEastside Hockey ManagerEastside Hockey Manager , commonly known as EHM or EHM2g is a freeware video game about managing an ice hockey team...
- NHL Eastside Hockey ManagerNHL Eastside Hockey ManagerNHL Eastside Hockey Manager is an ice hockey management simulation game developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was the first commercial release in the Eastside Hockey Manager series started by the freeware game Eastside Hockey Manager.The first version of the game was released...
(2 July 2004) - NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005 is an ice hockey management simulation game in the Eastside Hockey Manager series. It was developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega...
(27 May 2005) - NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005 (North American version) (27 September 2005)
- NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007 is an ice hockey management simulation game in the Eastside Hockey Manager series. It is developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega...
(22 September 2006)
- NHL Eastside Hockey Manager
- Out of the Park Baseball Manager
- Out of the Park Baseball Manager 2006 (31 May 2006)
- Out of the Park Baseball Manager 2007 (23 March 2007)
Accolades
In 2010 co-founders of Sports Interactive Paul Collyer and Oliver CollyerCollyer brothers (game designers)
Paul Edward Collyer MBE and Oliver Charles "Ov" Collyer MBE are two English computer game designers and programmers. They founded the development company Sports Interactive in 1992 and created the Championship Manager series of football video games, which became the Football Manager series in 2004...
were appointed as Members of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
for their services to the computer game industry.
In 2011 Studio Director of Sports Interactive Miles Jacobson was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
again for service to the computer game industry.
Staff
- Miles Jacobson (Studio Director)
- Paul Collyer (Chairman)
- Oliver Collyer (Chairman)
- Marc Vaughan (Head of Handheld Development)
- Craig Hunter (Graphics)
- Chris Rice (Graphics)
- Philip Rolfe (Media)
- Mark Woodger (Research and Localisation)
- Dean Gripton (Head Researcher - England)
- Pete Sottrel (Research)
- Simon Tipple (Research)
- Kevin Turner (Programmer)
- Risto Remes (Programmer)
- Ed Lambert (Programmer)
- Richard Jones (Programmer)
- Neil Brock (Community Administrator)