Careers started in the beta version could be continued in the full release.Īfter the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union on June 23, 2016, it was written into the game, with three possible scenarios: 'business as usual' with no additional work visas needed current players will be grandfathered but new players will need work visas or a 'hard Brexit' in-game scenario, which has Scotland voting for independence in a second referendum and remaining in the EU, whilst EU players would require working visas to play in any English, Welsh or Northern Irish teams. Players who pre-ordered FM17 received a free early-access beta version of the game two weeks prior to the official release.
It was released on Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux on 4 November 2016. Football Manager 2017 (abbreviated to FM17) is a football management simulation video game developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega.
