''Championship Manager 4'' is a
football management game in the
Championship Manager series.
Publication history
It was the penultimate game in the series to be developed by
Sports Interactive before they and publishers
Eidos
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decided to go their separate ways. The game was released for
Windows
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in March 2003 and then on the
Mac on 17 May 2003.
Reception
It was hugely anticipated by fans of the series, mainly due to the inclusion of a graphical
2D match-engine for the first time in a CM game. and upon its release it became the fastest selling PC game of all time in the
UK, outselling the nearest best selling PC title,
Command & Conquer: Generals, by around two to one.
''Championship Manager 4'' received a "Platinum" sales award from the
Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association
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(ELSPA),
indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
''
Computer Gaming World'' nominated ''Championship Manager 4'' for their 2003 "Sports Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''
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Gameplay
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''.
See also
*
Championship Manager series
*
Football Manager
''Football Manager'' (also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008) is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game bega ...
References
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2003 video games
Association football management video games
Classic Mac OS games
Eidos Interactive games
Golden Joystick Award winners
Multiplayer hotseat games
MacOS games
Windows games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom