Championship Manager 2010

Championship Manager 2010 box art
Developer(s)	Beautiful Game Studios
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive
Series	Championship Manager
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X Java ME
Release	EU: September 11, 2009
Genre(s)	Sports management

Championship Manager 2010 is a Association Football manager simulation video game. It is developed by Beautiful Game Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows on September 11, 2009 making it the first Championship Manager game to be released before Football Manager since Championship Manager 2007.

The Mac OS X version of the game shipped from Virtual Programming on November 23, 2009.

Due to the game's two year development time, developers Beautiful Game Studios implemented several new features to football management games.

The match engine underwent a radical overhaul with the result being a fully animated match engine with over 500 individual player animations. There are seven different camera angles, replays and the ability to record and re-watch matches. This helps the Manager to see how their decisions and instructions manifest themselves on the playing field in 3D.

This feature enables managers to create Set Pieces. You can call upon all the individual strengths of your squad members to produce the perfectly executed free kick. The creator splits the set piece into a number of stages so managers can fine tune every crucial step from passing direction, cross/chips and runs to coordinating your defence when a corner is taken against you.

Scouting for new players is now a more accessible feature. Managers are given a world map view of their knowledge of different countries and expenditure allocation. Scouts report back the up-and-coming star players from around the world allowing you to dedicate more of your time to other areas.

Managers can now set up drills to see how their players match up against each other – shooting, crossing, practice matches and much more all shown in the three-dimensional match engine.

A first in the football management genre, CM Season Live is a monthly downloadable update which brings you all the latest events from the world of football, dropping you into the action at key defining moments in the season.