Last we heard, Football Manager Handheld 2007 (Xbox360, PC, PSP) won't be reaching U.S. shores. But because we never underestimate the "resourcefulness" of PSP users (and because we have quite a lot of Euro readers also), we're still gonna share this info with you guys.

So. Mark Vaughan of Sega Europe Ltd. has posted a game guide/primer of sorts for Football Manager Handheld which contains really helpful tips and pointers to help users ease themselves into the game, and of course, to help ensure your success too.

Here are some of the things you can expect to find in the Hints and Tips primer:

• Favourite Tactics
• Scaring the opposition into surrender
• Explanation Of Player Characteristics
• Timing your approach
• Unlockables
• Player Contracts
• ...and loads more!
  

Again, those are just some of them, so if you want to get the lowdown on workarounds in the game and how to further ensure your gameplay success, just download the file below and that should contain all the info you're looking for.

Download: [Football Manager Handheld 2007 Hints and Tips]

We're just letting the gamers there who own a copy of Football Manager: 2007 that something's cooking at the home site. And if you're wondering which console's getting new goodies this Christmas, it's for the PSP, Xbox 360, Mac and the PC. The main site's just announced updates relating to these consoles, and to give you guys a brief breakdown:

• PC and Mac: The patch 7.0.1 for your copy of the games are now ready for downloading.
• Tutorial videos: Just getting started? The site's now hosting several videos to help you guys along, and all will be narrated by Sports Interactive's Mike Jacobson. There are 13 video in total: Nine for the PC/Mac, and 4 for the Xbox 360 crowd.
• PSP: The guys with the portable get two new Football Manager Handheld 2007 wall papers over at the site. Just check around - they're there.

There's more site updates to come as Christmas kicks in, so keep your eyes peeled. Season's greetings, guys.

It's coming home. Football's coming home. Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2007 is out on PC and Mac, and it's at the top of both the all-format and PC charts in the UK. And according to their press release, it's "becoming the third fastest selling PC [game] ever." They're talking UK charts, we suppose, but that's a big accomplishment (more about how the game is doing in the U.S. and internationally later).

PSP and 360. As for Football Manager Handheld 2007 for PSP and Football Manager 2007 for the Xbox 360, Sega has shared the release date of December 1, 2006 for both. Handheld for the PSP has international management and multiple scouts and lots of new leagues to choose from (including Australian and Portuguese leagues). Manager for the Xbox 360 has Xbox Live Vision camera support and a Fantasy Draft mode - not to mention 50 achievements to challenge everybody.

This game has been a success story. Many Americans really aren't into "soccer", but for the rest of the world, "football" or "futbol" or whatever is the game of the world - much like football's World Cup is the "cup of life" when journalists are feeling poetic or when your mates have just finished singing a round of "Three Lions on a shirt Jules Rimet still gleaming..."

Strong sales. On Amazon.com, Sega of America's U.S. and Canadian version (Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007) is currently number eight on the top 10 best sellers for PC (it's sometimes higher on the list). And that's at Amazon.com - so it gives us an idea of how the game is selling (Amazon.com is "Amazon U.S." if you're looking at it from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.co.jp, but Amazon.com is really kind of like "Amazon for the whole world" because it's Amazon.com that many people go to if they're not in the UK, Japan, or those other countries with "local" Amazons). In Amazon.co.uk, the game's been hovering around the top three slots.

High praise. With the game being called "a revelation" by a EuroGamer writer (giving it a 9/10 score), an IGN UK writer warns you to "be prepared for a serious lack of social life after it's installed on your hard drive" (and gives it a 9.3/10). The game also got 4/5 from "Maxim" and 5/5 from both "The Times" and the "Sunday Times."

SEGA Europe, Ltd. Recently announced that both versions of their sports management title, Football Manager have gone gold. Football Manager 2007 for the Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Football Manager Handheld 2007 for the PSP are both ready for release across Europe on December 1st, 2006.

The game should have many new features added making it easier to use, navigate and control. Enhancements include international management, multiple scouts, and multiple new leagues from across the world to choose from including Portugal and Australian leagues.

The Xbox 360 version boasts Xbox Vision Camera support, an Xbox Live "Fantasy Draft" mode, around 50 achievements to get, and an easier to use control system

Football Manager 2007 on Xbox 360 and Football Manager Handheld 2007 on the PSP will both be released across Europe on December 1st, 2006. Something for all you more cerebral football hooligans (hey, it is possible) out there.

Sport Interactive's upcoming football management sim, Football Manager 2007, boasts many new features that revolutionize not only the game, but the entire sports management genre as well. While there are over 100 new features, below are a few highlights that were recently revealed:

It's More User Friendly:

• New skins
• Clearer icons
• Current news and important info
• Over 300 hints and tips for both experienced and new players
• Customized bookmarks
• Multi-core and hyper-threaded optimized sections for more active leagues
• Option to back up saved games
  
• Basic and advanced set up modes for starting a new game
  
• More info are also given, including better feedback from your staff, transfer deals and recommendations from agents.
  
• Scouting improvements, such as a report card that includes future prospects, personality, current club happiness, and a gauge that lets you know how long will the players stay with you.
  

With all these features, it seems that Football Manager 2007 has taken quite a big leap of improvement from the previous ones, and it's sure getting us excited! Football Manager 2007 will be available for the PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and the PSP during the holidays, so we're guessing that for most fans, Christmas will definitely be merry.

Good news for those who've been wanting to hear more updates about the Football Manager 2007 by Sports Interactive (SI). The game, which will be released for the PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PSP,  have added features that allow further access to the game's settings. So, now you can customize the games better whether you are a new or advanced user. The multi-core support and hyper-threading have optimized the game so much that FM 2007 now supports a wider range of hardware specifications.

"We've added multiple database support into the game, so there's no need to wipe over older databases, meaning that if you try an unofficial update to the game and it doesn't work, you can easily switch back to the original database. Or choose to start a new game with data from the first transfer window, or the second window..." says SI.

Some of the features include:

• handy menu wizards for newcomers
• new advanced game modes
• ability to have dual nationalities for managers
• random team selection
• shift-select and change multiple players in the improved interface

Football Manager 2007 is due out in November and SI plans to release the game's official data update by February 2007.

SEGA Europe Ltd. has announced the newest edition of Football Manager for PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PSP. The next step in the genre-defining series will arrive on Christmas 2006 filled to the brim with more than 100 new features.

Sports Interactive are taking the comments of fans into account while developing the game, so that Football Manager for the Xbox 360 features an all-new user interface, allowing players to comfortably experience the game with a joypad. The new interface also gives hints and tips throughout the game, better feedback from your employees and features a lot more customisation options - promising to make Football Manager 2007 the most user-friendly Sports Interactive game yet.
Amongst other updated features are:

• A complete revamp of the Youth Teams - full youth squads for each team with a youth set up
  
• The brand-new inclusion of Feeder Clubs and Relationships, giving small clubs the option to receive loan players, and large clubs the option to loan them out
  
• A totally new, more realistic scouting system - More information is given out to managers about players and teams, and scouts can now grow and get more experienced when looking for the best players
• Player Interaction - Managers can talk to players all over the world via the media, which can be used as a motivational tool
• Team Talks - Team talks at half and fulltime were vastly improved, and in Football Manager 2007, Pre-match team talks are introduced, allowing managers to take their team to the field with a specific briefing.

Meanwhile, the handheld version offers more playable leagues, more features and, for the first time, network play - enabling players to challenge their friends whereever they are. And finally, here's a few screenshots of the Xbox 360/PC/Mac version:



More of the screenshots after the jump!