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Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager

In 2002 Anco developed two soccer games that were licensed by the Swedish England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson. One was a action football game and this is the manager game. Your job is to take control of the…

14 June 2002

Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager is a sport developed by Anco Software Ltd., released 14 June 2002 on PlayStation 2, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager is

Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager is a sport game developed by Anco Software Ltd. and released in 2002. It was published by The 3DO Company. It is available on PlayStation 2, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In 2002 Anco developed two soccer games that were licensed by the Swedish England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson. One was a action football game and this is the manager game. Your job is to take control of the England team and lead it through the qualifying stage before reaching the World Cup (and then later Euro 2004). For each match you play you are to take out a 23 player squad. The player database is reasonably large with most english players from the premiership to the conference league. The matches are presented with a 3D engine, where you watch the game from an isometric perspective.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager launched on 14 June 2002, within three weeks of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Medal of Honor: Frontline and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

Released around the same time: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Medal of Honor: Frontline, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

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Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager was released on 14 June 2002 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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