Football Manager 2010 new features blog Day 27: introducing the 70 new achievements - plus TWO new game videos

Hello again everyone. I hope you enjoyed the trailer from yesterday’s blog.

Today’s blog is about something that I’ve hinted about previously – “achievements”.

When you buy the boxed copy of the game, and go to install it on a PC, you will have 2 installation choices.

One choice is to install “offline”, which requires you to have the DVD in the drive whilst playing the game, with no need to be online at any time.

The other is to install via “Steam”, which requires you to be online when you first install the game. You can happily play the game when online or offline, with no need for the DVD to be in the drive at all.

In fact, using this system with your own unique log in, you can actually play the game on any computer in the world without the need of your DVD just by downloading the small piece of Steam software, and logging in to your account.

There are other benefits to installing via Steam too. During the lifetime of the game, we will release a handful of updates to the game, called patches. The reason for doing these will be to fix any issues that are brought to our attention, or to do data updates, or match engine updates. If you install via Steam and are online, you automatically get any patches that are released.

On top of this, if you install via Steam, there is an exclusive feature just for you, called “achievements”.

For those of you who also play games on the Xbox 360, you’ll be well aware of the concept of achievements. They are essentially little tools for telling you how well you are doing at the game, and what you have achieved, setting targets for you to hit. They also act as bragging rights amongst mates!

We have added a massive 70 potential achievements to Football Manager 2010. And I will today be exclusively revealing them through this very blog.

You should be able to work out for yourself what you need to do to get them, but if you can’t, then feel free to discuss and speculate over at our forums at www.sigames.com

Achievements list

He’s signed!

Clean sheet

Hat-trick

What a goal!

Top of the class

You’re up!

Cup glory!

Champions!

Double hat-track

Team performance

International superstar

Park the bus

Comeback king!

Star man

Goal machine

Unstoppable force

Iron curtain

Scoring streak

Unbeatable!

Parked the tank

National service

The boss

Superb strike

Best in Europe

Loyalty card

Qualified

Cup streak

Golden boot

Best in the world

Super cup glory

Champions streak

All around the world

You’re on fire

Do the double

Domination

Part of the furniture

Trophy hoarder

Best in the business

Freedom of the country

On top of the world

Legend

Invincible!

First victory

Confederations winner

Highlight reel

Splashing the cash

Value for money

Club legend

Cash to burn

Well travelled

Continental king

The greatest

World renowned

The professor

English hero

Scottish hero

French hero

Italian hero

Spanish hero

Brazilian hero

So that’s a lot of achievements to get your teeth stuck into then! Will anyone get them all? Without cheating?

Still reading? Well, here’s two new match engine video for you, taken with the very latest code.

People seemed already excited about the “work in progress videos” from a month or so ago, but this is the real deal now, picked randomly from a saved game in the studio – a feisty affair, and a more sedate match!

There’ll be loads more match engine videos next week as well as some revealing Q&As with the developers who have been building the game.

See you then...