SEGA have today confirmed that activation servers for Football Manager 2009 will be turned on shortly before midnight on Thursday 13th November in time for the release date of Friday November 14th across Europe.
Despite the unprecedented anticipation for Football Manager 2009, SEGA would encourage retailers not to break the Friday 14th November street date so as not to disappoint customers who will be unable to play before the release date.
Buyers of the game can activate with one-time entry of the unique code on the back of the game manual by one of three methods
Register with STEAM and input the code during installation. This method has the benefit of automatically patching and updating the game.
Activation without additional software installation is available direct with Uniloc.
For those without an internet connection a local telephone number will be available and presented within the installer for customers to call and register the code. Where possible this will be a local toll free number.
Once the game is registered through any of these three methods the game will be activated and available to play. No further activations will be required unless the user specifically deactivates the machine it is installed on.
Activation for the Australian market will taken place at 6.00am EDT (Sydney) 14th November.
Markets with later release dates such as the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia for Football Manager 2009 and Worldwide Soccer Manager in the USA will have servers turned active for midnight before their respective releases.
About Football Manager 2009
Football Manager™ 2009 is set to feature a vast array of all new features including, for the first time ever, a full 3D view of the world famous Football Manager™ match engine. Football Manager Handheld™ 2009 for Sony PSP is also set for release on the same day and sees the debut of a 2D match engine for the handheld franchise.
Football Managerä 2009 for PC and Apple Macintosh, and Football Manager Handheldä 2009 for Sony PSP are both set for release on November 14th.
For further information please go to www.sigames.com or www.footballmanager.com.