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Championship Manager 4
Developer(s)Sports Interactive
Publisher(s)Eidos Interactive
Platform(s)Windows, Mac OS X
Release
  • EU: 28 March 2003 (PC)[1]
  • EU: 17 May 2003 (Mac OS X)[1]
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Championship Manager 4 is a football management game in the Championship Manager series.

Publication history

It was the penultimate game in the series to be developed by Sports Interactive before they and publishers Eidos decided to go their separate ways. The game was released for Windows in March 2003 and then on the Mac on 17 May 2003.

Reception

It was hugely anticipated by fans of the series, mainly due to the inclusion of a graphical 2D match-engine for the first time in a CM game.[citation needed] and upon its release it became the fastest selling PC game of all time in the UK, outselling the nearest best selling PC title, Command & Conquer: Generals, by around two to one.[2]

Championship Manager 4 received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),[3] indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[4]

Computer Gaming World nominated Championship Manager 4 for their 2003 "Sports Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Madden NFL 2004.[5] During the 7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Championship Manager 4 for "Computer Sports Game of the Year",[6] which was ultimately awarded to Madden NFL 2004.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Championship Manager 4". SIGames.com. Sports Interactive Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 July 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ Kristan Reed (June 11, 2003). "UK Charts 2003: Summer Report". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "ELSPA Sales Awards: Platinum". Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  4. ^ Caoili, Eric (November 26, 2008). "ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017.
  5. ^ CGW staff (March 2004). "Computer Gaming Word's 2003 Games of the Year: Sports Game of the Year" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 236. Ziff Davis. p. 66. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "2004 Awards Category Details Computer Sports Game of the Year". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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