Championship Manager for 1p!

Tue Aug 18 12:35PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

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Videogame bargains abound on retail and online store shelves. But none, we think, is as spectacular as the one we’ve just found – Championship Manager 2010 on PC for whatever price you want to pay. Maybe even as little as a single Penny!

If you’re looking for the inevitable catch you’ll be pleased to know that there isn’t much of one. The offer runs from today until midnight on September 10th, during which time you can pre-order the game. After that, from September 11th onwards, you’ll be able to download the full version of the game directly from the website, champmanstore.com. You just pay whatever price you think is reasonable and cover a small administration charge (£2.50) to take care of costs encountered in delivering the game. Hey, that’s fair enough, right?

So what’s behind this sudden and entirely unexpected generosity? Quite simply the game’s publishers, Eidos, claim they want to get as many players using, and enjoying the software as possible. It’s an idea inspired by Radiohead, who released their ‘In Rainbows’ album in a similar fashion. Whatever the case this is some kind of first for video games and it’s a brilliant way to access what looks like being a the best, most comprehensive outing in the series yet. Put another way, football fans would be nuts to miss out.

One last question, then – what are you waiting for...?

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  • (1)

    I wouldn't even pay £0.01 for that game, not a patch on the real Championship Manager that's since been renamed to Football Manager.

    Posted by: stefano1981 on Tue Aug 18 05:07PM | Report abuse
  • (2)

    www.free-sportsuk.co.uk for all your live streams, sign up today for celtic vs arsenal

    Posted by: andrewpenketh on Tue Aug 18 05:59PM | Report abuse
  • (3)

    Can't stand football games, I'd rather pay to NOT use it, but that's already free.

    Posted by: kczz15 on Tue Aug 18 06:00PM | Report abuse
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    free-sportsuk. co. uk for all your live streams, sign up today for celtic vs arsenal

    Posted by: andrewpenketh on Tue Aug 18 06:01PM | Report abuse
  • (5)

    Good luck. I'd rather wait til October and pay 40 quid for the far superior Football Manager. This game won't be worth 1p.

    Posted by: johnccregan on Tue Aug 18 06:01PM | Report abuse
  • (6)

    People will spam anything these days wont they!! And yeah, football manager is better!

    Posted by: jlbss1 on Tue Aug 18 06:04PM | Report abuse
  • (7)

    lol?

    Posted by: frazerrobertson on Tue Aug 18 06:05PM | Report abuse
  • (8)

    its a crap games anyway. football manager THE BEST. champ man was good before the split, but not now

    Posted by: jodie_woman on Tue Aug 18 06:08PM | Report abuse
  • (9)

    is this for real or a scam Not sure i belive this!!!

    Posted by: johnf_sarahs on Tue Aug 18 06:09PM | Report abuse
  • (10)

    I used to like ultimate soccer manager much more straight forward training methods the ability to build facilities for your club but expanded leagues is good because i enjoy taking hgighland league or conference sides to the pinicle ....

    Posted by: realjulia626uk on Tue Aug 18 06:10PM | Report abuse