Sega has confirmed that the planet's most popular football management simulator will be returning on 30th October. Football Manager 2010, a game that threatens to rob many devoted fans of several months of their lives, will introduce features such as a tactics creator, improved match feedback and a new match analysis tool.

Furthermore, the game has a new user interface this time around, there's a data editor being provided, and a revamp of the match view screen with new AI and lots more animation.

All this, of course, is secondary in our eyes to the compulsory mountain of statistics that comes as part and parcel of a Football Manager game, and you can find out more about it at www.footballmanager.com. Plus, feast your eyes on these screens, too.

Marvellous.