GOAL! - The Club Manager: Now available in Early Access
The battle for the championship has begun on Steam
Oberhaching, Germany / November 2, 2022 - Iron the jerseys, get out the scarves and then it's off to the stadium. GOAL! The Club Manager is ready to start the battle for the championship on the coaches' benches in the stadiums on Steam as well as GOG.com. This marks the first new entry of the renowned franchise (known as “Anstoss” in Germany) for more than 16 years. Developer 2tainment and publisher Toplitz Productions are celebrating the release of the game in Early Access with a whopping short-term discount of 22% when purchasing a season ticket (SRP: 24.99 GBP/29.99 EUR/29.99 USD).
Determine the team line-up and tactics before you send the squad onto the pitch and enjoy the tense match display, which can be optionally enhanced with 3D sequences. But there is more to your career than setting up training regimes. You are also the sporting director, squad planner and stadium architect, while you scout the transfer market to strengthen your team and take care of every detail of training and tactical alignment. Prove that you can put your club on the road to success not only in sporting terms, but also financially. GOAL! is more than a coaching simulator - here you hold the fate of the club in your hands.
"We are very excited to celebrate the season opening for GOAL! together with 2tainment," explains Matthias Wünsche, CEO Toplitz Productions. "The spirit of the franchise can already be felt everywhere in Early Access and will only become more intense with the next updates and features.”
Stefan Weyl, CEO of 2tainment, is also delighted: "It was a long way from the first concept to the current release in Early Access. But we didn't let the stumbling blocks along the way stop us and are proud to have launched a worthy successor to the glorious series together with the loyal community and Toplitz. And we are far from finished. The roadmap is filled to the brim and we can't wait to give the fans more and continue down this path with them."
More information on GOAL! - The Club Manager can be found on the official product pages on Steam andGOG.com. The following roadmap gives a brief overview of the most important milestones on the agenda until version 1.0. In addition, the 2tainment team is working on bug fixes, match day enhancements as well as further features and optimisations, which will be released at regular intervals.
Features:
- The tactics engine unites classic management gameplay and the latest development, methods and rule changes in modern football.
- With the heatmap you can analyze and evaluate both the teams‘ and the individual players‘ performance. Make changes, optimize tactics and directly see the impact of your decision.
- Scouting and data analytics are the key to every club’s long term success. Develop a world-wide network and discover new talents.
- They are personalities: Each player has dozens of abilities and a multitude of character traits influencing their development and playstyle. Know them to improve them.
- Your character’s abilities as a coach and manager are enhanced via an extensive skill tree, giving you more options and choices to specialize. Are you a football scientist or an old-school manager relying on the hairdryer treatment?
- Optional 3D scenes bring the text mode to life
- Simple and intuitive: The new edition of the beloved franchise offers a slick user interface with a clear and efficient menu structure.
- Help is only a click away: Tutorials and tooltips offer help and advice for all newcomers to the challenging job as a club manager (*will be implemented during Early Access)
- Become the coach of your favorite national team (*will be implemented during Early Access)
- Multiplayer mode: There’s nothing like the Old Firm or the Classico with your online buddies. (*will be implemented during Early Access)
About 2tainment:
2tainment GmbH is a globally active development and publishing company in the PC and video games industry headquartered in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. The company focuses on the international development, financing, and marketing of entertainment products in the software sector. With its sales network, 2tainment reaches more than 80 countries — over 90% of the global digital and retail market. In addition to its marketing expertise, 2tainment also provides selected developers with attractive financing options for realizing their project where necessary. The in-house studio focuses in particular on the development of high-quality sports management games and the implementation of innovative VR/AR projects. Within the VR/AR sector, 2tainment operates under the 2simulate label, primarily for companies and research projects in the fields of medicine, automotive and defense.
Contact:
Toplitz Productions
Mathias Oertel
Senior Marketing & PR Manager
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