Popular video game "Football Manager" announced on Friday that its delayed 2025 edition has been cancelled as the "overarching player experience and interface is not where we need it to be."

There's been quite a lot of gloomy speculation about a potential video game crash coming. After heavy layoffs over the past two years, the cancellation of big budget titles continues to add fuel to the idea that the numbers aren't adding up.

Sega and Sports Interactive have canceled Football Manager 25 across all platforms after what has been a difficult development. It’s the first time the long-running sports sim series has skipped a year entirely since it began in 2004.

The developer of Football Manager 25 has officially cancelled the game after a series of delays that saw it pushed from November last year. Developer Sports Interactive said the decision to cancel the latest instalment of the game was made after “extensive internal discussion” and “careful consideration” with publisher Sega.

The latest edition of the Football Manager game was originally due to be released in November last year but was delayed until March and the game has now been cancelled altogether

FM25, the Football Manager title that was due for release in March 2025, has been cancelled by developers Sports Interactive, who have provided further information on the decision and refunds

Publisher Sega and developer Sports Interactive announced the news earlier today, writing that Football Manager 2025 had been scrapped after two previous delays to "shift our focu