Football Manager, the in-depth soccer management series for PC, is making its way to PS Vita in the form of Football Manager Classic 14, which will arrive in Europe on April 11. Details about the date of release in other parts of the world have not yet been announced by Sports Interactive.
Sports Interactive Director and Football Manager boss Miles Jacobson put the word out about the Vita release on Twitter earlier today. The game features cross-platform play with the PC version's Classic mode, letting you take your save file on the go, and Jacobson is thrilled with the product.
"It's great to finally be able to release Football Manager Classic Vita. This game has been the most technically challenging that we've ever worked on - we've essentially fit a PC game that needs loads of memory, a mouse and a keyboard into Sony's wonderful handheld with a touch screen - and the help we've had from all of our partners has been wonderful," said Jacobson.
"To be able to take your home computer save onto the road adds a huge amount to the Football Manager experience."
The Classic game mode is a much simpler, streamlined version of the Football Manager experience, which can sometimes seem like playing a game made up of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets when you're not in a match, which uses a basic 3D engine. It's a ton of fun once you get into it, though, and an easy-to-use version on the Vita should work very well. Football Manager 2014 is also available on iOS and Android devices, though it's a much different experience than the full version.