Championship Manager 4
{{short description|2003 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Championship Manager 4
| image = Championship Manager 4 Coverart.png
| developer = Sports Interactive
| publisher = Eidos Interactive
| designer =
| engine =
| released = Windows{{vgrelease|EU|28 March 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.sigames.com/softography.php?type=view&id=12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040714085138/http://www.sigames.com/softography.php?type=view&id=12 |archive-date=14 July 2004 |title=Championship Manager 4 |work=SIGames.com |publisher=Sports Interactive |access-date=15 April 2020}}|AU|11 April 2003{{Cite web |title=Championship Manager 4 |url=http://www.atari.com.au/product/?action=view&id=1105 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625101257/http://www.atari.com.au/product/?action=view&id=1105 |archive-date=25 June 2004 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=Atari Australia}}}}Mac OS X{{vgrelease|EU|17 May 2003}}
| genre = Sports
| modes = Single player, multiplayer
| platforms = Windows, Mac OS X
}}
Championship Manager 4 is a football management simulation video game in the Championship Manager series.
Publication history
It was the penultimate game in the series to be developed by Sports Interactive before they and publishers Eidos Interactive decided to go their separate ways. The game was released for PC Windows in March 2003 and then on the Mac on 17 May 2003.
Reception
It was strongly anticipated by fans of the series, mainly due to the inclusion of a graphical 2D match-engine for the first time in a Championship Manager game.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} Upon its release, it became the fastest selling PC game of all time in the UK, outselling the nearest best selling PC title, Command & Conquer: Generals, by around two to one.{{cite web |author=Kristan Reed |date=June 11, 2003 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/a_summercharts |title=UK Charts 2003: Summer Report |publisher=Eurogamer |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027014013/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/a_summercharts |url-status=live }} Championship Manager 4 received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515224703/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3944 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3944 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Platinum |work=Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association |archivedate=2009-05-15 |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-11-23 }} indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |title=ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK | author=Caoili, Eric | date=November 26, 2008 |work=Gamasutra |archivedate=September 18, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
Computer Gaming World nominated Championship Manager 4 for their 2003 "Sports Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Madden NFL 2004.{{cite magazine |author=CGW staff |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_236.pdf |title=Computer Gaming Word's 2003 Games of the Year: Sports Game of the Year |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=236 |date=March 2004 |page=66 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705084118/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_236.pdf |url-status=live }} During the 7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Championship Manager 4 for "Computer Sports Game of the Year", which was ultimately awarded to Madden NFL 2004.{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/awards/award_category_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGameAwardType=33 |title=2004 Awards Category Details Computer Sports Game of the Year |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |website=interactive.org |access-date=24 August 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207212311/https://www.interactive.org/awards/award_category_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGameAwardType=33 |url-status=live }}
See also
References
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Category:Association football management video games
Category:Eidos Interactive games
Category:Golden Joystick Award winners
Category:Multiplayer hotseat games