Eidos and Sports Interactive announce that Championship Manager: Season 03/04 has ‘gone gold’ and will be released on 21st November.

Championship Manager: Season 03/04 is the most realistic football management game ever and includes a whole host of new features and improvements aimed to bring you even closer to the touchline.

Be it four new leagues, a pre-game database editor, the ability to view previously saved matches and updated player, team and competition data for the 2003/2004 season, the game has everything from the stress of dealing with feuding players to the ecstasy of winning the league.

The game features 43 countries leagues playable across more than 100 divisions, a database of more than 200,000 footballers from around the world, and stats rated by an army of more than 2,500 researchers.

Once again, Ex-Liverpool player and regular TV pundit Ray Houghton has acted as the gamels consultant to provide the ultimate in accuracy and authenticity. Championship Manger: Season 03/04 promises to be the most addictive game in the series.

Features/Changes:

· Updated data for the 03/04 season
· Updated competition structures for the 03/04 season
· More intuitive training system l now handled on a single, clearly designed screen
· In game printing enabling the player to print off screens from the game
· Improved match engine l more commentary, better AI, weather effects and inclusion of visual status indicators
· Pre-game database editor l full database editor to edit stats enabling the player to keep the data updated themselves.
· Live cup draws
· B & U21 International caps
· Improved media l more frequent and informative feedback
· Four new leagues over and beyond the original CM4
· Past meetings information screen
· Player to player relationships (i.e. indication of players and their relationships to other players, affects moral)
· Improved scout reports (both player and team)
· Improved injury news as well as an updated rehabilitation system
· Goal of the month and season awards