Built on the Unity engine, FM26 Console places you at the heart of the beautiful game. This is the legacy, redefined. Delivering effortless, instinctive console control, a redesigned user interface combines with the most immersive matchday experience in series history to bring you closer to every match-defining moment. Build your superstar squad with new transfer tools and bring your footballing vision to life through innovations that deliver enhanced tactical realism.

Features

Our richest matchday experience

Powered by the Unity graphics engine, matchdays are more dramatic than ever through enhanced player movement and greater on-pitch detail.

Feel the rush

Feel the rush of weaving dribbles, inch-perfect through balls and last-gasp winners with player movements brought to life with fresh motion capture and volumetric animations from real football matches that give every attack more personality.

Total football, total control

A game-changing user interface overhaul primes you for smoother navigation in the managerial hotseat.The newly-integrated Portal is your gateway to the wider football world, surfacing key information you need, when and where you need it and empowering you to make the right calls in every situation.

Welcome to the premier league

Immerse yourself in world football’s most-watched league with the Premier League fully-licensed for the first time with official kits, badges and player photos. Authenticity reaches new heights as you pursue the biggest prize in domestic football with the full broadcast experience from the best seat in the house.

Introducing women's football

Discover a new world of possibilities as women’s football makes its long-awaited debut, seamlessly integrated into the FM ecosystem, as one footballing world.

Explore

Explore new horizons with a choice of 14 playable leagues across 11 nations, including some of the world’s top competitions like the WSL and NWSL, and discover new stars with the biggest women’s football database in games.

Advanced tactical innovation

Make your mark on the pitch and explore the cutting edge of football tactics with the introduction of customisable in and out-of-possession formations. Redefined player roles and a dynamic visualiser that shows how your team adapts and moves in every phase of play levels up your pre-match prep game in, game out.

Transformative transfer tools

Harness the power of TransferRoom to shape your title-winning squads with even greater insight. Broadcast your recruitment priorities to worldwide clubs with Adverts and gain direct insight into your rivals’ needs with new Pitch Opportunities, giving you smarter, more targeted control over every signing and sale.