Eastside Hockey Manager: Franchise Edition will be Sports Interactive's first non-football game, and is due to be released in late Q1 2004. The game will feature a detailed and realistic game engine with in-depth ice hockey content including numerous leagues, players with detailed statistics and personalities and full management features for trading, drafts and transactions. Read more for some screens ...

Eastside Hockey Manager Franchise Edition to appear at London Arena Sports Interactive – developer of the recording breaking and best-selling football management game Championship Manager – has today announced the completion of yet another high-profile sponsorship deal to promote its forthcoming Eastside Hockey Manager Franchise Edition. The game, which is due for release during 2003, will receive a significant boost throughout the coming ice hockey season thanks to a year-long sponsorship agreement with the London Knights Ice Hockey Club.

Sports Interactive, developer of the phenomenally successful Championship Manager series, has announced its first title based outside the world of football.