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Football Manager Moves From Preview to Full Launch

The launch and a later update have separate schedules.

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Source: Sports Interactive, 2026-11-09.

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In this lesson: Separate launch-day changes from work still in testing.

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Read and understand · 1/2Which change belongs to the launch list?

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A playable Japanese men’s national team. The second paragraph lists the Japanese team as a launch change.

Clue: Launch changes include stability fixes and a playable Japanese men’s national team. Another update is planned later this month, with testing still ongoing.

Read and understand · 2/2What was still ongoing?

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Testing for another update. The final sentence describes ongoing testing for the later update.

Clue: Launch changes include stability fixes and a playable Japanese men’s national team. Another update is planned later this month, with testing still ongoing.

Grammar in this story: Continuing work

with testing still ongoing

With introduces the state accompanying the later update’s plan. Still ongoing means testing continues.

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Describe one launch change and the status of the next update.

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The launch changes include stability fixes and a playable Japanese men’s national team. A separate update is planned later in November, with testing still ongoing.

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