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  "product": "Football Manager 27",
  "title": "Football Manager 27",
  "description": "A football management simulation. As a club's manager, from semi-professional sides to the biggest teams, you set tactics, run training, build your squad and follow transfers and cup draws, in a single-player game.",
  "job": "Is the date real, do they need to spend, what can they skip.",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-02",
  "timezoneNote": "SEGA: launches across platforms from 10 November 2026. Calendar dates are as published.",
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        "notes": "SEGA: from 10 November 2026."
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        "notes": "Named by SEGA. From 10 November."
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        "notes": "FM27 Mobile on Netflix. From 10 November."
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      "id": "install-size",
      "question": "Not published yet: install size.",
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