The demo for the soon-to-be-massively-popular-and-successful 2012 edition of Football Manager is out. Why are you still here?

Even though they don’t get the chance to say it often (unless they’re thanking you for not suing them) your favourite Playstation characters want to say thanks for, we assume, playing with them. No matter how wrong that sounds.

Since its September 27 in North America and September 30 worldwide release, FIFA 12 has sold-through an estimated 3.2 million units across all consoles worldwide, 23 percent over last year’s record-breaking launch.

The shortlist for the GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards 2011 presented by Alienware have been announced, and it looks to be a hotly contested affair.

The new iteration of the world’s greatest football management sim is slated for a pre-Christmas release.