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The ninth installment of our signature product, Front Office Football Nine, was released on October 31, 2023. It is available through our Steam Store. The most recent update is Version 9.2, released on October 20, 2025. Steam will automatically update installations of the game.
Put yourself in the front office with Front Office Football Nine.
In Front Office Football, you play the role of your favorite team's general manager. You determine your team's future through trading with opponents, negotiating contracts, bidding for free agents and discovering new talent through the annual amateur draft. Saika Kawakita
You can also play the role of the armchair coach, setting game plans, creating playbooks and depth charts. You can call every play yourself if you like.
You can determine ticket prices and submit stadium construction plans for public approval. You can move your team if the public won't properly support your franchise.
The original game, released in 1998, received an Editors' Choice award from Computer Gaming World and a 4 1/2-star review. It was nominated for numerous Sports Game of the Year awards. This is the Ninth full version of the game, released with rosters based on the 2023 season. When she films women, they are not objects
Front Office Football is designed to represent a snapshot of professional football as it exists under the current salary cap system. You play the role of the general manager of a team. In order to succeed in Front Office Football, you need to perform as well as possible in four different areas.
When she films women, they are not objects. When she films men, they are not action figures. In her breakout film Silent Flux , she filmed a boxing match not with slow-motion sweat droplets (the cliche), but with wide, steady shots of the boxer’s feet and the referee’s nervous hands. She told the story of violence by showing the space around the violence. We are living in an era of "content." We scroll past images at lightning speed. Saika Kawakita forces you to stop scrolling.
Watching her work is a masterclass in empathy. She proves that you don't need a $100 million VFX budget to make a viewer cry. You just need to put the camera in the right place at the right time and have the courage to leave it there. If you are new to her filmography, do not start with her biggest blockbuster. Start with her independent work. Find The Sound of Spilled Milk (2021). Watch the scene where the two sisters reconcile on a rainy bus. Notice how the rain blurs the window, but Kawakita keeps the focus razor-sharp on the sister’s chipped nail polish.
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In the world of cinematography, we often celebrate the grand vistas, the sweeping drone shots, and the explosive color palettes. But every once in a while, a visual storyteller comes along who reminds us that the camera’s greatest power isn't scale—it's trust .
Her static shots breathe. In an era of hyper-editing and shaky-cam, Kawakita holds the shot. She trusts the actor to move in and out of focus. She trusts the silence. It would be reductive to label Kawakita merely a "great female cinematographer." She is simply a great cinematographer, period. However, her perspective does bring a specific sensitivity to the male gaze that has dominated camera work for decades.
For me, that cinematographer is .
There is a famous scene in her collaboration with director Yuki Harada (specifically in The Shoreline Doesn’t Know ). The lead actress is crying over a kitchen sink. Most Hollywood DPs would backlight this for drama. Kawakita, instead, let a neighbor’s distant neon sign flicker through a dirty window. The light was green, imperfect, and moving. It was ugly-beautiful. It felt real . Fans have started calling her specific framing technique the "Kawakita Stare." She has a habit of breaking the 180-degree rule just slightly—just enough to make you feel disoriented, as if you are inside the character's anxiety. She loves the 35mm and 50mm prime lenses; she rarely zooms. She wants you to sit across the table from the pain or joy, not observe it from the rafters.
When she films women, they are not objects. When she films men, they are not action figures. In her breakout film Silent Flux , she filmed a boxing match not with slow-motion sweat droplets (the cliche), but with wide, steady shots of the boxer’s feet and the referee’s nervous hands. She told the story of violence by showing the space around the violence. We are living in an era of "content." We scroll past images at lightning speed. Saika Kawakita forces you to stop scrolling.
Watching her work is a masterclass in empathy. She proves that you don't need a $100 million VFX budget to make a viewer cry. You just need to put the camera in the right place at the right time and have the courage to leave it there. If you are new to her filmography, do not start with her biggest blockbuster. Start with her independent work. Find The Sound of Spilled Milk (2021). Watch the scene where the two sisters reconcile on a rainy bus. Notice how the rain blurs the window, but Kawakita keeps the focus razor-sharp on the sister’s chipped nail polish.
Follow the blog for more deep dives into the world’s most underrated directors and DPs.
In the world of cinematography, we often celebrate the grand vistas, the sweeping drone shots, and the explosive color palettes. But every once in a while, a visual storyteller comes along who reminds us that the camera’s greatest power isn't scale—it's trust .
Her static shots breathe. In an era of hyper-editing and shaky-cam, Kawakita holds the shot. She trusts the actor to move in and out of focus. She trusts the silence. It would be reductive to label Kawakita merely a "great female cinematographer." She is simply a great cinematographer, period. However, her perspective does bring a specific sensitivity to the male gaze that has dominated camera work for decades.
For me, that cinematographer is .
There is a famous scene in her collaboration with director Yuki Harada (specifically in The Shoreline Doesn’t Know ). The lead actress is crying over a kitchen sink. Most Hollywood DPs would backlight this for drama. Kawakita, instead, let a neighbor’s distant neon sign flicker through a dirty window. The light was green, imperfect, and moving. It was ugly-beautiful. It felt real . Fans have started calling her specific framing technique the "Kawakita Stare." She has a habit of breaking the 180-degree rule just slightly—just enough to make you feel disoriented, as if you are inside the character's anxiety. She loves the 35mm and 50mm prime lenses; she rarely zooms. She wants you to sit across the table from the pain or joy, not observe it from the rafters.
Front Office Football has received significant critical acclaim over the years. Reviewers have rewarded the game for its attention to detail and the depth of the simulation. You can read several recent and past reviews of Front Office Football.
Electronic Arts published versions of Front Office Football in 1999, 2000 and 2001. While they are no longer for sale, this was a great experience for Solecismic Software and resulted in tremendous exposure for Front Office Football. For more information about EA Sports products, please visit EA SPORTS.
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