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Tuesday5th Dec 2023
News Free Soccer Sim eFootball Finally Adds More Single Player, But It Ain't Master League
My League aims to keep you occupied in the meantime
Eons ago, Konami promised that free-to-play soccer sim eFootball would add in PES’ enormously popular single player Master League mode – but while there is more solo content coming in this months v3.20 update, you’ll have to wait a little longer for the hotly anticipated addition. My League...
Thursday17th Nov 2022
News eFootball's Festival of Football Adds National Teams Ahead of the World Cup
Season 2 kicks off with new Big Time cards
The World Cup is definitely not coming to free-to-play football sim eFootball – but, well, it also kinda is, right? Konami has announced the second season of soccer for its embattled Pro Evo reboot, which centres upon the International Cup Experience. This, along with the addition of 40 national teams,...
Friday1st Jul 2022
News eFootball Snags Exclusive Rights to Inter Milan from 2024-25 Season
Won't be part of EA Sports FC
Italian giants Inter Milan have signed an exclusive partnership with Konami to make eFootball the only football game the Nerazzurri will be officially licensed for from the 2024/25 season. This means the club's name and branding won't appear in EA Sports FC — or indeed any other football title — from that season...
Tuesday31st May 2022
News eFootball's Hugely Anticipated Master League Will Not Launch Until 2023
Relegated
Credit where credit’s due: Konami has, to some degree, got eFootball back on track. The game now plays surprisingly great – better than the latest FIFA in our opinion – which is a real rags-to-riches story considering how poor the launch was. The problem with the package as it stands today is that it just doesn’t have anywhere near...
Wednesday6th Apr 2022
News Messy PES Successor eFootball Finally Updated on PS5, PS4 This Month
Dream team
Manchester United still promotes Konami’s soccer simulation travesty eFootball at Old Trafford, which perhaps says a lot about the state of the formerly great club. Unlike the north-western Premier League team, however, eFootball is at least about to get a bit better. The aforementioned Japanese publisher has announced that v1.00 will...
Friday5th Nov 2021
News eFootball 1.0 Release Delayed All the Way Back to Spring 2022
Refunds issued for Premium Player Packs
The bad news for Konami's latest football sim eFootball just keeps on coming as the Japanese publisher announces it has delayed the title's 1.0 release — originally scheduled for 11th November 2021 — all the way back to spring 2022. As a result, refunds are being issued for anyone who purchased the...
Thursday4th Nov 2021
News Busted Soccer Sim eFootball Getting Bug Fixes This Week
VAR check
Konami’s disaster class soccer sim eFootball will get a patch this week, on 5th November, which should hopefully clean up some of the release’s bigger issues. Announced on the title’s rather sad looking social media account, v0.9.1 – we’re still not at v1.0.0, folks – “serves to fix bugs only, with detailed patch notes made...
Saturday23rd Oct 2021
News After Disastrous Launch, Konami Delays Crucial eFootball PS5, PS4 Update
Now coming in early November
Konami’s free-to-play soccer sim eFootball is in a shoddy state, but franchise fans had reserved some hope that the Japanese publisher would repair the damage after YouTubers got to play a better build prior to release. The firm had pledged a patch would roll out at the end of October on the PlayStation 5 and PS4, but...
Friday8th Oct 2021
News Konami Promises eFootball Fix for 28th October on PS5, PS4
A long road back
Konami has once again apologised for the disastrous state of eFootball at launch, and has promised an initial fix will release on 28th October to address some of the issues which have been memed online. Since its launch last week, the soccer sim has become the butt of all gaming jokes, with videos of referees embedded in the turf...
Friday1st Oct 2021
News Konami Apologises for the State of eFootball at Launch
"We are very sorry for the problems"
Japanese publisher Konami has issued an apology for the sorry state of eFootball at launch, which has become the butt of many a joke over the past 24 hours or so. Writing on Twitter, the official eFootball account said: "We are very sorry for the problems, and want to assure everyone we will take all concerns...
Thursday30th Sep 2021
News Free-to-Play PES Successor eFootball Out Now on PS5, PS4
Bonus pack for PS Plus subscribers available
After decades of full-priced football simulators launching year after year, the first big genre shake-up is here: eFootball, a free-to-play Pro Evolution Soccer successor, is available to download for free now on PlayStation 5 and PS4. You'd think this would be a pretty important occasion, and while it...
Thursday16th Sep 2021
News Free-to-Play PES Successor eFootball Has $40 Pre-Order Bundle
€Football
Konami has already effectively admitted that eFootball will be a demo at launch, but that hasn’t stopped it from preparing a premium pre-order bundle. The free-to-play game – which will come with just nine teams when it kicks-off on 30th September – has
Wednesday8th Sep 2021
News Here's Your First Look at Free-to-Play eFootball on PS5
Arsenal in action
An overseas media event has resulted in the first PlayStation 5 footage of soccer sim eFootball being shared online, although Konami is quietly nixing the clips from sites like YouTube. You can watch a mirror through here. In the Japanese publisher’s defence, these are off-screen recordings that don’t necessarily paint the...
Thursday2nd Sep 2021
News Bare Bones eFootball Launch Content Detailed, Out 30th September
Favourites for relegation
Konami's controversial football sim eFootball will launch for PlayStation 5 and PS4 on 30th September 2021 with a very short list of modes and ways to play the game, it's been confirmed. The publisher previously admitted the initial release is essentially a demo, but now that all of its contents have been shared alongside...
Thursday26th Aug 2021
News eFootball's PS5, PS4 Gameplay Trailer Is Bizarre
* Available post-launch
eFootball, the spiritual successor to Pro Evolution Soccer, genuinely looks decent in this new gameplay trailer – but many of the highlight worthy features are not going to be available at launch. In a frankly bizarre trailer, small-print stresses that core gameplay mechanics, like being able to trap the ball, will be added...
Tuesday3rd Aug 2021
News Konami Admits PES Successor eFootball Will Effectively Be a Demo at Launch
Dropping the ball
PES successor eFootball will be just about as bare bones as you can imagine when it kicks off later this year, featuring just nine licensed teams and basic exhibition matches. The free-to-play title will expand with paid modes like Master League at a later date, but there’s currently no date attached to them. Many fans have...
Thursday22nd Jul 2021
News Master League Will Be Added to eFootball on PS5, PS4 as Optional DLC
Finally something to celebrate
Master League, the extremely popular Pro Evolution Soccer career mode, will return in eFootball as “optional DLC” on the PlayStation 5 and PS4. Following a fairly robust backlash over the past 24 hours, Konami confirmed that the offline team-building mode will return in its free-to-play soccer simulation
Wednesday21st Jul 2021
News RIP PES Trends as eFootball Attracts Ire of Footy Franchise Faithfuls
Things have gotten Messi
For those of a certain age, Pro Evolution Soccer is iconic. Back on the PlayStation 2, there was a period where Konami’s football franchise was bigger than even FIFA, and while it’s been on a gradual decline ever since the PS3 era, many felt that more recent entries outpaced EA Sports’ alternative where it mattered: on...
News PES Renamed eFootball, Confirmed to Be Free-to-Play
New engine, modes, and approach
Following earlier rumours, Konami has now confirmed its next football sim will be completely free-to-play. Traditionally titled Pro Evolution Soccer, the franchise has now been renamed to simply eFootball. The game will only be available digitally and will launch on PlayStation 5 and PS4 this autumn. Cross-play across...
