eFootball

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For the first game in the series to be branded eFootball, see eFootball PES 2020.

eFootball 2022
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Promotional art featuring Paris Saint-Germain player Lionel Messi
Developer(s)Konami Digital Entertainment
Publisher(s)Konami
SerieseFootball
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
Release30 September 2021
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

eFootball is an association football simulation video game developed and published by Konami. It is a free-to-play game after being completely rebranded from the original Pro Evolution Soccer (known as Winning Eleven in Japan) series to the eFootball series.[1] The game's first season, entitled eFootball 2022, was released on 30 September 2021.

At launch, eFootball was panned by critics for its graphics, controls, and lack of content.

Development[]

On 21 July 2021, Konami released a six-minute video revealing the new game.[2] The announcement revealed that the Pro Evolution Soccer brand had been dropped.[3]

The game was released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X on 30 September 2021.[4][2] It was built using Unreal Engine 4 for the first time in the franchise.[5]

On 8 October 2021, Konami announced that it would release a new update with fixes for the game's issues on 28 October 2021.[6] The update was delayed and the release postponed to November 2021.[7] Konami then launched the update 0.9.1 in 5 November,[8] and announced that the 1.0 update release was delayed until Spring 2022.[9]

Reception[]

This screenshot of Manchester United players Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Pogba, and Scott McTominay was widely shared, according to Polygon, as "the most notorious example" of the game's poor graphics.[14]

At launch, eFootball was panned by critics and players, who criticized the "atrocious" graphics,[15] lack of content, laggy engine and finicky controls.[15] With 92% negative reviews, it became the worst-rated game on Steam a day after launch.[16] Konami later apologised for the game's many issues and said they would work on improving it.[17] It was the lowest rated game of 2021 on Metacritic.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ Joe Skrebels (21 July 2021). "PES Has Been Renamed eFootball, and It's Fully Free-to-Play". IGN. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Good, Owen S. (21 July 2021). "Pro Evolution Soccer is now simply eFootball — and it's free to play". Polygon. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ Stanton, Rich (21 July 2021). "PES is dead, replaced by the F2P 'football platform' eFootball". PC Gamer. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ eFootball [@play_eFootball] (2 September 2021). "Announcing #eFootball 2022 - the official title for our platform's first season! Launching September 30th on consoles and PC