This article is about the eFootball series. For the PES series, see Pro Evolution Soccer. For the first game to be branded eFootball, see eFootball PES 2020.
eFootball is a series of association football simulation video games developed and published by Konami. It has been completely rebranded from the original Pro Evolution Soccer (known as Winning Eleven in Japan) series.[1] The game's first year, entitled eFootball 2022, was released on 30 September 2021. It was later changed to the game's second year, eFootball 2023, on August 25, 2022 and the game's third year, eFootball 2024 on September 7, 2023. This game is part of the International Esports Federation's World Championship and North and Eastern Europa League (NEEC).
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]
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 on 5 November,[8] and announced that the 1.0 update release was delayed until Spring 2022.[9] Version 1.0.0 of eFootball 2022 was finally announced on 6 April 2022, with release date on 14 April 2022.[10]
On 31 May 2022, Konami announced their roadmap for the rest of 2022 up until 2023 for features such as Master League and the number of teams that can be used in offline mode which will all be released as paid content.[11] However, as of October 2023, features such as Master League and Edit Mode have not been released on PC or consoles, and no further announcements have been made by Konami.
At launch, eFootball 2022 was panned by critics and players, who criticized the "atrocious" graphics,[17] lack of content, laggy engine and finicky controls.[17] With 92% negative reviews, it became the worst-rated game on Steam a day after launch,[18] and the lowest-rated game of 2021 on the review aggregator Metacritic.[19] Konami later apologised for the game's many issues and said they would work on improving it.[20] A major "1.0" update, that aimed to address many of these issues, was released 14 April 2022 on PC and consoles.[21]
^Joe Skrebels (21 July 2021). "PES Has Been Renamed eFootball, and It's Fully Free-to-Play". IGN. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ abGood, Owen S. (21 July 2021). "Pro Evolution Soccer is now simply eFootball — and it's free to play". Polygon. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^Stanton, Rich (21 July 2021). "PES is dead, replaced by the F2P 'football platform' eFootball". PC Gamer. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^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 fans can finally experience how we have #SetFootballFree Find out more right here: https://t.co/XGJAKZFGaV https://t.co/HqQRjjHQuv" (Tweet). from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via Twitter.
^Skrebels, Joe (21 July 2021). "How Unreal Engine Helped Turn PES Into eFootball". IGN. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^Makuch, Eddie (8 October 2021). "eFootball Update Coming October 28 With Fixes For The Game's Issues". GameSpot. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
^"eFootball Update That Includes Big Fixes Delayed To November". GameSpot. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^"eFootball 2022 hit with worst delay yet – next update not out till spring". Metro. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^"Announcements 14/04/2022 v1.0.0 Release Confirmed". konami. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^Dinsdale, Ryan (31 May 2022). "eFootball Will Not Get Master League Mode Until 2023, Will Be Paid DLC". IGN. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^Good, Owen S. (1 October 2021). "Konami's eFootball is a disaster at launch and Steam's worst-rated game ever". Polygon. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^"eFootball 2022 reviews for PC". Metacritic. from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^"eFootball 2022 reviews for PlayStation 5". Metacritic. from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^Wilson, Ben (4 October 2021). "eFootball 2022 review: A disastrous start to the post-PES era". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
^Iwaniuk, Phil (13 October 2021). "eFootball 2022 review: The pitch is ours—but where's the rest?". PC Gamer. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ abWinslow, Jeremy (30 September 2021). "Konami's eFootball Is Steam's Most-Hated Game Right Now". Kotaku. from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^Smith, Graham (30 September 2021). "eFootball 2022 is now the worst rated game on Steam". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^Makuch, Eddie (1 October 2021). "Konami Apologizes For eFootball 2022's Many Issues, Including Wonky Face Scans And PS1-Era NPCs". GameSpot. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
^"Even Konami Agrees With The Criticism About eFootball's Quality". Kotaku. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^"Info". konami.com/efootball. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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This article is about the eFootball series For the PES series see Pro Evolution Soccer For the first game to be branded eFootball see eFootball PES 2020 eFootball is a series of association football simulation video games developed and published by Konami It has been completely rebranded from the original Pro Evolution Soccer known as Winning Eleven in Japan series 1 The game s first year entitled eFootball 2022 was released on 30 September 2021 It was later changed to the game s second year eFootball 2023 on August 25 2022 and the game s third year eFootball 2024 on September 7 2023 This game is part of the International Esports Federation s World Championship and North and Eastern Europa League NEEC eFootballLogo of eFootballDeveloper s KonamiPublisher s KonamiSerieseFootballEngineUnreal Engine 4Platform s Microsoft WindowsPlayStation 4PlayStation 5Xbox OneXbox Series X SAndroidiOSReleaseWindows PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X S30 September 2021Android iOS2 June 2022eFootball 2023 Update25 August 2022eFootball 2024 Update7 September 2023Genre s SportsMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Development 2 Reception 2 1 Versions overview 3 References 4 External linksDevelopment editOn 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 S 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 on 5 November 8 and announced that the 1 0 update release was delayed until Spring 2022 9 Version 1 0 0 of eFootball 2022 was finally announced on 6 April 2022 with release date on 14 April 2022 10 On 31 May 2022 Konami announced their roadmap for the rest of 2022 up until 2023 for features such as Master League and the number of teams that can be used in offline mode which will all be released as paid content 11 However as of October 2023 features such as Master League and Edit Mode have not been released on PC or consoles and no further announcements have been made by Konami Reception edit nbsp This screenshot of then Manchester United players L R Paul Pogba Cristiano Ronaldo and Scott McTominay was widely shared according to Polygon as the most notorious example of the game s poor graphics 12 ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic PC 25 100 13 PS5 34 100 14 Review scoresPublicationScoreGamesRadar nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 PC Gamer US 30 100 16 At launch eFootball 2022 was panned by critics and players who criticized the atrocious graphics 17 lack of content laggy engine and finicky controls 17 With 92 negative reviews it became the worst rated game on Steam a day after launch 18 and the lowest rated game of 2021 on the review aggregator Metacritic 19 Konami later apologised for the game s many issues and said they would work on improving it 20 A major 1 0 update that aimed to address many of these issues was released 14 April 2022 on PC and consoles 21 Versions overview edit Released versions of the game Title First release Version number s 22 8th Gen 9th gen PC HandheldeFootball 2022 30 September 2021 PS4 Xbox One PS5 Xbox Series X S Windows Android Apple iOSeFootball 2023 25 August 2022 Current stable version v2 6 0 8 June 2023 PS4 Xbox One PS5 Xbox Series X S Windows Android Apple iOSeFootball 2024 7 September 2023 Current stable version v3 3 0 25 January 2024 PS4 Xbox One PS5 Xbox Series X S Windows Android Apple iOSLegend Old versionOlder version still maintainedLatest versionLatest preview versionFuture releaseReferences edit Joe Skrebels 21 July 2021 PES Has Been Renamed eFootball and It s Fully Free to Play IGN Retrieved 22 July 2021 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 Stanton Rich 21 July 2021 PES is dead replaced by the F2P football platform eFootball PC Gamer Retrieved 22 July 2021 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 fans can finally experience how we have SetFootballFree Find out more right here https t co XGJAKZFGaV https t co HqQRjjHQuv Tweet Archived from the original on 2 September 2021 Retrieved 27 September 2021 via Twitter Skrebels Joe 21 July 2021 How Unreal Engine Helped Turn PES Into eFootball IGN Retrieved 4 August 2021 Makuch Eddie 8 October 2021 eFootball Update Coming October 28 With Fixes For The Game s Issues GameSpot Retrieved 9 October 2021 eFootball Update That Includes Big Fixes Delayed To November GameSpot Retrieved 30 October 2021 TOP eFootball 2022 hit with worst delay yet next update not out till spring Metro 5 November 2021 Retrieved 5 November 2021 Announcements 14 04 2022 v1 0 0 Release Confirmed konami 6 April 2022 Retrieved 6 April 2022 Dinsdale Ryan 31 May 2022 eFootball Will Not Get Master League Mode Until 2023 Will Be Paid DLC IGN Retrieved 10 July 2022 Good Owen S 1 October 2021 Konami s eFootball is a disaster at launch and Steam s worst rated game ever Polygon Retrieved 1 October 2021 eFootball 2022 reviews for PC Metacritic Archived from the original on 11 October 2021 Retrieved 5 October 2021 eFootball 2022 reviews for PlayStation 5 Metacritic Archived from the original on 2 October 2021 Retrieved 21 October 2021 Wilson Ben 4 October 2021 eFootball 2022 review A disastrous start to the post PES era GamesRadar Retrieved 4 October 2021 Iwaniuk Phil 13 October 2021 eFootball 2022 review The pitch is ours but where s the rest PC Gamer Retrieved 13 October 2021 a b Winslow Jeremy 30 September 2021 Konami s eFootball Is Steam s Most Hated Game Right Now Kotaku Archived from the original on 30 September 2021 Retrieved 30 September 2021 Smith Graham 30 September 2021 eFootball 2022 is now the worst rated game on Steam Rock Paper Shotgun Retrieved 30 September 2021 Metacritic The 10 Worst Video Games of 2021 Archived from the original on 4 June 2022 Retrieved 22 December 2021 Makuch Eddie 1 October 2021 Konami Apologizes For eFootball 2022 s Many Issues Including Wonky Face Scans And PS1 Era NPCs GameSpot Retrieved 9 October 2021 Even Konami Agrees With The Criticism About eFootball s Quality Kotaku 7 April 2022 Retrieved 7 April 2022 Info konami com efootball 20 April 2023 Retrieved 20 April 2023 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to eFootball Official website nbsp EFootball s channel on YouTube eFootball on Twitter eFootball on Facebook eFootball on TikTok in Japanese eFootball on Twitch eFootball on Instagram Portals nbsp 2020s nbsp Video games nbsp Association football nbsp Japan nbsp 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