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This article is about the video game. For the series, see Pro Evolution Soccer. For the first game in the series to be branded eFootball 2022, see eFootball PES 2020.

eFootball 2023
File:Efootbalf2p.jpeg
eFootball 2022 promotional art featuring Paris Saint-Germain player Lionel Messi
Developer(s)Konami Digital Entertainment
Publisher(s)Konami
SerieseFootball
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
Release
  • Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • 30 September 2021
  • eFootball 2023 Update
  • 12 August 2022
  • Android, iOS
  • 2 June 2022
  • eFootball 2023 Update
  • 25 August 2022
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 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. This game is part of IESF World Championship and North and Eastern Europa League (NEEC).

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 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]

eFootball 2023 Update

Later on 25 August 2022, eFootball now has been updated to eFootball 2023, with new club and league licences and other improvements. New club licences, Club America, Chivas de Guadalajara, AC Milan and Inter now will be featured again in eFootball, however, Juventus will be not featured again in eFootball, after they had an agreement to be featured in FIFA 23. Liga MX and the rest of clubs, now has been featured as a league in eFootball.[citation needed] On 3 October 2022, eFootball updated with the new features, adding with some new club licences, updated players, updated faces, etc. However, 25 full leagues' worth of club teams and all national teams were still unable to be played with in all modes except training mode.[12][13]

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.[18]

At launch, eFootball was panned by critics and players, who criticized the "atrocious" graphics,[19] lack of content, laggy engine and finicky controls.[19] With 92% negative reviews, it became the worst-rated game on Steam a day after launch,[20] and the lowest-rated game of 2021 on the review aggregator Metacritic.[21] Konami later apologised for the game's many issues and said they would work on improving it.[22] A major "1.0" update, that aimed to address many of these issues, was released 14 April 2022 on PC and consoles, and remains unscheduled for mobile devices.[23][24]

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 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.
  5. ^ Skrebels, Joe (21 July 2021). "How Unreal Engine Helped Turn PES Into eFootball". IGN. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ Makuch, Eddie (8 October 2021). "eFootball Update Coming October 28 With Fixes For The Game's Issues". GameSpot. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ^ "eFootball Update That Includes Big Fixes Delayed To November". GameSpot. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. ^ "TOP".
  9. ^ "eFootball 2022 hit with worst delay yet – next update not out till spring". Metro. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Announcements 14/04/2022 v1.0.0 Release Confirmed". konami. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  11. ^ Dinsdale, Ryan (31 May 2022). "eFootball Will Not Get Master League Mode Until 2023, Will Be Paid DLC". IGN. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/guide/how-to-play-as-any-club-or-national-team-in-efootball-version-1-0-0/
  13. ^ https://www.operationsports.com/efootball-2023-v2-update-its-in-a-bad-place/
  14. ^ "eFootball 2022 reviews for PC". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  15. ^ "eFootball 2022 reviews for PlayStation 5". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  16. ^ Wilson, Ben (4 October 2021). "eFootball 2022 review: A disastrous start to the post-PES era". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  17. ^ Iwaniuk, Phil (13 October 2021). "eFootball 2022 review: The pitch is ours—but where's the rest?". PC Gamer. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ a b Winslow, Jeremy. "Konami's eFootball Is Steam's Most-Hated Game Right Now". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  20. ^ Smith, Graham (30 September 2021). "eFootball 2022 is now the worst rated game on Steam". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  21. ^ Metacritic: "The 10 Worst Video Games of 2021"
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "Even Konami Agrees With The Criticism About eFootball's Quality". Kotaku. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  24. ^ "eFootball PES 2022 Rilis 2 Juni 2022, Pengguna Android dan iOS dapat Download Sekarang!". Vasiota (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
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