Instead, eFootball released essentialy as an early access game, with few teams and modes and a roadmap for updates - plus plentiful bugs. When the series took last year off, in favour of a major new reboot, players expected big improvements regardless of the move to a free-to-play model. PES has traditionally been a premium game that releases in a relatively polished state once per year. "We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this causes our users and other stakeholders who have been looking forward to this title."ĮFootball did launch in an awful state, but at least part of players' negative response to it is because of mismanaged expectations. Unfortunately, we have concluded that more time is needed to deliver the product in the quality that will meet the expectations of our users and have decided to postpone the delivery," says the statement. "We have been working diligently towards distributing an update that will bring new content to the game, including a new mode where you can strengthen and play with an original team, as well as support for mobile devices on November 11, 2021. Another statement today on the Konami site says this update has now been delayed until spring 2022.Ĭonsequently, DLC for the free-to-play eFootball which relies upon version 1.0, called the eFootball™ 2022 Premium Player Pack, has been cancelled and any players who bought it will be automatically refunded. eFootball was always meant to launch basic and grow over time, with version 1.0 initially due November 11th. You can find the full list of patch notes on the Konami site, alongside some detail of what issues they're aware of and still working on.Īs you might have noticed, this patch is version 0.9.1. Two or more balls may appear to be in play at the same time.Players (aside from the set piece taker) may run through the advertisement boards and out of the field during a corner kick.The referee may be shown as being trapped on the surface of the pitch during a match.Some players are shown as a floating suit, or disappear entirely, in the pre-match cutscene.They were pretty funny, and so now, in turn, are the patch notes. Shortly after its barebones launch, players of eFootball began sharing screenshots and GIFs of the myriad bugs they were encountering. The first steps: cancelling some content, refunding players, and releasing a patch with a lot of bug fixes. "The number of teams that can be used in leagues and club teams will be expanded and distributed as additional paid content by the end of 2022," the tweet said.Īlso on the schedule is the Lobby Match mode, that lets players create rooms online and play matches with their Dream Teams, which is expected this summer as a free update.Ĭross-platform support across consoles and PC will be available later in winter, as well as "some editing functions", though the tweet didn't explain what these would be.ĮFootball's Twitter said these updates were in response to fan feedback meaning they're likely not the only new features coming to the game between now and next year.Konami are embarking on the long road towards redeeming eFootball, their free-to-play PES successor which became the worst rated game on Steam not long after its launch in September. Paid Content - The number of teams that can be used in leagues and club teams will be expanded and distributed as additional paid content by the end of 2022 - Master League will be available as additional paid content during 2023- eFootball May 31, 2022 The only content listed for 2023 so far is Master League - a mode that fans were already surprised to see missing from the game's official launch - but it's not the only content that will cost players money. EFootball's official Twitter account revealed its plans for the game going forward, including a breakdown of what's free and what isn't, and detailing what's coming this summer, winter, and then next year.
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