eFootball

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 25 April 2022.

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

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)
Release25 April 2022
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

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] Version 1.0.0 of eFootball, as well as the first season of eFootball 2022, was finally announced on 6 April 2022, with release date of 14 April 2022.[10]

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.[15]

At launch, eFootball was panned by critics and players, who criticized the "atrocious" graphics,[16] lack of content, laggy engine and finicky controls.[16] With 92% negative reviews, it became the worst-rated game on Steam a day after launch,[17] and the lowest-rated game of 2021 on the review aggregator Metacritic.[18] Konami later apologised for the game's many issues and said they would work on improving it.[19] A major "1.0" update to this end is scheduled for 14 April 2022 on PC and consoles, and remains unscheduled for mobile devices.[20]

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. 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: t.co/XGJAKZFGaV 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. "eFootball 2022 reviews for PC". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. "eFootball 2022 reviews for PlayStation 5". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  13. Wilson, Ben (4 October 2021). "eFootball 2022 review: A disastrous start to the post-PES era". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  14. Iwaniuk, Phil (13 October 2021). "eFootball 2022 review: The pitch is ours—but where's the rest?". PC Gamer. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Smith, Graham (30 September 2021). "eFootball 2022 is now the worst rated game on Steam". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  18. Metacritic: "The 10 Worst Video Games of 2021"
  19. 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.
  20. "Even Konami Agrees With The Criticism About eFootball's Quality". Kotaku. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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