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News UFL Open Beta: Release Date, Preload Details & Launch Time On Xbox
The EA Sports FC and eFootball competitor!
If you're bored of what EA Sports FC and eFootball are providing on Xbox these days, then you'll be interested to know that UFL is making its debut with an Open Beta on Xbox this weekend, multiple years since it was first announced. If you're inter
News Lionel Messi Leads The Way As eFootball 2024 Launches On Xbox
With improved gameplay and much more
Today marks the release of eFootball 2024 on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and just like the most recent entry in the series, it's another free-to-play release! Konami's latest outing has made a variety of improvements to gameplay while also retaining megastar Lionel Messi as the game's Global...
News UFL Planning 'Closed Test' Later This Year Ahead Of Free-To-Play Release
"Can’t wait to share all the great things we’ve developed"
Remember UFL? This is a free-to-play football / soccer game that's coming to consoles including Xbox at some point in the (hopefully) near future, and there was a lot of hype surrounding it when it was announced a couple of years ago. <related ids="120162"> The original intent...
News FIFA Competitor 'UFL' Delays Its Free-To-Play Launch Until 2023
No surprises there
We've definitely been keeping a close eye on the progress of UFL since it was revealed last year, and although it was being advertised for a 2022 release all this time, it's not the biggest surprise to hear that it's now delayed until 2023. This was revealed in a social media update by the team, explaining that the game is around...
News eFootball 2023 Arrives This Month, And It'll Still Be Free-To-Play
"We will keep on improving..."
We have to admit we shed a tear when Konami decided to kill off the long-running PES series in favour of the free-to-play eFootball 2022, which still feels like a big step back compared to PES, although it's improving all the time. Well, it's actually been close to a year now since eFootball 2022 was first playable on...
News Here's A Fresh Look At 'UFL' Gameplay, The New FIFA Competitor
We've got a bunch of WIP footage
It was announced around this time last year that the FIFA and eFootball series' would be getting a free-to-play competitor on Xbox in the form of UFL, and since then we've been keeping a close eye on its development progress. Fortunately, the team m
News eFootball Delays Proper Launch To Spring 2022, Offers Refunds
But a bug-fixing patch is out now
Things are sadly going from bad to worse for Konami's eFootball 2022 right now, as following the highly negative reception it received at release back in late September, its first major update has now been postponed to Spring 2022. This is the update that is essentially meant to turn the free-to-play experience...
News UFL Unveils Liverpool's Roberto Firmino As New Game Ambassador
The upcoming free-to-play footie game
We've been keeping a very close eye on the upcoming free-to-play football game UFL ever since it was first announced back at Gamescom 2021, and it's now unveiled a new ambassador in the form of Liverpool's Roberto Firmino. You can see what the Brazilian centre-forward looks like in-game in the clip below, and...
News eFootball's First Patch Will Attempt To Fix Issues Later This October
"We apologise for any inconveniences"
We witnessed one of the worst launches in Xbox history in the form of the free-to-play PES replacement eFootball 2022 last month, and Konami has now promised to begin to fix its many issues in a patch later this October. In a message on social media, the development team "apologised for any inconveniences" so...
News Konami Apologises For eFootball 'Problems', Promises Improvements
"We will strive to improve the current situation"
There's been a lot of talk surrounding Konami's botched launch of eFootball over the past 24 hours, which currently holds an "Overwhelmingly Negative" rating on Steam, and the company has now come out and apologised publicly. In a statement, it was acknowledged that the game has suffered a lot of...
Roundup Sorry Konami, But These eFootball Bugs Are Absolutely Hilarious
And terrifying in equal measure
Just for context here, this writer is a massive Pro Evolution Soccer fan. The development team has done wonderous work with gameplay over the past 20 years, but, for whatever reason, the higher-ups at Konami decided to kill off the PES brand earlier this year, and the replacement is eFootball, which so far is shaping...
News eFootball 2022 Receives 'Overwhelmingly Negative' Reviews At Launch
The PES replacement is off to a worrying start
Konami unveiled the PES replacement eFootball earlier this year, serving as a free-to-play game that will evolve with new features over time, but its initial launch (it went live last night) has gone down noticeably poorly so far. Players have swarmed social media to share their impressions, with the...
News Konami's 'eFootball 2022' Launches For Free On Xbox This Month
PES has gone, eFootball has arrived
It was announced back in July that Konami was wrapping up the long-running Pro Evolution Soccer series in favour of a brand-new free-to-play experience called 'eFootball', and now we know it will launch for Xbox on September 30. eFootball will utilise a new engine compared to PES (Unreal Engine instead of the FOX...
News UFL Is A Brand-New Console Football Game With Massive Ambitions
And it's taking on FIFA and eFootball
We were treated to a very short and intriguing look at something called UFL during Gamescom Opening Night Live earlier this week, which is a console football game aiming to take on FIFA and eFootball in the future. UFL has been in development for five years already, and will be a free-to-play game centring...
News EA Issues Confident Statement In Response To PES Going Free-To-Play
"We've seen this happen before"
Konami rocked the boat last month when it was announced that Pro Evolution Soccer would be wrapping up after 25 years, and in its place would be eFootball - a brand-new soccer experience utilising a free-to-play model. From a FIFA perspective, EA was asked during yesterday's earnings call about the company's reaction...
News PES Fans Aren't Happy With eFootball's 'Photorealistic Visuals'
"Did they really skip a year to come up with this?"
Today has been dominated with the news that Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) series is being totally disbanded and replaced with something called eFootball, which will be a new free-to-play experience arriving this autumn. The reception to the announcement has been somewhat mixed, but over at...
News PES Replacement 'eFootball' Will Be Tailored For PvP Gameplay, Rather Than Player Versus AI
"This provides a greater thrill than what AI can provide"
Konami made a big splash this morning by announcing that the PES brand is being replaced with something called 'eFootball', a brand-new free-to-play experience which is set to arrive on Xbox this autumn. There have been mixed reactions to the announcement, with some praising the move and...
News Konami Is Replacing PES With 'eFootball', A New Free-To-Play Experience
It's the end of an era
It's the end of an era, folks! Konami has today announced that the PES brand is officially being dropped and replaced with 'eFootball', described as a "next-generation, free-to-play football simulation experience." The new game will be out this Autumn for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, utilising the Unreal Engine...
Rumour PES Could Be Going 'Properly Free-To-Play' This Year
Konami is said to be "changing it up"
Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series is going through an interesting time right now, after skipping a totally new entry last year and unveiling plans to transition to Unreal Engine, and now it might be making even more drastic changes. According to Andy Robinson of Video Games Chronicle, he's heard that Konami...
News PES 2022 Has A Free 'Online Performance Test' Now Live On Xbox
Also being classified as an 'Open Beta'
Well, well, well! Konami has silently released a free "online performance test" for eFootball PES 2022, which is currently just called "New Football Game", and you can try it out right now on Xbox One, Series X and Series S. It's listed on the Microsoft Store under "New Football Game Online Performance Test",...
News Serie A's Atalanta Will Become Exclusive To PES From Next Season
No longer officially licensed in FIFA
Konami has been doing all sorts of deals with Italian football sides in recent years, and the latest team to get the exclusive treatment is Atalanta, which will no longer be officially licensed in FIFA as of next season. This means that eFootball PES 2022 will be the exclusive home of Atalanta within "real-time...
News eFootball PES 2021 'Season Update' Discovered On Microsoft Store
Available at a "special anniversary price"
If a recently discovered listing on the Microsoft Store is anything to go by, it looks like Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series won't be getting a fully-fledged new release this year, instead opting for a 'Season Update' version. According to the listing, eFootball PES 2021 Season Update features the same...
News Konami Won't Renew PES Licenses For Inter And AC Milan
Not affected in eFootball PES 2020
Konami has announced that it won't be renewing the licenses for Italian giants Inter Milan and AC Milan for the eFootball PES series going forward. However, the licenses will remain in eFootball PES 2020. The company says that both teams have been strong advocates for the eFootball PES series, and that it wishes...
