

This game is part of the International Esports Federation's World Championship and North and Eastern Europa League (NEEC). It was later changed to the game's second year, eFootball 2023, on August 25, 2022. The game's first year, entitled eFootball 2022, was released on 30 September 2021. 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.

“There’s going to be new stuff with PES this year, I hear, where they’re going to go properly free-to-play and really change it up. The announcement confirms a rumour GR reported on a couple of weeks back, in which journalist Andy Robinson predicted that changes were afoot.

There are no further details on additional clubs or specific leagues, nor the manner in which they'll be incorporated – but we know that Napoli are exclusive to eFootball from next year, alongside Serie A rivals Juventus and Roma. Winter will then see the addition of official eSports tournaments, and mobile controller support. Fascinatingly, Konami is promising cross-platform matchmaking sometime after launch.Īt least nine clubs – including those mentioned above plus Barcelona and Arsenal – are confirmed to appear at launch, with online leagues and a new team-building mode (replacing Master League) coming around the same time. The new game is described as “a new global brand for a global audience”, and is built on the Unreal Engine and headed to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, and PC.
