Launched as a “demo” in September 2021 and available in version 1.0 since mid-April, eFootball 2022Konami’s free-to-play sports simulation succeeding the famous license Pro Evolution Soccer, has a lot of trouble finding its audience. However, the Japanese studio has the firm intention not to let its production sink into oblivion.
As proof, in a thread posted yesterday on Twitterhe revealed some information on the next updates that will be deployed after the release of version 1.1 of the game. One way of trying to reassure players even if the distribution of this roadmap is accompanied by a bad news since the DLC dedicated to the Master League, the equivalent of the Career Manager mode in Fifa, won’t arrive before 2023.
Cross-play planned for next winter on PC and consoles
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 (@play_eFootball) May 31, 2022
In addition to making this announcement, the developers gave some more encouraging news about the future of the title. In terms of free content, online fairs allowing “play matches between created teams in Dream Team mode” should be accessible just after summer while “some editing features” as well as “cross-play between PC and console platforms” will normally land next winter.
Regarding the paid content planned for 2022, Konami simply stated this: “The number of teams that can be used in leagues and club teams will be expanded and distributed as DLC by the end of the year. »
eFootball 2022 is available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.