While FIFA retains the most official licenses, eFootball will still allow players to take control of teams such as Manchester United, FC Barcelona, Juventus and FC Bayern. The announcement refers to eFootball as 'a fair and balanced experience for all players,' which is hard not to read as a dig at rival Electronic Arts and the controversy over its loot box-driven FIFA Ultimate Team mode. The publisher will continue to expand the game with new matches and modes over time, with plans to also sell optional DLC in future.

Konami has released an initial roadmap of content and feature updates, including online leagues, team building mode, esports tournaments and mobile controller support all planned before the end of winter. The game has also been built to support crossplay across all platforms.

It launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC this autumn, with a mobile version for both iOS and Android to follow shortly after. The new eFootball, continuing the new brand introduced in 2019, is still developed by the same team behind PES (or Winning Eleven, as it's known in Japan) and has been rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine. The Japanese publisher will launch eFootbal this autumn as a download-only game that it plans to expand over time, seemingly veering away from the annualised release schedule as well. Konami has made some dramatic changes to its long-running football franchise, dropping the Pro Evolution Soccer branding for eFootball and making the game a free-to-play affair.

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