“In many ways, yes, ,” says a tweet from the publisher. As per the developer itself, we’re going to see a particularly limited version of the game launch first, followed by a more robust experience later.

The release date for the game that is targeting ‘early autumn’ (read: September 30) is not actually going to be the full game. You can see the promised roadmap of how Konami plans to support the game with new content in the roadmap embedded above. That shouldn’t put you off, though Konami plans to build on the platform over time, and will eventually build the whole platform up to be something unlike what we’ve seen in sports games before. The game – eventually – will target consoles, PC, and mobile, but at launch the developer and publisher admits what’s on offer will basically be a demo. And it’s not just a name change: Konami has announced that eFootball is a free-to-play, “all-new football simulation platform” developed in Unreal Engine, ditching the Fox Engine it used in generations past. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the series change its name, though: back in the day, Konami called its football franchise Winning Eleven.

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It’s quite a departure from what fans are used to from the series to date, then.

Under its new name, the series will become a free-to-play digital-only football experience arriving later this year. If you’re asking ‘where is PES 2022?’ we’ve got some bad news for you: Konami has announced that from this year onwards, its perennial sports franchise will be called eFootball.

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