eFootball 2022 Developers Release A Major Update

Game developers Konami Digital released eFootball 2022 in September of last year, much to the disappointment of gamers everywhere. The game launched in a poor state and received scathing reviews criticizing the football title for its “atrocious” graphics, lack of content, laggy engine, and finicky controls. The soccer game became the worst-rated game on Steam only a day after it was released and was the lowest-rated game on Metacritic in 2021. Now, developers are attempting to revive eFootball 2022 with a major update.

The Season 1 update in eFootball 2022 affects almost all aspects of the game. Some of the improved gameplay includes passing, dribbling, shooting, and defending. New content is also on the way in Season 1 with a new team-building game mode called “Dream Team,” several new licenses, and various cosmetic items. Check out the full patch notes for update 1.0 coming to eFootball below.

eFootball 2022 Season 1 Update Patch Notes

New Licenses

Japanese and North American license data have been included as new additions to the game.

Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Meiji Yasuda J2 League
MLS Players Association * “MLSPA” players will appear in the “American League” in-game.
USL Championship

In-game Events using new licenses will also take place throughout the Season.

Other New Contents

Real Faces
Updated faces for around 1200 players from newly licensed teams, club teams, and national teamsStrips
Updated around 400 Strips for national teams and club teams, including those from newly licensed teams. Official Balls
Added 13 official balls from leagues around the world. Boots
Added 12 newest models of boots from Adidas, LOTTO, NIKE, and PUMA. Goalkeeper Gloves
Added 3 newest models of goalkeeper gloves from Kaliaaer, LOTTO, and SELLS.

General Fixes Applied to Mitigate or Eliminate the Bugs Shown Below

The application may crash due to an error
The screen may freeze in-game
High processing load during matches and in the Game Plan screen
The speed of the ball and player movement may decrease during matches
The responsiveness to command inputs may become slower during matches
The ball may pass through a player’s body during a match
Some players may be shown gliding on the ground during a match
Player models may be distorted and their movements may feel unnatural when they collide with each other
Fouls may not be given out to some plays that were clearly fouls
Lighting errors may occur in some stadiums during instances such as entrance cutscenes
Stadium structures may display erroneously during cutscenes
The camera may move unstably during players’ entrance cutscenes
If certain commands are performed before taking a corner kick, the ball may seem to teleport from one place to another
After forgoing a quick restart, the cutscene of a player being cautioned by the referee may erroneously play
When switching between cuts in certain cutscenes, players may seem to teleport from one place to another for a split second
When switching between cuts in certain cutscenes, models and other displayed objects may disappear momentarily
The camera may focus on unintended areas during in-match cutscenes
The stadium may become darker for a few seconds during instances such as right after the second half kick-off
For in-match Camera Settings, a different preview than the configured settings may be displayed
Errors may occur when triggering certain goal celebrations
Players may run in a strange fashion during the goal celebration
After skipping a goal celebration cutscene, some displayed objects may disappear
The camera may be out of focus during cutscenes such as goal celebrations
The camera angle may become lower than ground level for goal celebrations after scoring a penalty kick
During the half-time results screen, the graphics of the stands are distorted
When the penalty shootout cutscene begins, unrelated cutscenes are played momentarily
When transitioning from the Results screen to the Highlights after a match, the wrong camera angle is shown momentarily
When ending a match from the pause menu, an image of the pitch shown from above may be displayed momentarily
Certain commands cause the UI display of the replay function to become erroneous
When using the replay function, switching the target player may result in a momentary delay of player display and sometimes cause other players to disappear
High graphics processing load when using the replay function
If a player makes contact with the goal net as the screen cuts to a replay, the goal net graphics may become distorted
When playing an online PvP match, one of the users disconnecting may cause the match to be deemed void
After scoring a goal in online PvP matches, the opponent can instantly skip the subsequent cutscenes
Performing certain commands in the team selection screen may cause the background to become blurred
The area selection icons may be displayed erroneously when returning to the area selection screen while scrolling down team selection menu
Certain commands may cause the menu screen to be displayed incorrectly
Certain commands may cause erroneous menu sound effects to be played
In certain screens, team names are only partially displayed
In some languages, the end of texts in certain screens are erroneously not displayed
In some languages, the bottom part of letters are displayed erroneously in certain screens
During screen transitions, unintended background images may be displayed momentarily