With eFootball 2022 Season 2 launching on June 16, I thought it best to put together a rundown of all the latest happenings here at the start of the week. I won’t cover every new thing Konami adds to the game (and the news does not just relate to Season 2), but this is what has stuck out to me as of late.
Italian Serie A Updates
According to FIFA insider FIFAWitcher and confirmed by various other outlets, Konami is set to lose the Serie A league license while also losing the exclusive Juventus FC license:
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Not to be the left out, Napoli, Lazio, AS Roma, and Atalanta will remain exclusive to eFootball 2022. This means that while “Piedmont Calcio” will be renamed properly to Juventus in FIFA 23, the other four Italian clubs will still carry their generic names for the time being. Konami still holds the rights to Italy’s second division, Serie B, a partnership they’ve had since 2020. It’s unknown how long Konami holds the rights to Serie B, but the league license only grants access to league logos, cups, and badges. Konami and EA still have to negotiate with the individual clubs.
Furthermore, promotion and relegation further complicate things as it ensures that six new teams, three via promotion and three via relegation from Serie A, will require individual licenses with the Serie A clubs that drop down most likely already being secured. While fans of EA’s FIFA franchise will no doubt be excited to see the return of Juventus FC for the first time since FIFA 20, career mode takes a huge hit in the realism department for anyone who favors an Italian club.
Konami previously announced a long-term partnership with AC Monza, which is more important now that the club from Northern Italy will play in the first division for the first time.
Konami Launches eFoootball 2022 Season 2
Season 2 kicked off on June 16 and features a host of new items:
The various in-game events featuring new season, “European Leagues Highlights – Clubs, Team Playstyles, and Prime Players,” will begin today and the players will appear in the special card designs featuring the clubs that have made it to the top of the European Leagues in the 2021-2022 season.
In addition, special packs containing 11 players and training items from our major European partner clubs are now available. Users can bring together powerful players, have them ready to play right away, and train a team around their own footballing philosophy!
Enjoy the exciting competition with players from all over the world in the “Dream Team”.
New Objectives
- New “objectives” have been added where players can earn rewards by completing challenges. Premium objectives, which can be purchased with eFootball coins to earn more luxurious rewards, are also now available.
Legendary Manager
- Legendary managers such as Johan Cruyff will be available in the future as rewards for premium objectives. Legendary managers have different training skills than regular ones.
Feature To Save Multiple Game Plans
- A feature has been added to allow multiple game plans to be retained. Squads for different tactics and events can be saved and recalled. This will allow for users to build multiple unique teams for different Seasons and events as eFootball continues and evolves.
Talent Design Suggested Function
- Konami has added a “suggested” feature that automatically enhances parameters in the talent design to grow players.
Premium Club Pack
A set of top players from Europe’s most prestigious clubs who have had a sensational 2021-22 campaign: FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich, Manchester United. Completed with special card designs only for the super fans:
-Price: 2,000 eFootball coins each
- Contents:
- Legendary Player Card x 1 – Exclusive designs with player signatures
- Featured Player Cards x 10
- Exp. 4000 training Program x 15
Chelsea Legends Added to Legendary Players
Drogba, Lampard, and Cech are in this Chelsea pack.
