eFootball’s latest season launches today, including a new mini-game made by PlatinumGames

The newest season for eFootball launches at this time, together with a shock contribution from PlatinumGames.

Model 6.0.0 of Konami‘s free-to-play sport is rolling out at this time, to mark the beginning of the brand new 2026/27 season.

It contains new options together with a Customized Event mode, and new gameplay enhancements. The complete patch notes will be discovered on the finish of this text.

One of many extra distinctive additions, nonetheless, is a brand new each day mini-game created by Bayonetta and Nier Automata studio PlatinumGames.

The sport, which known as Every day Tremendous Play, will be performed as soon as a day, rewarding the participant with bonus content material in the event that they’re profitable.

Every day, the mini-game chooses a participant at random from a particular participant record, and runs an animation of them scoring a memorable purpose.

Gamers must press a button (or faucet the display on the cellular model) in time with an icon on the display, just like a rhythm motion sport, in an effort to correctly carry out the transfer.

The instance proven throughout Konami’s eFootball Join broadcast exhibits Lionel Messi dribbling the ball previous 5 android-like gamers, earlier than scoring a purpose.

The brand new mini-game will be seen at round 5:30 within the under video:

Up to now few years PlatinumGames has seen quite a few personnel adjustments, with influential director Hideki Kamiya leaving in 2023 and at the least 5 different administrators – Abebe Tinari, Takahisa Taura, Yusuke Miyata, Kenji Saito, and Masaki Yamanaka – leaving the company after this.

Since then, the studio has been collaborating extra with different builders. Final yr’s Ninja Gaiden 4 was co-developed by Platinum and Team Ninja, whereas the studio additionally did further work for Closing Fantasy 15 and created a mini-game for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

The studio can also be engaged on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Final Ronin, which is about to be revealed by PlatinumGames and seems to be changing a beforehand introduced The Final Ronin sport introduced by Embracer Group in 2023.

The complete patch notes for eFootball model 6.0.0 are as follows:

eFootball Season Replace 6.0.0 patch notes

Characteristic Addition and Modifications

  • Added the Customized Event function permitting customers to create tournaments and play them collectively.
  • New mini-games have been added to the Every day Recreation.
  • Added new results to the cinematics performed when signing somebody from a Particular Participant Record.
  • Added “Dynamic Volley” as a brand new command.
  • Added the brand new Workforce Playstyle “Overload”.
  • Taking part in Types have been divided into “Attacking Taking part in Fashion” and “Defensive Taking part in Fashion”. Every participant is now assigned both an Attacking Taking part in Fashion, a Defensive Taking part in Fashion, or each.
  • Quite a lot of new Taking part in Types have been added, with a concentrate on Defensive Taking part in Types.
  • Added “Fluid Formation” as an possibility in Recreation Plan.
  • Added “Prioritize Base Workforce” to the “Auto-Decide Gamers” perform in Recreation Plan.
  • “Attacking” and “Deep Line” have been faraway from [Individual Instructions] within the [Game Plan].
  • When utilizing a Place Token, gamers will now not be capable to be taught the place that’s already listed because the Registered Place on their participant playing cards.
  • When filtering gamers by place, gamers with excessive Place Proficiencies at the moment are included along with those that have that Registered Place proven on their playing cards.
  • Stats from the at the moment set Recreation Plan will now seem throughout Participant Development and on gamers within the Reserves.
  • Elevated the utmost variety of Backup Participant Slots to 900.
  • Elevated the utmost variety of supervisor slots to 100.
  • Added a perform via which the Login Bonus will be checked whereas inside Missions.
  • As a measure launched to strengthen protections supplied to minors, a father or mother or authorized guardian could now be required to make use of k-ID and supply consent to permit a person to play eFootball™, if that person has chosen a sure nation/area.
  • Made adjustments to the ability names and Taking part in Fashion names in some languages.
  • Substitutes will now seem in an opponent’s Recreation Plan.

New Season Information Updates

  • The crew constructions of the next leagues have been up to date with knowledge from the brand new season.
    • English League
    • English 2nd Division
    • Spanish League
    • Spanish 2nd Division
    • Ligue 1 McDonald’s (France)
    • Ligue 2 BKT (France)
    • Italian League
    • Italian 2nd Division
    • VriendenLoterij Eredivisie (Netherlands)
    • Liga Portugal Betclic (Portugal)
    • Belgian League
    • Scottish Premiership (Scotland)
    • Swiss League
    • Trendyol Süper Lig (Türkiye)
    • Danish League
    • BYD SEALION 6 LEAGUE 1 (Thailand)
    • 2026/27 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE (Japan)
    • 2026/27 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE (Japan)

Updates and Additions

  • In-game belongings and different knowledge will likely be carried over when enjoying for the primary time after the model replace.
  • Added the Moroccan League.
  • Up to date licences.
  • The next knowledge have additionally been up to date:
    • Strips
    • Emblems
    • Boots
    • Gloves
    • Balls
    • Cinematics and animations
    • Stadium graphics
    • Media backdrops and nook flags
    • Bibs
    • Promoting boards
    • Participant photographs, graphics and knowledge
    • Music
    • Commentary
    • Stadium bulletins