Konami is refunding DLC purchases after disastrous ‘eFootball’ launch

Final month, Konami dropped Professional Evolution Soccer in favor of the brand new free-to-play eFootball franchise with the promise of respectable gameplay on a budget. Sadly, the launch was nothing wanting woeful, with dangerous participant fashions, quite a few glitches and an uproar over a $40 DLC that could not even be redeemed till a giant model 1.0 replace initially scheduled for this month.

Now, Konami is saying that this replace is being pushed manner again to spring of 2022. As such, it is refunding gamers who pulled the set off on that DLC and forcing them to reinstall the sport. “You probably have pre-ordered the Premium Participant Pack and want to proceed to play eFootball 2022, you’ll need to re-download the core sport after the pre-order has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience,” the corporate wrote.

To make the sport extra usable within the close to time period, Konami launched an replace (v0.9.1) “to repair quite a few bugs sequentially on every platform beginning right now (November fifth),” it wrote. Left unsaid there’s the severity of the glitches, which make for some fairly cringe studying. Alternative ones embrace “the referee could also be proven as being trapped on the floor of the pitch,” “pitch grass isn’t proven three-dimensionally,” and “gamers might get caught up within the aim web when performing a aim celebration near the aim.” 

It is laborious to be optimistic given the problems Konami has had with its soccer video games, however the firm did purchase itself some extra time. We now have to attend till spring 2022 to see if it might do something to show eFootball round.