Pro Evo successor final name and release date confirmed

eFootball
(Image credit: Konami)

Konami has confirmed that the final name for its sequel to the Pro Evolution Soccer series is eFootball 2022 – and announced that it’s out before the end of this month. The official eFootball 2022 release date is Thursday, September 30.

Exactly as predicted in our PES 2022 guide, the game beats its main rival into digital stores – but only just. EA’s FIFA 22 is out one day later, on Friday, October 1.

Pretty big week for football fans, then. Good luck finding time to watch the vital Premier League fixture between Manchester City and Liverpool on the following Sunday afternoon.

eFootball

(Image credit: Konami)

eFootball 2022 is coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4 and Xbox One. It’s free-to-play and Konami plans to add cross-platform functionality, although that won’t occur at launch. You’ll also have to wait for an edit function and the still-unnamed team-building mode set to replace the beloved Master League from PES games of yore.

One element guaranteed at launch is a roster of six stadiums and nine teams including Barcelona, FC Bayern, Arsenal, Manchester United and Juventus, for both online and offline play. Cross-generation matches are included – so you can play PS4 vs PS5, or Xbox One vs Xbox Series X – as are mission objectives which unlock in-game rewards such as virtual currency. 

The full set of launch teams is as follows:

  • Barcelona
  • FC Bayern
  • Juventus
  • Manchester United
  • Arsenal
  • Corinthians
  • Flamengo
  • River Plate
  • Sao Paulo

And these are the available stadiums:

  • Camp Nou (Barcelona)
  • Old Trafford (Manchester United)
  • Allianz Stadium (Juventus)
  • Emirates Stadium (Arsenal)
  • Allianz Arena (FC Bayern)
  • eFootball Stadium (generic)

The release of eFootball 2022 brings the Pro Evolution Soccer series to a close after three decades of going stud-to-shin against FIFA 22. More interested in EA’s new footy sim? Then be sure to check out our comprehensive FIFA 22 preview.

PRODUCTS
Ben Wilson

I'm GamesRadar's sports editor, and obsessed with NFL, WWE, MLB, AEW, and occasionally things that don't have a three-letter acronym – such as Chvrches, Bill Bryson, and Streets Of Rage 4. (All the Streets Of Rage games, actually.) Even after three decades I still have a soft spot for Euro Boss on the Amstrad CPC 464+.

Read more
Football Manager 2024
Football Manager 2025 canceled as the developers didn't want to release an unfinished game and fix things "down the line"
FC 25
FC 25 TOTY release schedule and full Team Of The Year details
FC 25
7 EA FC 25 tips you should know before playing
FC 25
FC 25 NumeroFUT guide and full cards list
FC 25
The best FC 25 meta players, tactics and formations
FC 25
FC 25 ratings list sees Kylian Mbappe and Rodri on top
Latest in Sports
WWE 2K25 MyFaction
WWE 2K25 MyFaction tips for unlocking Oddities, Persona cards and MFP
FC 25
FC 25 Dreamchasers tracker and full UEFA promo guide
FC 25
FC 25 Season 6 Ladder Players list and how to unlock them all
WWE 2K25
WWE 2K25 locker codes guide to free MyFaction cards
Skate 4
The Skate reboot isn't even out yet, but it already has an EA specialty: microtransactions
Umaga is a key player in The Bloodline Showcase
How to unlock all wrestlers in WWE 2K25
Latest in News
Pillars of Eternity
10 years later, in a post-Baldur's Gate 3 and Avowed world, Obsidian is giving its own throwback CRPG Pillars of Eternity a turn-based combat mode
Destiny 2 Lightfall
When Destiny 2 "weekly active users dropped lower and faster than we'd seen since 2018," Bungie assembled an A-Team to put out some fires: "We needed to do something"
Velma, Daphne, Fred, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo looking at a giant key which is also a clue
Netflix is rebooting Scooby-Doo as a live-action series from the producer of Supergirl and The Flash centered around a "supernatural murder" at a summer camp
Astro Bot
Astro Bot went through 23 pitch iterations before its director promised PlayStation "happy gameplay" and "overflowing charm," though it did once end with robot decapitation that made "some people really upset"
Tomb Raider
5 years after Avengers, 2 years after its last layoffs, and who knows how long before Perfect Dark and Tomb Raider return, Crystal Dynamics announces another round of layoffs
AI Limit
"AI is not as effective as it might appear": Dev of AI-focused Soulslike RPG says they didn't use any AI-generated content and it can't match "genuine creativity"