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Commemorating the start of the tournament, a new in-game update arrives and fans can take part in a campaign launching today in eFootball
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. (Konami) announces the FIFAe World Cup 2025 featuring eFootball. Kicking off on December 10th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the official eSports tournament is hosted by FIFA® for a live audience and live streamed worldwide. This year marks the second edition of the tournament where a record of 90 countries and regions participated in the preliminaries totalling 16.51 million participants.
eFootball official website: konami.com/efootball…
FIFAe World Cup 2025 is an official eSports world championship co-hosted by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA®). This year 12 national representatives emerged victorious from regional qualifiers and will now compete in the console and mobile divisions for the tournament’s highest honours and be crowned champions.
For the console division, it will be held in a 2v2 format with players participating in teams of three whereas the mobile division will be a 1v1 format. Both divisions will feature players from 12 different countries where they compete through a group stage and knockout stage before battling it out in the finals.
To celebrate the start of the tournament, users can participate in an eFootball campaign and can obtain free special items. Logging in during the campaign period rewards users with different items.
Additionally, users also receive one player item each day from a curated special player list. Users can also take on a Squad Challenge Event where clearing challenges with specific rules will reward them with various items. The campaign period is from December 4th – December 18th.
Coinciding with this campaign, a new game update has been implemented to adjust game balance and adds various features and gameplay elements to enhance the experience. A new particular feature analyses in-game player tendencies and adds an “Advice” feature where players and coaches provide feedback in real-time that could serve as a catalyst for improvements in tactics.
Another feature is the “Analysis” which aggregates and analyses the results of each user’s last 10 PvP matches and visualises their playstyle via comparison graphs and data against opposition from Division 1 – Division 4 users.
Also being introduced to this update is Ronald Koeman receiving the “Link-up Play” feature. Ronald Koeman possesses the “Aggressive Centring A” Link-Up where the “Centrepiece” is in possession of the ball, the “Key Man” will actively make runs towards goal from crosses. Activating this Link-Up increases the accuracy for high and low crosses as well as direct shots from those passes from the “Centrepiece” to the “Key Man”. Legendary player items such as “Epic: David Beckham” and “Epic: Jan Koller” meet the activation conditions and are now available in-game from December 4th – December 11th.
Other features and improvements include:
- “Auto Control” which allows the AI to take control when the user is not actively playing. • Adjustments in speed and acceleration for defenders by reducing the extreme disparities against speedy players.
- Acceleration during latter periods of a match with decreased stamina has also been fine tuned to allow players with decreased stamina to maintain their reaction speed even with a reduced stamina.
- Alterations to the “Defensive Awareness” parameter where defenders with high “Defensive Awareness” can now keep up with opponents more effectively even if their acceleration stat is lower.
Access the viewing page from ‘eFootball’ and watch the broadcasts for the Console Division and Mobile Division to earn up to 2,500eFootball points.
Day 1-3
- Console / Mobile
- Viewing Reward: 500 eFootball
Points
Day 4 Final
- Console:
- Viewing Reward: 1,000 eFootball Points
- Mobile:
- Viewing Reward: 1,000 eFootball Points
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