The latest season for eFootball launches today, including a surprise contribution from PlatinumGames.
Version 6.0.0 of Konami‘s free-to-play game is rolling out today, to mark the start of the new 2026/27 season.
It includes new features including a Custom Tournament mode, and new gameplay improvements. The full patch notes can be found at the end of this article.
One of the more unique additions, however, is a new daily mini-game created by Bayonetta and Nier Automata studio PlatinumGames.
The game, which is called Daily Super Play, can be played once a day, rewarding the player with bonus content if they’re successful.
Each day, the mini-game chooses a player at random from a special player list, and runs an animation of them scoring a memorable goal.
Players have to press a button (or tap the screen on the mobile version) in time with an icon on the screen, similar to a rhythm action game, in order to properly perform the move.
The example shown during Konami’s eFootball Connect broadcast shows Lionel Messi dribbling the ball past five android-like players, before scoring a goal.
The new mini-game can be seen at around 5:30 in the below video:
In the past few years PlatinumGames has seen numerous personnel changes, with influential director Hideki Kamiya leaving in 2023 and at least five other directors – Abebe Tinari, Takahisa Taura, Yusuke Miyata, Kenji Saito, and Masaki Yamanaka – leaving the company after this.
Since then, the studio has been collaborating more with other developers. Last year’s Ninja Gaiden 4 was co-developed by Platinum and Team Ninja, while the studio also did additional work for Final Fantasy 15 and created a mini-game for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.
The studio is also working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, which is set to be published by PlatinumGames and appears to be replacing a previously announced The Last Ronin game announced by Embracer Group in 2023.
The full patch notes for eFootball version 6.0.0 are as follows:
eFootball Season Update 6.0.0 patch notes
Feature Addition and Changes
- Added the Custom Tournament feature allowing users to create tournaments and play them together.
- New mini-games have been added to the Daily Game.
- Added new effects to the cinematics played when signing someone from a Special Player List.
- Added “Dynamic Volley” as a new command.
- Added the new Team Playstyle “Overload”.
- Playing Styles have been divided into “Attacking Playing Style” and “Defensive Playing Style”. Each player is now assigned either an Attacking Playing Style, a Defensive Playing Style, or both.
- A variety of new Playing Styles have been added, with a focus on Defensive Playing Styles.
- Added “Fluid Formation” as an option in Game Plan.
- Added “Prioritize Base Team” to the “Auto-Pick Players” function in Game Plan.
- “Attacking” and “Deep Line” have been removed from [Individual Instructions] in the [Game Plan].
- When using a Position Token, players will no longer be able to learn the position that is already listed as the Registered Position on their player cards.
- When filtering players by position, players with high Position Proficiencies are now included in addition to those who have that Registered Position shown on their cards.
- Stats from the currently set Game Plan will now appear during Player Progression and on players in the Reserves.
- Increased the maximum number of Backup Player Slots to 900.
- Increased the maximum number of manager slots to 100.
- Added a function through which the Login Bonus can be checked while inside Missions.
- As a measure introduced to strengthen protections provided to minors, a parent or legal guardian may now be required to use k-ID and provide consent to allow a user to play eFootball™, if that user has selected a certain country/region.
- Made changes to the skill names and Playing Style names in some languages.
- Substitutes will now appear in an opponent’s Game Plan.
New Season Data Updates
- The team structures of the following leagues have been updated with data from the 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 assets and other data will be carried over when playing for the first time after the version update.
- Added the Moroccan League.
- Updated licences.
- The following data have also been updated:
- Strips
- Emblems
- Boots
- Gloves
- Balls
- Cinematics and animations
- Stadium graphics
- Media backdrops and corner flags
- Bibs
- Advertising boards
- Player photos, graphics and data
- Music
- Commentary
- Stadium announcements
