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UFL Is a New Soccer Game Looking to Take on FIFA's Dominance

And it's apparently "fair to play", as well as being free-to-play.

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Announced during Gamescom's Opening Night Live, UFL is a football simulation set up as a global online football league in which "players will be able to create their own football clubs made up of more than 5000 licensed footballers and compete with other gamers worldwide to prove their skills and climb to the very top of the league."

Strikerz Inc.

Strikerz Inc. is a videogame-creating collective and an international gaming brand launched in 2016 by a handful of people involved with online football. Currently, there are 200+ of us spread over 5 regional offices in various locations across Europe or working from home.

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It comes from a new studio, Strikerz Inc., set up to make it. A developer introduced the game as "Fair to play", with an emphasis on player skill. It is being developed in Unreal Engine, and a release date will be announced "soon".

UFL football game revealed as free-to-play rival to FIFA and eFootball

Strikerz Inc. says that UFL will prioritise fair competitive gameplay

www.theloadout.com

“The game will be available for free and we will regularly add new features and updates with no mandatory payments or yearly fees,” Strikerz Inc. says in a press release. “The game is designed to be a fair to play experience that implies a skill-first approach and zero pay-to-win options.”

“We are football fans and passionate gamers — we have been playing football video games for years and we know exactly what people want to see in a football simulator,” says Eugene Nashilov, CEO at Strikerz Inc. “We want to reinvent football video gaming from the ground up, offering players around the world a revolutionary, exciting and fair to play experience.”

So, looking up info for this, I discovered that apparently there's an entire league of american football with the same UFL title.
Probably won't be an issue since the audience for either will probably never mix them up, but still. Odd choice from the devs

 

[Quasicat]

I saw “football” and got excited about a competitor to the current yearly release, then I remember that Gamecom is going on right now and realize I’m thinking of American football.

 

[yansolo]

if this looks and plays well it could be very interesting, have lost faith in both fifa and pes

 

[TLZ]

Finally a 3rd player. Sick of both PES and FIFA. Both have been stale for many years.

We need a new major player to shake things up.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Nice, gives me Eidos football game vibes back on PS1.

 

[Aenima]

Curious to see how many clubs and leagues will be oficial licenced in this game. Its hard to compete against Fifa if u lack oficial licences.

 

[Africa's Toto]

Can't say I expect anything soon, really.
The devs have job openings placed all over the landing page of their website.

 

[reksveks]

Curious to see how many clubs and leagues will be oficial licenced in this game. Its hard to compete against Fifa if u lack oficial licences.

We all know the answer to that question, the real question is how easy will it be to have custom teams?

 

[Great Hair]

Strikerz Inc. is a videogame-creating collective and an international gaming brand launched in 2016 by a handful of people involved with online football. Currently, there are 200+ of us spread over 5 regional offices in various locations across Europe or working from home (yes, we love it too). Strikerz Inc. is the force behind the UFL, the ongoing online football videogame revolution. Being fans, we aim at offering our players an unprecedented gaming experience available on all major platforms.

By using state-of-the-art services and technology stack, we create a game that runs on the cutting edge of the tech. We take our users, their experience and dreams seriously, so we get behind them. No corporate bollocks, the game is made by fans, and we want it to set the bar and live up to the expectations.

Worldwide Publisher with offices in Cyprus, Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania

Vizor Games prolly the maker behind it ... mobile games only portfolio.

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vizor-games.com

Konami has the FIFPro rights
EA has the Fifa rights
UFL has the ....

 

[Azurro]

I saw “football” and got excited about a competitor to the current yearly release, then I remember that Gamecom is going on right now and realize I’m thinking of American football.

Yeah, it's really confusing, that's why the americans should take one for the team and rebrand their sport to American Handegg.

On topic, this could be interesting, although part of the appeal of football games is to be able to play as Juve (which I haven't even been able to do in FIFA for a couple of years now).

 

[Majukun]

Can't say I expect anything soon, really.
The devs have job openings placed all over the landing page of their website.

and you can't even properly upload a resumee appparently, getting an error on upload

 

[Africa's Toto]

On topic, this could be interesting, although part of the appeal of football games is to be able to play as Juve (which I haven't even been able to do in FIFA for a couple of years now).

Haha
What, does Piemonte not have the same ring to it?
Does your heart not beat for the old lady when you see that calcio emblem?

 

[Africa's Toto]

and you can't even properly upload a resumee appparently, getting an error on upload

Yeah, I'm starting to think people shouldn't be too quick to compare this to efootball (shit, that is still a terrible name) and FIFA

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Strikerz Inc. - the studio behind upcoming brand new football game on the market - called UFL has already published few short clips from their game. they are showcasing in-game footage of three popular fooyball players. Let's compare them with the same models in FIFA 22 and PES 2021 Season Update (unfortunately these players are not available at this point in eFootball).

Please note FIFA 22 was captured onPS4 / PS5 for Oleksandr Zinchenko and Xbox Series X for rest of players.


Timestamps
Oleksandr Zinchenko 00:00
Roberto Firmino 02:22
Romelu Lukaku 04:42

 

[Barakov]

 

[ChoosableOne]

It looks cool. At least some people trying to do their best to deliver a good football game. That's new since pes 6 or fifa 14.

 

[GymWolf]

Yeah but does it have players eating other players's asses?

 

[Azurro]

I saw “football” and got excited about a competitor to the current yearly release, then I remember that Gamecom is going on right now and realize I’m thinking of American football.

You should switch the name of the american sport, it just makes things confusing. I propose American Handegg, or Concussion Ball.