CR7-Backed UFL Kicks Off Delay: $40 Million Investment Can’t Rush December 5 Launch
UFL Release Date Postponed to December 5, Cristiano Ronaldo Invests $40 Million
IT Home reported on September 5 that the official of “UFL”, a free football game aimed at challenging “EA Sports FC” and “eFootball”, announced on September 2 local time that the release date of the game will be postponed from September 12 to December 5, and the pre-order early experience will be launched on November 28.
“UFL” will first be available on the two major console platforms, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and a PC version is also in preparation.
UFL went through its second round of public beta testing from August 26 to September 5. In the announcement of the postponement, the game officials stated that more than 2 million players had experienced the game during the public beta testing phase, and the decision to postpone the game was made after analyzing player feedback and a large amount of game data.
Strikerz, the developer and publisher of UFL, said that the game is not only a free game, but also a “game as a service” product, so the game will receive regular core updates after its release. In addition, Strikerz once said that the game is based on fairness. Not a “Pay to Win” Type.
According to a press release on the official website of UFL, the famous football star Cristiano Ronaldo invested 40 million US dollars in the project in December 2023 (currently about 284 million yuan).
