A football game briefly appeared during Gamescom 2021’s Opening Night Live, and it wasn’t FIFA or eFootball: it was UFL.
Powered by Unreal Engine, UFL is in development at Strikerz Inc., a new studio founded back in 2016 and composed of over 200 employees spread over five regional offices in various locations across Europe.
The game will be free and available on all major consoles. In fact, its CEO Eugene Nashilov said it would be ‘fair to play’ and focused on player skill.
In UFL, players will create their own football clubs and be able to pick between more than 5000 licensed footballers. Strikerz Inc. partnered with FIFPRO to get the licenses and with InStat to receive detailed data and up-to-date statistics for each player.
Andrew Orsatti, FIFPRO’s Director of Marketing and Business Development, stated:
The release date of UFL will be announced ‘soon’. Until then, stay tuned.