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Konami released eFootball’s first patch today following its disastrous launch – and it shows why the game should never have been released in the first place.<\/p>\n

v0.9.1 is now available for eFootball on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, and Konami has published the patch notes<\/a>. They make for remarkable, sometimes hilarious, sometimes horrifying reading.<\/p>\n

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Konami released eFootball’s first patch today following its disastrous launch – and it shows why the game should never have been released in the first place. v0.9.1 is now available for eFootball on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, and Konami has published the patch notes. They make for remarkable, sometimes hilarious, sometimes horrifying reading. 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