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eFootball 2024: Juan Garnizo, Aniquiladores, and Samy Rivers’ Pio FC coming to the football video game
New changes for the new eLigaMX 2024 season come with many surprises
On April 11, 2024, Liga MX President Mikel Arriola, content creators Juan Garnizo, Samy Rivera, and Konami Brand Manager Robbye Ron presented several additions to eFootball 2024, as well as the Qualifier 1 stage of eLigaMX 2024, which will end on April 24 of this month and will be completely free to play on mobile devices (iOS and Android), PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series.
How long will the eLigaMX 2024 tournament last in eFootball 2024?
The qualifiers will run until June 9th and the final will be held in Cancun, Quintana Roo with a prize of $25,000 to be distributed among the winners.
Who can participate in the eLigaMX 2024 tournament at eFootball 2024?
The tournament will be open to everyone in Mexico and the United States.
Results of the first eLigaMX 2024 tournament in eFootball 2024
Some of the figures released from the first edition of eLigaMX show 14 million impacts on social networks, and more than 112,000 visits to the eLigaMX portal. The tournament had an average of 250,000 participants with more than 800,000 games played, accumulating 10 million minutes of online play. Two winners emerged from the tournament:
- The Arsenal Style of Chivas in the console version.
- Emmanuell from Tijuana in the mobile version.
First step of the Kings League in eFootball 2024
Other announcements made at the event included the addition of Colombian streamer Juan Garnizo and his Aniquiladores FC team, as well as Mexican content creator Samy Rivers’ Pio FC team. This marks the beginning of a historic alliance between Konami’s title and teams from the Kings League to expand the player base within the football simulator.
eFootball 2024 looking for the next big step
In a conversation with Robbye Ron, Brand Manager of eFootball 2024, he told us that the brand does not rule out the integration of more Liga Mx stadiums, as well as partnerships like the one they closed for this update with Garnizo and Rivers. “Today, people not only want to play with Messi, they also want to play with their content creators...” remarked the executive.
Finally, when asked if he sees eFootball 2024 as a possible organizer of an all-nation digital World Cup, Ron told us that at the moment they have the eFootball Championship Open, a league in Europe and a final in Japan, although he does not rule out the possibility that it could happen at some point.