It's time to head out and kick that ball all over the place, solving puzzles and problems that require a good smash with a soccer ball. Along the way, you'll need to best bad guys in 1v1s, compete in a range of different sports (with your soccer ball, of course), and sometimes use your brain just as much as your balls In a world that has long forgotten The Beautiful Game, can you remind them why soccer is top of the table, and best the most formidable teams, including the local toddlers and a group of sharks?

It's been a year since The Calamity tore apart the very foundations of soccer as we know it. Since then, Soccer Inc. has made dang well sure that not a soul has been allowed to even look at a soccer ball, let alone kick it. It's a real Messi situation, no doubt.

But this is just the calm before the score. A magical football has now chosen you, The Savior of Soccer, and -- you'll get a kick out of this -- you've been tasked with saving the future of the sport, and bringing harmony to the world once more.

Can you remind everyone why there's just no substitute for soccer, or will there be a foul ending?

As Soccer Mania sweeps around the world, No More Robots (Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw) and PanicBarn (Not Tonight) announced that Soccer Story is launching on November 29th.

"Everyone on the team is very pleased to be part of the one Soccer Story this year that instead of revolving around blatant corruption and human rights violations is instead about Pandas, Ninjas…and you know, an appropriate amount of corruption," said publisher No More Robots.

Interested fans can request access to the beta HERE.

If you aren’t into soccer and are a little overwhelmed (and/or are American), we’ll leave you with a quote from one of the greatest philosophers of our time, the late Johan Cruyff:  “If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better.”

This sprawling open-world RPG asks you to use your head, with goal-oriented quests and side-missions to complete over 15+ hours of gameplay, and a huge range of activities and events to take part in.

Build your soccer career and do battle against the fiercest teams like literal sharks, toddlers, old-age pensioners and ninjas, while completing a single-player story full of quirky characters, quests, rogue refs and wacky soccer-adjacent sports.

On top of that, a two-player local multiplayer match mode with a full roster of teams and animal captains will make you dribble, and guarantee that Soccer Story remains a real keeper in your video game collection.

Key Features:

• Drop your soccer ball and play anywhere! The world is full of goals, puzzles and secrets - it's up to you to find them!
• Play a single-player story full of quirky characters, quests, rogue refs, and wacky soccer-adjacent sports
• Build your soccer career and do battle against the fiercest soccer teams like literal sharks, toddlers, old-age pensioners, and ninjas
• Save soccer and restore peace and harmony to the world
• Grab a friend for a four-player local multiplayer match mode with a full roster of teams and animal captains
• FISHING MINIGAME

Soccer Story is coming to PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation on November 29, 2022.