What's up, Maximum Football gamers! We’re excited to finally update you all—MPL is back up and running. You can now resume playing MPL, opening packs, and upgrading your team.

There’s plenty more to this update, but first, here’s what MPL players need to know:

If you purchased packs during the outage, they should now appear in your inventory, ready to open.
New players can now access MPL and open up their starter packs.
Player and team customization should once again be fully functional.

We know these last few weeks have been frustrating for those grinding the MPL leaderboards, and we greatly appreciate your patience as we worked on this permanent fix. Start opening packs, merging cards, and improving your team in MPL now.


Here are eight of the biggest improvements you’ll see when you log in after updating your game:

• Native 4K support for an enhanced visual experience
  
• Spectate any game in Dynasty Mode
  
• Adjust Dynasty settings mid-season, including quarter length and accelerated clock
  
• New screen passes to counter aggressive defenses
  
• Expanded special teams options: audibles during return plays, punt shield, and multiple kickoff return play variants
  
• A new kick meter for improved accuracy and control
  
• Updated defensive AI with better pursuit angles, aggressive pass coverage, and improved red zone defense
  
• New animations and polish for tackling, blocking, locomotion, and more

We are also extending the season pass to ensure players have ample time to complete challenges and progress through the tiers.

• New animations and polish: tackling, blocking, post-play movements, locomotion, and jump catches
  
• Audio fixes and improvements for animations and commentary
  
• Adjustments for replay mode
  
• General stability improvements
  
• Updated referee AI
  
• Updated bull rush animation loop
  
• Disabled over-the-shoulder and overhead catch animations
  
• Fixed an issue where receivers did not play an animation after scoring a touchdown

• Adjusted defensive plays to give defenders wider zones to cover more of the field sideline to sideline
  
• Fixed an issue preventing defensive linemen from disengaging from blocks
  
• Increased defenders’ odds of pushing blockers backward during engagements
  
• Fixed safety pre-snap alignment in man coverage
  
• Multiple fixes for defensive pre-snap alignment
  
• Restructured pre-snap AI defensive alignment
  
• Adjusted defenders in man coverage to play running backs out of the backfield more aggressively
  
• Reduced the range and spread of the dive tackle AI
  
• Made adjustments to red zone defenses
  
• Fixed zone coverage defenders sometimes facing the wrong way briefly
  
• Fixed a rare issue where defenders spawned inside one another pre-snap
  
• Fixed an issue where field goal block defenders would stand still
  
• Improved AI logic for assessing scrambling quarterback threat levels

• Added new screen plays to expand play-calling options
  
• Reduced drop-steps on play-action passes
  
• Fixed an exploit that caused drop-back animations to cancel when attempting to pass to an unassigned receiver
  
• Fixed snapping while strafing for offensive linemen
  
• Fixed an issue where offensive linemen moved in the wrong direction
  
• Improved logic for non-linemen blocking threats on run plays
  
• Fixed a visual glitch when playing get-up and injury animations after downing a player

• New kick meter for improved accuracy and control
  
• Created a shield punt play to reduce blocked punts
  
• Fixed an exploit where users could line up behind another rusher to easily block punts
  
• Reduced the frequency of blocked punts
  
• Fixed an issue where punting team blockers faced the wrong direction on returns
  
• Fixed an issue that caused some punts to be ruled a touchback after going out of bounds
  
• Made adjustments to onside kick formations
  
• Added additional kick return formations to limit scum kicks online
  
• Fixed an issue where kick returners would not go for the ball on the ground on onside kicks
  
• Adjusted kick returners to aim for a catch at chest level rather than the landing area on kicks
  
• Players can now audible on kick-off returns
  
• Fixed punt return gunner coverage

• Spectate any game in Dynasty Mode
  
• Simulate individual games in Dynasty Mode
  
• Added a settings tab in the main menu to update the game clock and accelerated play clock preferences
  
• Fixed overtime scores in simulated games
  
• Adjusted Dynasty save deletion process
  
• Adjusted stadium upgrade text
  
• Fixed injury retrieval from gameplay to Dynasty
  
• Match history and rating now used in team ranking calculations
  
• Fixed conference name overflow issues
  
• Fixed an issue where games were not showing up on match selection

• Updated backend system to fix user card creation issues
  
• Fixed an issue impacting users’ ability to fair catch in multiplayer matches
  
• Fixed overtime scores in match history
  
• Made additional adjustments to the MPL system
  
• Fixed match history visualization issues

• Fixed some Season Pass items not having the correct names
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented team uniform changes from reflecting until the game was restarted
  
• Flip Play option added to all play selection screens
  
• Added safeguards to prevent users from using the same jersey number for every player
  
• Changing name and number font types now updates immediately on players
  
• Added new red-dot notifications for Store/Card Packs, Challenges, and Season Pass

This update brings major improvements across the board, and we’re excited to get you back into the action.

I wanted to give you an update on where we stand with the fix for card packs in MPL.

Throughout December, we encountered critical issues with our backend provider, making it impossible to sustain our online ecosystem at the scale of players we were serving. We initially deployed a temporary solution that restored card pack functionality, but unfortunately, the same issue resurfaced a couple of weeks later.

After thorough investigation, we realized that to ensure Maximum Football and MPL function as intended, we needed to migrate our entire backend system to a new provider. As you can imagine, this was no small task. Our team has been working around the clock to create a long-term solution that eliminates these issues for good.

We are excited to announce that next week, we will be releasing an update that will fully restore MPL and online play, barring any major setbacks in the approval process. Here’s what this means for you:

• Card packs will once again be fully functional.
  
• Any users who made purchases during this downtime will have their inventories restored and will be able to open the packs they purchased.
  
• MPL card customization will be reactivated and will now properly save when exiting the customization menus.

We know that these issues have affected Season Pass progression, preventing many players from unlocking rewards—including the Aircraft Carrier Stadium for premium players at Level 50.

To address this, we will be extending the Season Pass and looking into additional means to give our players ample opportunity to earn their rewards.

This patch isn’t just about MPL and card packs. It will also include:

• Gameplay fixes
  
• AI adjustments
  
• Fixes for frequently exploited online issues
  
• More improvements across the board

We’ll be sharing more details about new features and gameplay adjustments throughout the week on our Maximum Football social channels—so stay tuned!

We truly appreciate your patience as we worked through this issue, and we’re looking forward to getting everyone back into the action.

Thank you for your support, and we’ll see you on the field!