Motion Soccer PRO news & patch notes

📢⚽ Major Update 1.17 brings The Referee Team to Motion Soccer.

This update completely changes what it means to referee in Motion Soccer. Until now, refereeing was intense, demanding, and sometimes pure chaos. But now, you no longer have to face it alone. 🔥 THE BIG NEW FEATURE 🤝 CO-OP MULTIPLAYER REFEREEING

• You can now referee a match together with a friend.

• One player takes the role of the main referee.

• The other controls both assistant referees from the sideline.

• You are connected through live voice chat, like a virtual referee earpiece.

• The main referee has the final responsibility for every decision.

• The assistant referee player can help with offsides, fouls, throw-ins, corners and other key situations.

Two roles. Constant communication. One responsibility: control the match. You will need to talk, observe, decide and react like a real professional officiating team. 🚩 MUCH MORE REALISTIC AI ASSISTANT REFEREES

• We have completely reworked the behavior of AI-controlled assistant referees.

• They now communicate with you through the earpiece when they see something important.

• They use official gestures much more naturally.

• They raise the flag, wait for eye contact, and then indicate the correct direction.

• They will also honestly tell you what they saw.

But be careful: they are not always right. In very close situations, assistant referees can still make mistakes. The final decision always belongs to the main referee. And if an assistant gets it wrong but you do not fall into the trap, you will receive an extra bonus for your excellent work. 📦 IMPROVED CUSTOM TEAM IMPORT AND EXPORT

• We have also improved the custom team import/export system.

• In the official Discord, you can already find some incredible community creations shared through simple 5-digit codes.

• Motion Soccer does not have official licenses, but it does have a very complete team editor.

• Some players are creating spectacular recreations of teams and custom kits.

The game looks absolutely amazing with these community-made creations.

Special thanks to @ShadowBonnie for his passion and the huge amount of work he is doing.

🏁 THE REFEREE TEAM Work together. Make the call. Control the match.

This update adds a brand-new way to experience the big 2026 international tournament inside the game. Choose your favorite national team, play the full competition from the group stage all the way to the final, and live the entire journey at your own pace. THE BIG NEW FEATURE GLOBAL NATIONS 2026

• A new full tournament mode inspired by the major 2026 international competition.

• Choose your favorite national team and play the complete tournament.

• Groups, matches and dates are inspired by the real competition.

• Start in the group stage, survive the knockout rounds and try to reach the final.

• In every match involving your selected team, you can choose how you want to play: as a player, coach or referee.

MORE WAYS TO PLAY TOURNAMENTS EDITABLE TOURNAMENTS

• You can now edit the teams taking part in tournaments.

• This works whether you are playing as a footballer or as a referee.

• Build your own tournament bracket and create the competition you want to play.

NON-COMPETITIVE TOURNAMENT REFEREE MODE

• You can now referee full tournaments in a non-competitive mode.

• This lets you officiate every stage, including the final, without needing to earn 3 stars in every match.

• You will not receive the cup reward, but you can enjoy the full refereeing journey from start to finish.

REFEREE INSIDE CLUB SEASONS

• Club seasons are now more flexible.

• When playing a full season with your club, you can choose some matchdays as a player and others as a referee.

• This adds a new way to experience the season and switch roles during the campaign.

NEW CHINESE NATIONAL TEAM

• The Chinese national team is now available in the game.

• This expands the international team selection for matches, tournaments and custom competitions.

This update is all about giving you more ways to experience football. Choose your nation. Play the full tournament. Edit the competition. Referee the biggest matches. Chase the final.

📢 Motion Soccer 1.15: The Full Referee Experience This is one of the biggest updates we have ever made for Referee Mode. We have not only changed how refereeing works: we have also added a completely new way to be part of the officiating team. THE TWO BIG FEATURES 🧑‍⚖️ 1) REFEREE WITH WHISTLE, CARDS AND REAL GESTURES We have completely reworked how refereeing works in Motion Soccer so it feels much closer to how a real referee acts on the pitch. Until now, when you called something, time froze and you used the tablet to choose the decision. It was clear and easy to understand, but it was not the real way to referee a match. Now every decision can be made using the real tools of a referee: whistle, cards and official gestures. No strange menus, no magical shortcuts.

• Signal throw-ins by extending your arm in the attacking direction.

• Show cards by grabbing them and presenting them to the player.

• Use the whistle, your body language and official gestures to manage the match.

• Referee more naturally, more physically and much closer to real football.

And don’t worry if you do not know the official gestures yet. If you blow the whistle and are not sure what to do, wait a few seconds and the tablet will appear to help you.

• Choose what you saw.

• Watch the official gesture with a clear animation.

• Imitate it.

• Confirm the decision.

• Learn real football refereeing step by step while playing.

The goal is simple: after a few matches, you should be able to officiate a full game using only your whistle, your cards and your gestures. More natural. More immersive. Much more satisfying. And if you prefer the classic tablet-based system, you can still enable it from the options menu.

🚩 2) NEW ROLE: ASSISTANT REFEREE

You can now switch to the assistant referee role by pressing GRIP inside Referee Mode. This completely changes the experience. You carry the flag, follow the match from the sideline and try to stay aligned with the offside line to help the referee in key situations.

• Signal offsides.

• Signal fouls.

• Signal throw-ins.

• Signal corners.

• Signal penalties.

• Help the referee with key decisions.

And yes, being an assistant referee is much harder than it looks when you are watching the replay from the couch. The assistant referee system also uses real official gestures. If you do not know how to signal something, press trigger, freeze the play and the tablet will guide you step by step so you can learn the correct gesture. This update lets you experience the full refereeing team: main referee, assistant referee, communication, pressure, decisions… and at least one player absolutely convinced he was not offside.

⚽ ALSO IN THIS UPDATE ⏱️ ADDED TIME IN REFEREE MODE

• Referee Mode now shows the added time calculated by the system,

• This helps you manage the final minutes of the match more clearly,

• Thanks to @GiorgioPM for the feedback,

📯 MORE SPECIAL WHISTLES

• We have added several new special whistles.

• You can choose them from the Chaos Lab options.

• They can be used both in Referee Mode and when playing as a footballer.

We love realistic football… but if a match needs a completely ridiculous whistle to reach its true potential, we are not going to get strict now.

🤖 THE AI HAS LEARNED OFFICIAL GESTURES TOO

• The AI-controlled referee now performs the proper official gestures.

• Assistant referees controlled by the AI have also improved their signals.

• If you are going to referee like a professional, they were not going to keep signaling things like they were trying to hail a taxi.

📏 BETTER HEIGHT AUTO-CALIBRATION IN EXPERT MODE

• Height auto-calibration in Expert Mode is now more stable and accurate.

• Thanks to @peachfuzz and 聖CJ_The_King01聖 \ for the feedback.

🥊 MORE BELIEVABLE PLAYER BRAWLS

• Player brawls have been improved.

• They now feel more realistic and better connected to the tension of the match.

• Nothing too wild, but enough for the referee to step in and restore order.

This update is all about making refereeing feel real. Use the whistle. Use the cards. Use the gestures. Raise the flag. Become part of the full officiating team.

📢 Motion Soccer 1.14: New Automatic VAR System Referee Mode takes another major step forward with a completely rebuilt automatic VAR system. Reviews are now clearer, more visual and much easier to understand, giving you better information without taking the final decision away from you. 📺 NEW AUTOMATIC VAR SYSTEM

• VAR can now detect key reviewable moments more clearly

• When VAR spots a possible incident, it can show visual evidence on the referee tablet

• The review includes a captured image from the key moment of the play

• A short text explains what VAR has detected and why it recommends intervention

• The final decision is still always yours

This makes VAR feel much more natural, visual and believable. Now you do not just hear the alert. You can actually see what VAR has spotted.

🧑‍⚖️ ACCEPT, IGNORE OR REVIEW

• When an automatic VAR review appears, you can choose how to respond

• You can accept the VAR recommendation directly

• You can ignore the warning and keep your original decision

• Or you can enter the interactive replay to review the play in more detail

• After watching the replay, you return to the VAR panel to make the final call

Every review now feels like a real refereeing moment.

VAR helps you, but the responsibility remains in your hands.

🎧 MORE NATURAL VAR FLOW IN VR AND NON-VR

• In VR, VAR can warn you by audio without stopping the match automatically

• The VAR information appears on your left hand with the image and explanation

• If you decide to intervene and blow the whistle, the full decision options appear

• In non-VR mode, VAR also warns you by audio without stopping the match automatically

• The full VAR panel only appears if you decide to act

The match keeps flowing better, and the review only becomes official when you choose to intervene. 🚩 MORE OFFSIDES TO CATCH

• The AI has been humanized so attackers no longer respect the defensive line with perfect precision

• Forwards will now fall offside more often

• If you play as the referee, you will need to stay more alert

• Assistant referees are going to have more work too

Offside situations now feel more frequent, more realistic and more fun to judge. 💥 STRONGER PLAYER COLLISIONS

• Player collisions have been improved

• Players now protect their space better, especially during corners and free kicks

• Small pushes and physical battles can now happen more naturally

• As a player, you can also try to impose yourself physically

• But be careful: go too far and you may concede a foul or even receive a yellow card

• As a referee, you can once again hit players. Why? Because it is fun. That is the whole explanation

Football is physical. Now Motion Soccer shows that a little better. 🎽 NEW SPECIAL CELEBRATION

• Some decisive goals can now trigger a special shirt-removal celebration

• This can happen after dramatic goals scored in the final minutes of stoppage time

• It may be punished with a yellow card

• But let’s be honest: some goals are worth it

Big moments now have bigger celebrations. 🧑‍⚖️ FASTER ACCESS TO REFEREE MODE

• If you download the game and go straight into Referee Mode, you no longer need to watch the intro video first

• You also do not need to choose controls before entering

• Less waiting, more refereeing

This update makes Referee Mode clearer, smarter and more spectacular.

VAR now shows you what it sees.

Players fight harder for space.

Attackers fall offside more often.

And when the match reaches its biggest moments, the drama feels bigger too.

📢 Motion Soccer 1.13: The Custom Team Revolution For the first time, you can now create your own clubs and national teams from scratch, use them across the game, and even share them with the community. This is one of the biggest creative updates Motion Soccer has ever received. And this arrives on top of a game that already features 90 teams clearly inspired by some of the best clubs in the world and 67 national teams, including every team qualified for the 2026 World Cup. 🛠️ CREATE YOUR OWN CLUBS AND NATIONAL TEAMS

• Build custom clubs and national teams from scratch

• Use them in all competitions, in Career Mode and even online

• Choose the team name, primary kit and secondary kit

• Customize every player the way you want: look, shirt number, name and more

• Export your team and share it with the community

This is not just customization. It is a new way to play, create and express your football identity. 🖼️ REPLACE TEAM LOGOS WITH ANY LOGO YOU WANT

• Replace the logos used by teams in the game

• This also works for the custom teams you create yourself

• Upload the logo you want to use and apply it in-game

• Share your creations with the community or download logos made by other players

We cannot use official club crests because of licensing. But now you can personalize your football world your own way. 🌍 A BIGGER FOOTBALL UNIVERSE THAN EVER

• Motion Soccer now includes 90 club teams clearly inspired by elite football

• It also includes 67 national teams

• That means every team qualified for the 2026 World Cup is already in the game

Whether you want to recreate real football, invent your own teams or build your own universe, Motion Soccer now gives you the tools to do it. This update is all about freedom, creativity and community. Create your team. Customize your identity. Share it with the world.

Motion Soccer 1.12: The Voice of VAR VAR now speaks directly into your earpiece, assistant referees act on their own, and players react to your answers. 🎧 The Voice of VAR has arrived in Motion Soccer Referee Mode has just taken a huge step forward. VAR can now speak directly into your earpiece just like in real football, and it can even step in on its own when it detects a key moment. This makes every decision more intense, more realistic and much more dramatic. 🎧 VAR CAN NOW SPEAK TO YOU DIRECTLY

• VAR can now contact you through your earpiece during important moments.

• It does not only respond when you ask for it.

• It can now also intervene automatically when it detects a possible mistake.

• You may hear alerts suggesting that you review a goal, a possible offside, a foul in the buildup, the ball going out of play, a wrongly awarded or missed penalty, a direct red card, or even mistaken identity when punishing a player.

• The final decision is still yours.

Refereeing now feels more alive, more tense and much closer to real football. 📺 REVIEW THE PLAY OR TRUST YOURSELF

• If VAR suggests a review, you can choose to go to the monitor and check the action.

• After reviewing the play, you can confirm or change your original decision.

• If you review the action, you receive a small bonus.

• If you ignore VAR and you were right, you receive double points.

• If you ignore VAR and you were wrong, you receive a double penalty.

Every review now becomes a real moment of pressure. Do you trust VAR, or do you trust your own instinct? 🚩 ASSISTANT REFEREES NOW THINK FOR THEMSELVES

• Assistant referees now act independently from the main referee.

• They can raise the flag on their own, just like in real football.

• But be careful: they will not always get it right.

• In Referee Mode, this means you must stay alert and judge every situation carefully.

• We have also fixed an issue that could cause the offside line to be calculated incorrectly.

• Offside calculation now works properly.

Your assistant is now more realistic, more active and sometimes just as dangerous as the players. 🗣️ PLAYERS NOW REACT TO YOUR ANSWERS

• When a player talks to you or complains, the interaction no longer ends there.

• Players now react to what you say back.

• This works whether you respond with your real voice or choose a manual answer.

• Conversations with players now feel more alive, believable and unpredictable.

Being the referee is no longer only about making decisions. Now it is also about handling pressure, reactions and human drama. 🔥 This update makes Referee Mode more real, more immersive and more spectacular than ever before. Will you trust VAR? Will you ignore your assistant referee? Will you stay calm when the players surround you? Now it is your decision.

📢 Motion Soccer 1.11: The Voice Revolution For the first time, you can now referee, play and even argue using your real voice. This update transforms how you interact with the match, making football feel more natural, more reactive and much more alive. 🎙️ REFEREE BY VOICE AND GESTURES

• Make referee decisions using natural voice commands.

• Bring the whistle to your mouth, press trigger and say things like “penalty”, “foul” or “goal”.

• Use gestures to indicate decisions such as the direction of a free kick.

• Show cards physically by grabbing them and presenting them to the player.

• The traditional tablet option is still available if you prefer the classic system.

Referee Mode now feels much closer to real football. Less menus. More authority. More immersion. 🗣️ VOICE COMMANDS FOR PLAYERS AND COACHES

• Give voice commands while playing as a footballer.

• Use commands like “shoot”, “pass to me”, “defend”, “attack” or “through ball”.

• These commands are understood by the AI in real time.

• This also works when playing from the sideline as a coach or manager.

Whether you are on the pitch or on the bench, your voice now matters. 😡 PLAYERS CAN COMPLAIN TO THE REFEREE

• Players can now protest decisions using real voices and spoken lines.

• This works both when you play as the referee and when you play as a footballer.

• As a referee, players may come over and challenge your decisions.

• As a player, you can approach the referee and try to speak to them.

• You can even use your own voice to ask for VAR or respond during these interactions.

• Be careful though: if you go too far, you may end up seeing red.

Football is no longer just about actions. Now it is also about conversations, pressure and personality. 🌍 AVAILABLE LANGUAGES

• Voice actions are currently available in English, Spanish and German.

This update changes how football is played, refereed and experienced. Motion Soccer does not just react to your hands anymore. Now it listens too.

⚽ Major Update 1.4 – Referee Mode is here!

🎉 The wait is over: Update 1.4 has arrived. After a series of major improvements throughout the 1.3 updates — including Coach View 2.0, new match intros, redesigned menus, improved Mixed Reality options, the Museum & Arcade Nostalgia, smoother online sync, updated kits, and cleaner visuals — we now introduce the most unique way to play Motion Soccer so far.

👮‍♂️ New Referee Mode: Become the referee and take full control of the match. Blow the whistle, open the decision board, and choose what to call: fouls, penalties, offsides, goals, corners, throw-ins, goal kicks, or even a neutral drop if you touched the ball by mistake. Use the VAR (1 free review per match), manage cards, and earn points based on accuracy. Commentators react to your decisions with jokes, praise, or confusion depending on how fair you are. A completely fresh, surprisingly fun, and highly immersive way to play Motion Soccer.

🛠️ Improvements included since 1.3.1: – Fixed multiplayer sync issues and improved overall fluidity online. – Coach View 2.0: teleport between zones and even stand among the crowd in the stands. – New pre-match introduction: teams walk out of the tunnel and line up for the photo. – Redesigned menus, new game logo, and a full stadium preview before kickoff. – New Mixed Reality modes: Off, Tactical View, or Goalkeeper View. – Completely revamped team selection screen with home/away choice. – Foundations for the Museum and the 80s-style Arcade Nostalgia area. – Polished UI screens, lighting improvements, updated kits, improved hair rendering. – Numerous refinements to make the entire experience clearer, smoother, and more consistent.

💬 Your feedback matters: We’re already working on the next phase of Motion Soccer. Tell us what you’d love to see next in our community Discord!

⚽ Major Update 1.3

🎉 The wait is over: Major Update 1.3 is here! This update introduces a brand-new way to experience football in VR, along with major improvements to realism, mixed reality gameplay, and online performance.

👔 New Coach View: Take the role of the coach and experience the match from the sidelines! Give real-time orders, adjust formations, make substitutions, and command passes and shots like a true manager.

🥽 Mixed Reality for Goalkeepers: When inside the goal area, your real surroundings now blend with the virtual pitch. Dive, block, and move in your own space while facing virtual players — a crazy and fun new way to play!

🌐 Online Improvements: Online matches are now smoother and more responsive. Menus have been redesigned for greater clarity, and a new customizable online avatar lets you show off your ball and personal look.

🚀 Moving Forward: We’re already working on new features and improvements inspired by your feedback. What would you like to see next? Join our community and share your ideas!

• 🎧 Improved voice chat system: communicate clearly with your teammates, whether you're calling for a pass or celebrating a stunner.
• 📅 Final preparations for our **first special online event**: happening July 19-20! Online mode will be open to everyone — expect epic matches, live streams, and surprises. Don't miss it! 🔥

• 🛠️ Tactical Mode tutorial has been fixed — thanks to "Dance_JP" for the report!
• ⚽ We’re preparing our first special event: online mode will be open to everyone for a short time!
• 📺 Expect live-streamed matches and a few surprises during the event.

🎉 We're officially out of Early Access! After more than 100 updates and checking off every milestone, Motion Soccer has reached version 1.2. Thanks for being part of the journey!

⚽ AI Improvements: Smarter players, more realistic actions, and better tactical behavior for truly immersive matches.

🌐 Online Mode: Improved ball physics during multiplayer games for more polished and predictable play.

🕹️ New Setting: Added an option to disble right-stick rotation (requested by player Yin0908).

📢 We're not stopping here! More features and improvements are coming. Join our Discord to stay updated and share your fee

https://discord.gg/M5vWbVmEbJ

• 🏃‍♂️ We’ve unlocked the wings! The AI now makes spectacular runs down the flanks. Get ready for one-touch plays and crosses begging to be finished.
• 🧤 Goalkeepers are better positioned: We’ve refined their placement under the posts so they react faster and stay in the right spot.
• 🎈 The ball’s got new moves too: We’ve tweaked the physics when receiving aerial passes to make it feel more natural and realistic.
• 🎮 Fine-tuning on player switching: The new selection system now picks the best possible player even during quick passing situations.
• 🐞 And of course, a few small bugs squashed. Thanks for all your feedback — it keeps the game improving match after match!

• 🔁 Full rework of the player switching system: it now selects the best free player automatically, adapting to each situation in a smarter way.
• 🎯 Improved auto-pass system: both AI and manual passes (with button A) are now more accurate and better aimed.
• 🕹️ Animation and ball interaction improvements: gameplay feels more fluid and realistic than ever.
• 🛠️ Bug fixes and small tweaks based on community feedback. Thank you!

• ⚔️ Improved physical duels: Standard control has been refined for more realistic clashes between forwards and defenders, with natural ball deflections.
• 🧠 AI prioritizes real players when passing, both online and offline. You’ll now get that perfect pass even if you don’t raise your hand.
• 🛡️ Defensive AI now covers gaps more effectively, especially after central through balls.
• 🎭 Online foul animations look smoother and more lifelike.
• 🧤 Fixed: Goalkeeper grabs no longer force a first-person view if another setting is selected.

• ⚽ AI strikers are more creative: They now make smarter runs and might even raise their hand to ask for the ball. Time to feed them that perfect assist!
• ✋ Online pass calls: Raise your hand to ask for the ball during online matches. Other players will see it, and if an AI has the ball, it’ll try to pass it to you.
• 💥 Better sliding tackles: The ball now reacts more realistically, and refs are more lenient — if you get the ball first, it’s fair play even if you clip your opponent.
• 🧲 Standard control fix: Removed unfair ball losses caused by edge-case collisions. Smooth as butter.
• 🔁 Improved auto-possession: When playing with auto-possession enabled, you’ll now take control of your teammate earlier after passing to them.
• 🛠️ Custom team fix: Solved an issue when recovering corrupted edited teams. Thanks to Hussein for the help!

• 🖐️ You can now raise your hand to request a pass from the AI in any camera view! If you're in a good position and your team has the ball, the AI will try a smart through ball to set you up for a goal.
• 🎥 Spectator mode improved: You can now switch to a first-person camera by moving to the bench — just like a real coach!
• 🧍 AI players now have more realistic animations when waiting for aerial balls. It’s a subtle change, but it adds a lot to the immersion.
• 🛠️ Resolved an issue when importing custom teams. Huge thanks to Yin0908 for uploading an amazing F.C. Barcelona team and helping us debug the problem. Want to try it? Use team code 1049. Real Madrid is on the way! 🙌 Join the community on Discord: https://discord.gg/M5vWbVmEbJ

• ⚽ AI players can now apply spin when shooting! Until now, only human players could curl their shots, but that changes today. If the AI player has high shooting stats, expect stunning goals — especially from free kicks!
• 🧤 Improved goalkeeper dives in first-person mode: Press both triggers and perform the dive motion. The keeper will now jump with more intelligence, adjusting to the ball’s position to avoid overreaching.

• 🟢 Fixed a major issue that caused lag for the host (the player who created the room). Online matches should now feel smooth for everyone.
• ⚽ Set pieces are now more dynamic and realistic: players try to mark and unmark each other, improving movement and creating more space.

• 📉 Fixed a performance issue that caused FPS drops when starting an offline match after an online training session.
• 🎮 Online mode improvements: Smoother animations and various bug fixes based on community feedback.
• 🔄 Smarter auto-switching: A quick Grip press now prioritizes the teammate you're passing to instead of just the nearest one.
• ⏱️ Auto-execution of free kicks and penalties online if the kicker takes too long, keeping matches fast and fluid.