Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road’s The Rising Bond Free DLC Update Arriving Next Week

Level-5 announced that its next free update for soccer/football RPG Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road will release on March 31, 2026. “The Rising Bond DLC” update will add to the game’s Inazuma Eleven: Orion route in Chronicle Mode as well as start the mode’s finale with a new Path of Trials route involving the mode’s protagonist Victorio Arno.

Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. The game’s main story acts as a reboot for the series and follows Dustin Billows, a boy who attempts to revive South Cirrus High School’s football club. Other modes include a Chronicle Mode that lets players form a team from players that have appeared across the entire series as they take the Inazuma V Caravan across time and battle teams from the series’ past. Those looking to read more about Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road or the series overall can check out RPGamer’s review of the game’s Nintendo Switch 2 version and RPGamer’s retrospective of the series.