Live match viewing: first test underway in EU

Right now, EU is running the first matches with partially implemented live match viewing. Here's how it works so far:

Tactics lock 15 minutes before kickoff, giving the match engine time to actually play out the game At kickoff time, match links show "Watch live" instead of immediately revealing the result

This isn't the final version yet. League tables and player stats currently update as soon as the match kicks off, rather than being held back until it ends — a deliberate limitation at this stage, to be addressed in the next iteration.

So far, this first test in EU is working correctly. We're now watching for feedback from other regions, and if everything holds up, the next step will be finishing the feature properly.

This is one of the most requested features in the game, and it's taken a long time to get here, but we're finally one step away from calling it done.