KONAMI ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH FC BAYERN
11.07.2019 17:00
Fully-3D scanned Allianz Arena and players will feature in upcoming eFootball PES 2020, launching this September
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has announced today a long-term partnership with the German top-flight football club, FC Bayern.
“KONAMI has a long history of championing German football, and so we’re very happy to become a Platinum Partner of FC Bayern, the most successful German club in history,” commented Jonas Lygaard, Senior Director Brand & Business Development at Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. “With each year, our development team continues to surpass expectations and we are very proud to present FC Bayern’s epic Allianz Arena and its players in all their glory in eFootball PES 2020.”
The partnership between KONAMI and FC Bayern provides the eFootball PES series creators with significant access to the club’s stars and legends, enabling the development team to recreate all elements true to life.
An official trailer announcing FC Bayern in eFootball PES 2020 can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1QoSzoQMsM
In addition, KONAMI is proud to be working closely with German winger Serge Gnabry, as an Official eFootball PES Ambassador. Gnabry will not only feature on the cover of eFootball PES 2020, but he will also be involved in multiple upcoming activations with FC Bayern and KONAMI that fans can look forward to.
Following a complete 3D scan of the structure, eFootball PES 2020 will also introduce a strikingly accurate recreation of FC Bayern’s home stadium, Allianz Arena, full of small, but impactful touches that FC Bayern fans, and everyone else who loves football, will appreciate. The players on the pitch will also receive the same 3D scanning treatment and will be present in the new game at launch.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, FC Bayern München AG Chairman, said: “We are delighted that we are entering into a long-term partnership with Konami, a Japanese company rich in tradition and a world-famous manufacturer of computer and video games, and that our professional players and the Allianz Arena will be included in the upcoming eFootball PES 2020 football simulation game from September.”
Established as one of the top international sides, FC Bayern is an iconic club, not just in their home country of Germany, but globally too – stretching out to China, USA and Brazil among others. Their ongoing trophy success has led to the club registering more than 291,000 official members and record-breaking financial performance year-on-year.
eFootball PES 2020 ushers in a new decade of industry-leading football simulation with a bold promise to revolutionise eFootball and introduce the sport to a global audience. The game features a brand-new mode called Matchday that will allow players to pick a side and come together for weekly events to compete in the biggest matches in football and help secure victory for your team.
eFootball PES 2020 will be available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One™, and PC STEAM, on September 10th (Americas/Europe/Asia) / September 12th (Japan) with pre-orders now available for the standard and legend editions. An exclusive FC Bayern Club Edition of the game will also be available at launch.
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About Konami Group
Konami Group was established in 1973, starting as an amusement machine manufacturer for arcades. Over the years, the company has grown to include different business units across various markets. Currently, KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION includes the Digital Entertainment, Amusement, Gaming & Systems, and Sports Businesses. The company went public on the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1984, the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1988, and the London Stock Exchange in 1999. For more information, visit: www.konami.com/en.
About Konami Digital Entertainment
Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core company of Konami Group, develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. The company is known for global franchises such as Pro Evolution Soccer, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Contra, as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game series. www.konami.com/games/corporate/en/
About FC Bayern
FC Bayern is one of the world’s most successful sports organizations on and off the pitch. Since the club’s foundation in 1900, FC Bayern has won 29 national championships, 19 domestic cups as well as five UEFA Champions League titles, making it the most successful German team in history. The club is also renowned globally for its financial success, youth development and supporter culture. FC Bayern has a unique history of profitability, a track record of developing world class talent which can be seen by the tournament-high 14 players participating in the 2014 World Cup, as well as a unique ownership structure of being owned by currently more than 291,000 official members, the most of any sports organization in the world. Since 2005, FC Bayern has been playing every home game in front of the sold-out, 75,000-seater Allianz Arena. With stars like Serge Gnabry, Robert Lewandowski and David Alaba as well as World Champions like Thomas Müller, Jerome Boateng and Manuel Neuer, FC Bayern boasts a world class squad. With over 650 million fans and followers worldwide, FC Bayern is one of the strongest brands in global sports.