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"Compared to America and Europe, Japan has still a long way to go"
Read More »Konami to build Konami Creative Center, a new 12-story building dedicated entirely to esports
Konami sees a healthy rise in profits thanks to its competitive sports games
"Efforts are accelerating to offer new experiences, including esports"
Read More »Konami and UEFA dissolve 10 year Pro Evo partnership
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Read More »Bethesda, Konami and Nintendo won’t play with new European digital charts
Chart rolls out of beta in France and is coming to UK in early 2019
Read More »Konami’s revenue growth led by mobile games
Revenue at Konami increased nine per cent year-on-year, while profit saw a 30.2 per cent growth
Read More »Can Metal Gear Survive without Kojima?
Metal Gear Survive’s evolution of the franchise loses much of the series’ identity in a ‘fun non-canonical spin off’
Read More »Metal Gear Survive gets a release date
Konami’s first post-Kojima Meta Gear release with be with us on February 22nd. Metal Gear Survive – or Metal Gear Zombies, as it is frequently referred to – is set in an alternative reality to Metal Gear Solid V. It features cooperative multiplayer and lots of undead. It’s heading to …
Read More »Konami becomes official partner of Arsenal
Konami has announced it has become an official partner of Arsenal Football Club. The new agreement will extend Konami’s previous access to the club, where it appeared as a licensed club in PES 2017 complete with its official insignia, and allow the company to perfectly recreate the team in this …
Read More »PES League World Tour 2018 named as official UEFA Champions League esports competition
The longstanding commercial union between Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series as the UEFA Champions League has scored yet another wonder goal. The Japanese publisher’s PES League World Tour 2018 has now been named as the official UEFA Champions League esports competition. This bodes well for a potential extension to the …
Read More »Konami partners with Topps Trading Cards for PES 2018 promotion
Konami has teamed up with Topps Trading Cards for a special PES 2018 promotion, which will see limited edition UEFA Champions League Match Attax trading cards for the upcoming 2017-18 tournament appearing in boxed copies of the game. Starting on September 14th to coincide with the game’s launch on PS4, …
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