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Revenue at Konami increased nine per cent year-on-year, while profit saw a 30.2 per cent growth
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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 »PES 2018 beats Metroid and Uncharted to Japanese No.1
Konami’s PES 2018 beat a number of new releases to the top of the Japanese charts last week, including Nintendo’s Metroid: Samus Returns and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. The PS4 version of the game shifted over 69,000 units in its first week on …
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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