Saturday, December 12, 2015
UEFA CLUB COMPETITION LICENSE EXTENDED FOR A FURTHER THREE YEARS.
The agreement will see the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup competitions continue to be a main feature for a further three years which will
" allow KONAMI to use all iconography and
presentation elements associated with the competitions exclusively within the PES series." The Champions and Europa League competitions were available as stand alone modes or within the highly popular Master League mode with the UEFA super cup featuring in Master League and Become a Legend modes only. Konami European Brand Director Sean Ratcliffe had this to say,
"The UEFA Champions League is the biggest prize in club football and we are delighted to have extended our exclusive agreement with UEFA to feature it in the PES series. In the past six years we have worked closely with UEFA creating the PES Virtual UEFA Champions League as a global on-line version of the real thing, and this year’s UEFA Champions League final in Berlin played host to the climax of the 2015 PES season as the 25 best players from all over the globe gathered to determine the winner. The grand finals were held within the dedicated PlayStation site in the UEFA Champions Festival event taking place at the legendary Brandenburg Gate, with the two finalist also taking part in an exclusive special exhibition match which was played pitch side in the lead up to the final itself in the iconic Olympiastadion. These are exciting times for the PES series.”
As well as UEFA marketing director Guy Laurent-Epstein expressing his delight over the extension of the partnership between UEFA and KONAMI,
"We are very pleased to continue and extend our working partnership with KONAMI. This new cycle provides an opportunity to build an even closer working relationship, allowing us to activate in new and exciting ways over the next 3 years. We are delighted that future iterations of the series will continue to feature the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League as we also look forward to extending other areas of co-operation."
The six years that UEFA competitions have featured in the PES series have added to the realism of club football further extending the user experience, immersing them in the atmospheric occasion of European club football. Here's to another 3 years, here come the champions.
