PiquÉ’s Efootball.pro Joins Konami In Esports Venture

16 Nov 2017 | tshego

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The esports company eFootball.Pro and the Japanese Video games company KONAMI have reached an agreement to create an electronic sports competition.

The competition will be played using KONAMI’s football video game series and will be broadcast worldwide.

Gerard Piqué, eFootball.Pro president and FC Barcelona player, said: “the goal is to drive all that makes traditional football the king of sports, towards electronic football, towards esports.”

We want to bind the best of both worlds to bring the public a new entertainment model that they love since the first day.”

Hideki Hayakawa, representative director and president of Konami Digital Entertainment, added: “eFootball.Pro’s unique position in esports, combined with its strong football leadership, will allow us to deliver a fresh way for customers to enjoy our products. We are thrilled to collaborate with eFootball.Pro.”