Barca renews agreement with Konami, with Messi appear on the cover of PES 2020

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Barcelona and KONAMI announced today that they are renewing their relationship with a new Global Partnership agreement, whereby the digital entertainment firm behind the Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) series of videogames will be continuing its association with the Club for the next four years.

The announcement of the extended agreement coincides with the worldwide presentation of the latest edition of the game, eFootball PES 2020, which will have Leo Messi as its cover star. The Argentinian is featuring on the cover of the new standard version, thus following on from his team-mates Luis Suárez and Philippe Coutinho, who appeared on the previous two editions. 

Meanwhile, former Barça star Ronaldinho will be appearing on the front of the Legend Edition, which includes an exclusive 3D scanned version of the Brazilian. Both versions will be officially launched on September 10 in the Americas, Europe and Asia, and on September 12 in Japan.

As a result of this agreement, KONAMI will also be releasing a special Barça edition of eFootball  PES 2020, which will be available at the Barça Official Store at Camp Nou in September. A new feature is that, for the first time, FC Barcelona fans will be able to decide the cover, and from the June 12th will get to vote on the different choices.

Also as a result of the deal, KONAMI advertising will appear both inside and outside of the Camp Nou, and the company will have access to the players, will benefit from visibility on match days and is granted exclusive rights to recreate the Barça stadium in its eFootball PES 2020 titles. 

KONAMI will also be FC Barcelona’s Official eSports Football Video Gaming Partner, which includes possible collaborations in the organisation of future e-sports events.

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