Japanese publisher's eFootball will be utilized in 2 FIFA eWorld Cups later on this year
Image credit: FIFA|Delegated right: Konami's Koji Kobayashi and FIFA's Romy Gai
FIFA has actually revealed a collaboration with Konami to continue its FIFAe World Cup esports competition, utilizing the publisher's free-to-play title eFootball.
The football association formerly ran this competitors in partnership with Electronic Arts, however this collaboration pertained to an end when the set split in 2022 after 29 years.
The Konami offer will start with 2 FIFAe World Cup competitions within eFootball later on this year, one on mobile and the other on console. Certifying matches start today, and a champ will be called at the end of each competition.
For this very first year of the brand-new competitors, 18 nations have actually been welcomed to participate in the last occasions, consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, England, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Thailand, and Türkiye.
eFootball is the replacement of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series, which ran for almost 3 days. Because going free-to-play in 2019, the video game has actually reached 700 million downloads worldwide.
“At Konami, we have actually continued to handle difficulties in the advancement of football simulation and esports,” stated the publisher's senior executive officer Koji Kobayashi. “We are really delighted to be able to add to the promo of eFootball in a brand-new measurement through this cooperation with FIFAe.
“We want to reveal our genuine appreciation to FIFA for supplying us with this chance. We can't wait on the FIFAe World Cup to start. We anticipate sharing the interest, enjoyment, and happiness of our gamers all over the world through the FIFAe World Cup.”
FIFA's primary company officer Romy Gai included: “We are extremely thrilled to sign up with forces with Konami. This cooperation lines up completely with our objective to promote football internationally and to supply a platform for gamers to display their abilities. We genuinely think in an inclusive community which permits various neighborhoods to be part of the FIFAe competitors.”
FIFA has actually been checking out other esports collaborations with computer game, revealing a FIFAe World Cup competition for Rocket League previously this year.
