United teams up with Konami on new efootball PES 2020

Tuesday 02 July 2019 15:00

Manchester United and Konami Digital Entertainment have today unveiled their collaboration on the latest edition of the iconic football video game, eFootball PES 2020.

Created using state-of-the-art technology, the game boasts the most detailed recreation of the club’s famous Old Trafford stadium seen yet. The current squad have also been created using a full-body 3D scanning process, providing players of the game with ultra-realistic avatars of their favourite United stars.

The game features a brand-new ‘Matchday’ mode that will allow fans to team up and play in weekly competition games, which correlate to real-world football matches. Winners from each game will earn points towards their team’s overall tally. Teams and players with the highest points score can then go on to compete in a Grand Final with the chance to be crowned the overall winner.
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Watch what happened at the launch event for eFootball PES 2020.
An exclusive Manchester United Club Edition of the game will also be available at launch.

Scott McTominay, Diogo Dalot and Victor Lindelof, all keen gamers in the United squad, attended today's launch event, where Konami projected life-sized holograms of their in-game characters on to the stage next to them. McTominay described his excitement for the new game’s release this autumn and his pride at being selected as an ambassador for it.

“It’s a real honour for me, and I’m really excited to get the partnership under way,” said the midfielder. “I’ve been playing the game a lot and the graphics look absolutely amazing.
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Watch footage from the new eFootball PES 2020 game in this promotional video.
“No matter what games we [the players] play, if it’s cards against Victor or a game on the PlayStation or XBOX, I fancy myself to be right up there! The best part of the game is you can play with your friends and you can bring a brand new game into the changing room. Not everyone will have played PES 2020 so it’s going to be exciting for the boys and hopefully we’ll get some good matches going.”

Lindelof added: “The game looks very nice. Even the tattoos on the players are very realistic, just like they are in real life. I love to play video games and it’s always fun to play with friends.” 

eFootball PES 2020 will be available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One™, and PC STEAM, on 10 September (Americas/Europe/Asia) / 12 September (Japan) with pre-orders now available for the Standard and Legend Editions.

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