With the addition of eFootball within its title, this year's Pro Evolution Soccer symbolizes a push in the online gaming space with a focus on PESLeague and eFootball Pro tournaments. Of course, with FIFA also upping its game for this year's release, it'll be interesting to see as to the game fares in the public eye. Needless to say, Konami have worked hard to secure partnerships, and recently announced that Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Barcelona would be authentically represented within the game. I spoke to Lennart Bobzien (European PES Brand Manager) about the game, and got to ask him about these exclusive partnerships, together with how Konami will calibrate the football franchise in the wake of next gen technology. Enjoy!
For PES 2020, you’ve announced a number of features that will be included in this year's game that weren’t included before. What sort of meetings does the development team and its parent company have to undergo? How do these these ideas and new features get vetoed and accepted by the Board as something that the company wants to go ahead with? How much of it is a case of reacting to what your competitors are doing, such as FIFA, and how much of it is a case of, you know, the original stuff that you hav...