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Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (officially abbreviated as PES 2017, also known in some Asian countries as Winning Eleven 2017) is an association football simulation video game developed by PES Productions and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The game is the 16th installment in the Pro Evolution Soccer series. On 25 May 2016, Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 was announced and scheduled to be released on 13 and 15 September 2016 on PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Konami also later announced support for PES2017 on the PS4Pro console.The cover of the game features FC Barcelona players Neymar Jr, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Ivan Rakitic and Gerard Pique. On 26 July 2016, Konami Digital Entertainment officially announced a premium partnership with FC Barcelona allowing “extensive” access to the Camp Nou stadium, which will be exclusive to the game for three years.In addition to this, Konami announced further official partnerships with Liverpool FC, Borussia Dortmund and Club Atlético River Plate which will include recreation of the official kits, player faces, club logos and stadia among other exclusive content.Features includes, among others, improved passing, Real Touch ball control, and improved goal tending technique. The recent demo confirms it will include fully licensed Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona teams.At the annual gaming expo Gamescom, which was held in Cologne, it was announced that further licences with Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04 & River Plate were agreed which would allow Konami to reproduce the teams within the game.
At E3 2016 it was announced that edit data can now be transferred between PS4 consoles via USB. Data sharing will also be compatible across multiple regions, allowing European, US and Asian users to all share data among each other. Kits and created teams/players can be obtained with far more ease than in previous versions of PES.
Partnership with FC Barcelona
On 26 July 2016, Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd. announced an official partnership with FC Barcelona that would be effective across their titles for 3 years saying “The FCB signature style Tiki-Taka, the powerful “hymno”, the FCB classic (historical) kit data release, and Legend player appearances are some of the things Konami are planning to bring into the game to provide the best experience to the fans. Customers are entitled to sign an FCB player who can be used in the widely popular PES mode myClub by pre-ordering the digital download version of PES 2017 through the PlayStation®Store.”Exclusive use of the Camp Nou is reserved to the Pro Evolution Soccer titles for the duration of the licence.
Partnership with Liverpool FC
On 16 August 2016, Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd. announced an official partnership with Liverpool FC. Through the agreement PES 2017 will include content such as recreation of the official kit, player faces and Liverpool’s home ground Anfield among other content. Konami announced the deal also stating that “This title’s core concept “Control Reality”, makes it possible to reproduce Liverpool FC’s compact and speedy game flow. With the new function “Advanced Instruction”, Liverpool FC’s playing style of multiple players to retrieve the ball from a high position, “Gegenpress”, adopted by manager Jurgen Klopp, will be reproduced within the game. The most notable difference to this licence however is that unlike the FC Barcelona deal, the Anfield stadium will not be exclusive to the Pro Evolution Soccer series
Partnership with Borussia Dortmund
On 17 August 2016, at the annual gaming expo Gamescom, it was announced that Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd. had agreed a 3rd premium partnership, this time with Borussia Dortmund. An official announcement stated that “Through this agreement, PES 2017 -Pro Evolution Soccer- (scheduled for released on 13th September in North, Central and South America, and globally on 15th September 2016) will include the downloadable data of the team’s home stadium “Signal Iduna Park”. These new implementations will richen to fully experience “BV Borussia 09 Dortmund”.”
Partnership with River Plate
On 26 August 2016, Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd. announced an official partnership with Club Atlético River Plate. An announcement on the Konami website stated “Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. proudly announces that it has signed an official partnership with the renowned Argentine soccer club, Club Atlético River Plate, which will be seen across PES titles and related mobile games”. A statement by the Argentinian club stated ““PES has been home to some of the most heralded football franchises in the world so we are excited to partner with KONAMI. We look forward to working closely with them to extend our team’s unique playing style and abilities to a wider audience.”
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