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El Segundo, Calif. - September 8, 2010 - KONAMI
today announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 will feature all 40
clubs that played in the Copa Santander Libertadores 2010, South
America's most prominent and esteemed club soccer tournament.
With exclusive rights to the Copa Santander Libertadores, KONAMI
has confirmed that all 40 clubs playing in the Copa Santander
Libertadores will be included in the upcoming Pro Evolution Soccer
2011. All aspects of the club competition, including top teams and
players, and the emotion of the Copa Libertadores will be captured
in the game.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 will again feature play-by-play
commentary in Latin American Spanish from Christián
Martinoli and Luis Garcia (former international Mexican player);
both are very well known commentators in TV Azteca Deportes, as
well as writers for Milenio Newspaper and Futbol Total Magazine,
respectively.
And now for the first time, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 will
feature play-by-play commentary from famed Brazilians Silvio Luiz,
one of the most important and famous sports journalist and
commentators in Brazil, and his counterpart will be Mauro Beting, a
prominent sports journalist and soccer commentator of TV
Bandeirantes, the channel Bandsports and Radio Bandeirantes.
Below is a complete list of clubs:
México:
Chivas De Guadalajara
Monarcas Morelia
Monterrey
Club San Luis
Estudiantes Tecos
Argentina:
C.A. Banfield
C.A. Colón
Estudiantes De La Plata
C.A. Lanús
Newell's Old Boys
Vélez Sarsfield
Bolivia:
C. Blooming
Bolívar
Real Potosí
Brazil:
S.C. Corinthians
Cruzeiro
Flamengo C.R.
Internacional
São Paulo F.C.
Chile:
Universidad Católica
Universidad De Chile
Colo-Colo
Columbia:
Once Caldas
Atlético Junior
Independiente Medellín
Ecuador:
Deportivo Cuenca
C.S. Emelec
Deportivo Quito
Paraguay:
Cerro Porteño
Club Libertad
Nacional
Perú:
Alianza Lima
Juan Aurich
Universitario
Uruguay:
Club Nacional
C.A. Cerro
Racing Montevideo
Venezuela:
Caracas F.C.
Deportivo Italia
Deportivo Táchira
Fans can also continuously play as C.A. Boca Juniors and River
Plate from Argentina in the Exhibition Mode.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 is scheduled to release on Xbox 360
®
videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft,
PlayStation
®
3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation
®
2 computer entertainment system, PSP
®
(PlayStation
®
Portable) system, Wii
TM
and Windows PC this Fall. For more information on Pro
Evolution Soccer 2011, and to access the latest assets, please
visit:
www.konami.com.
About KONAMI
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electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card
games. KONAMI's software titles include the popular franchises
Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and
Castlevania, among other top sellers. KONAMI is also the
manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME,
which has sold more than 22 billion, cards worldwide. The latest
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www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly
traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices,
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. In Tokyo, Japan, Konami
Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital
Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is
traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under
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can be found at
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