At its new business base in Japan

Konami announces new esports complex

The Ginza esports complex is scheduled to open in early 2020.
2019-09-16
Reading time 1:26 min
The complex includes a distribution studio for esports competitions and other broadcasts, in addition to an esports school that aims to foster emerging talent in the esports industry and a hands-on showroom.

Konami Digital Entertainment and the Konami Group will establish an esports complex within the 'Konami Creative Center Ginza' (KCC Ginza), which is under construction at its new business base in Japan. The announcement was made at the Tokyo Game Show 2019. The complex includes a distribution studio for esports competitions and other broadcasts, in addition to an esports school that aims to foster emerging talent in the esports industry and a hands-on showroom. The Ginza esports complex is scheduled to open in early 2020.

The 'esports Ginza Studio' is a distribution studio that will be fully equipped with devices and services for esports. The studio will serve as a featured venue for esports competitions, with footage livestreamed to various media outlets and video streaming services, allowing for applications as a public studio. The studio will support simultaneous video distribution is multiple languages and CG composition in live videos, enabling it to also function as a venue for music, theatre and other purposes, not just esports.

The 'esports GINZA school' aims to foster a diverse array of human resources that are necessary for the further development of esports, including players, live commentators and management and operating staff for competitions. 

The 'esports GINZA store' will be a a shop that offers all their esports-related products such as gaming PCs and peripherals. Konami also aims to enhance the experiences of store visitors in terms of attracting them towards esports.

Other than KCC GINZA, Konami also announced that their Amusement department where the company group that usually focus on design, production and sales of amusement machines, will now join the selling and producing part for gaming PC and peripherals. Konami will promise that their Amusement department will produce the highest quality gaming products for athletes based on their experience and practical know-how obtained from amusement machines products and designs.

 

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