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Baseball e-sports world championship match “Hughan e-Premier 12” Japan qualifying round to be held at Tokyo Game Show 2024
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Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. has announced that the Japan qualifying round to determine the players who will participate in the world baseball e-sports tournament “Hughan e-Premier 12” will be held at Tokyo Game Show 2024 on Sunday, September 29th. I’ll let you know. “Heughan WBSC e-Premier 12 2024” is an e-game sponsored by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), using the WBSC official baseball game “WBSC eBASEBALL (TM) Powerful Professional Baseball” published by our company as the competition title. It is a world championship of sports. The final match to determine the world champion of baseball esports is scheduled to be held at Tokyo Dome in late November, along with the international baseball tournament “Premier 12” also sponsored by WBSC.
“Hughan WBSC ePremier 12 2024” promotional video (URL:
https://x.com/eBASEBALL_Pro/status/1833686903041970182)
Qualifying tournaments for “Hughan ePremier 12” are currently being held around the world. On September 29th (Sunday), the “e Premier 12 Japan Representative Match & Exhibition Match” is scheduled to be held on the stage of the Konami Digital Entertainment booth at “Tokyo Game Show 2024”. Online qualifying is currently being held in the “Championship” mode in the “WBSC eBASEBALL (TM) Powerful Professional Baseball” game until September 16th (Monday/Holiday), so please participate.
Hugan ePremier 12 | WBSC eBASEBALL(TM) Powerful Professional Baseball Official Site
https://www.konami.com/pawa/wbsc/ja/event/epremier12
From September to October, top athletes from around the world will be selected one after another in Mexico, Chinese Taipei, America, Europe, and more.
The opening round of “Hughan ePremier 12” will be held in the United States and Chinese Taipei from late October. The final will be held at Tokyo Dome in November to coincide with the Premier 12.
Konami Digital Entertainment will continue working with its partners to spread the appeal of esports to the world and work to further expand the number of esports fans.
[What is the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)]
The WBSC, the world governing body for baseball and softball, is headquartered in Puri, near Lausanne, Switzerland, and has 207 national federations and associate member organizations in 137 countries and regions across Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. The organization coordinates and promotes competitive baseball and softball activities that attract over 65 million athletes and approximately 150 million spectators annually to the stadium. The WBSC oversees all international competitions involving official national teams, including the Premier 12, Baseball World Cup (U-12, U-15, U-18, U-23, Women), and Softball World Cup. Cup (U-15 Women’s, U-18 Women’s, U-18 Men’s, U-23 Men’s, Women’s, Men’s), Baseball 5 (Senior Youth World Cup), and e-sports world championships, as well as the Olympic Games. It supervises baseball, softball, and five baseball sports at competitions.
[About our company’s efforts in e-sports related to baseball] Since 2016, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. has been
continuously working to expand and revitalize e-sports, such as holding the national tournament of the “Powerful Professional Baseball” series. In 2017, we are also working on regional development using e-sports, such as cooperating with the Ehime e-baseball tournament, a cultural program of the Ehime National Athletic Meet. Since 2018, we have been holding a professional e-sports league in collaboration with the Japan Baseball Organization (NPB), and we are also working with the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) to expand the population of baseball players around the world. In the international competitions “Olympic Virtual Series 2021” and “Olympic eSports Series 2023” sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the “Powerful Professional Baseball” series was selected as the competition title and competitions are being held. -“WBSC eBASEBALL(TM) Powerful Professional Baseball” Product Information- Title: WBSC eBASEBALL(TM) Powerful Professional Baseball
Manufacturer name notation: KONAMI
Manufacturer’s suggested retail price: 100 yen (tax included) *No additional charge elements
Delivery language: Japanese, English
Number of players: Nintendo Switch(TM): TV mode 1 to 4 people, Table mode 1 to 4 people, Handheld mode 1 person (*One Joy-Con is required for each player. If playing with 3 or more people, the number of players Please prepare the following controller.
PlayStation(R)4: 1 to 4 people (1 person when online)
Note: To participate in the “Championship” mode within the game software on PS4(R), you will need to subscribe to PS Plus (paid). Participation from the Switch version requires a subscription to Nintendo Switch Online (paid).
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