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Read More »Konami: London studio will keep PES ‘fresh and exciting’
Expectations are already high for Konami’s freshly-announced London PES studio. Officially confirming the studio’s opening today, a statement from the publisher says it expects the local team to ensure its football series remains ‘fresh and exciting’. PES has faced stiff competition from FIFA, after EA invested heavily in the EA …
Read More »Konami opening London studio for PES
New UK developer to be European wing of Pro Evolution Soccer Productions
Read More »Konami to open London studio for PES
The plan to put Pro Evolution Soccer back on top is heating up – MCV can confirm that Konami is opening a new London studio as part of its investment in the franchise. Based in London, the team will be the European wing of the Tokyo-based PES Productions which handles …
Read More »EA responds to Konami’s FIFA allegations
Having taken a deep breath and counted to ten, EA’s football development and marketing boss Matt Bilbey has calmly responded to some heavy-handed accusations from rival Konami. PES team leader John Murphy said earlier this month that EA has stopped evolving FIFA’s gameplay. But speaking to Eurogamer, Bilbey responded with …
Read More »PES 2013 demo hits July 25th
Konami announced today that the first playable demo of PES 2013 will be available on July 25th. The first demo will showcase new key features and lets gamers play with eight fully licensed teams. Available teams include England, Germany, Portugal, and Italy for European football and Santos FC, SC International, …
Read More »Silent Hill attraction haunting Universal Studios parks for Halloween
The frights of the Silent Hill franchise will be on display at Universal Studios this Halloween. Universal has announced a partnership with Konami to produce a Silent Hill-themed attraction in both its Los Angeles and Orlando parks. The amusement parks will be adding a Silent Hill haunted maze for their …
Read More »Trophy patch incoming for Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Solid 4 will at last receive a patch that will introduce support for PS3’s Trophy system. Andriasang reports that the news was broken by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima in an interview in this week’s issue of Japanese weekly Famitsu. Trophies will be integrated into disc copies of …
Read More »Confident Konami questions FIFA 13 innovation
If a publisher’s confidence in an upcoming title is any measure of how good it is, then PES 2013 could turn out to be a very solid title indeed. So much so, in fact, that Konami’s UK PES team leader Jon Murphy has pointed the finger at rival licence FIFA, …
Read More »Konami brings blockbusters to Gamescom
New outings for Metal Gear, Pro Evolution Soccer and Castlevania will all be available to play in Cologne this August. Konami will give consumers the chance to check out its biggest upcoming games for themselves, as well as live streams, trailers and interviews for anyone that is unable to make …
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