Tag Archives: PES

PES 2010 app hits iPhone

The many fans of popular football franchise Pro Evolution Soccer will be delighted to hear that Konami has released iPES – The Fan App on the Apple App Store. The app works by encouraging users to amass ‘points’ with which can be used to collect virtual PES 2010 trading cards. …

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FIFA outselling PES 4-1

With Konami’s PES 2010 slipping down the UK Charts with unfamiliar ease, rival publisher EA has beat its chest about the rate at which its own football offering, FIFA 10, is outselling the established Japanese franchise. Speaking after EA’s financial report, EA COO John Schappert stated: The sell through for …

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EA: PES is struggling

With FIFA 10 taking EA’s football series to new critical and commercial heights, the publisher has lashed out at Konami’s rival series Pro Evolution Soccer. PES is struggling like most other non-mainstream franchises,” EA UK’s vice president Keith Ramsdale stated at an EA press event earlier this week, according to …

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Konami hails PES rebirth

Konami is celebrating the triumph of its ‘much improved’ Pro Evolution Soccer series – after the latest iteration hits No.1 in the All Formats Chart. PES 2010 took the top spot in the ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack rankings on Monday, ahead of Microsoft’s Forza 3, EA’s FIFA 10 and Sega’s Mario And Sonic …

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PES 2010 shines on PS3

Though the Xbox 360 traditionally enjoys the greater share of multiplatform title sales, the PS3 has emerged as the clear platform of choice for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer. The PS3 version of PES 2010, which was released last Friday, accounted for 66 per cent of the game’s overall sales, with …

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3m copies of PES 2010 shipped

Publisher Konami has revealed that it has shipped over 3m copies of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 to retail in preparation for today’s long-awaited release. PES 2010 is Konami’s largest release of the year, and we cannot stress the gratitude for all the input from the enormous PES fan base,” Konami’s …

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EA Sports: FIFA has triumphed

EA has claimed that FIFA is the ‘undisputed’ No.1 football game on the market – after this year’s iteration surpassed a million UK sales in less than three weeks. FIFA 10 celebrated its third week at No.1 in the ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Chart on Monday – holding off major new …

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Free DLC coming to PES 2010

As retail prepares for tomorrow’s release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, Konami has pledged to support the title with free downloadable content going forwards. We really appreciate your help making the best PES yet and we hope you’ll continue to give us great feedback,” the game’s production team stated on …

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PES to go download only?

In a remarkable admission, Konami’s long-time Pro Evolution Soccer producer Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has admitted that future versions of Pro Evolution Soccer may not be available as a boxed product. When asked by GamesTM (issue 88) if he’s consider transforming PES into a microtransaction-funded online series, Seabass stated: Yes, I …

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Usain Bolt shuns Berlin for gaming

Forget the idea that all gamers are overweight and unfit – the fastest man in the world likes nothing more than staying indoors and playing video games, it has been revealed. Speaking to BBC Radio5 Live ahead of the 200m final at the World Athletics Championship in Berlin tomorrow, Bolt …

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