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Konami has begun the process of vetting the Pro Evolution Soccer fanbase about what they consider Konami should be concentrating on as it gets to work on next year’s PES 2011. The questions touch on subjects such as graphics, gameplay, licenses and editing – and fanboys should take note of …
Read More »JAPAN: PES bosses November
Things might not be going quite as smoothly for the Pro Evolution Soccer series in Europe as publisher Konami would have hoped, but the series is showing no signs of lagging in its homeland of Japan. Kotaku reports that PES 2010 was the best selling game throughout November in Japan, …
Read More »JAPAN: PES-branded PSP nears
In conjunction with the release of Winning Eleven 2010 (the Japanese name for the Pro Evolution Soccer series) for the PSP next week, Sony has pictured a branded hardware bundle that will launch alongside the game. The machine, which is the UMD-ready PSP-3000 variant of the console as opposed to …
Read More »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. …
Read More »PES 2010 update next week
Konami has confirmed that it will be issuing a free downloadable update for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 on November 24th. The DLC will update team rosters in line with the summer transfer activity. It will also add four teams to the Champions League mode – Atletico Madrid, Olympiacos, Lyon and …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Fishlabs laments iPhone piracy rates
Mobile games publisher Fishlabs has revealed that its new Rally Master Pro 3D game for iPhone has been hit by a 95% piracy rate on its first day of availability today. That means 95% of the players using the game are doing so from copies that hadn’t been bought in …
Read More »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 …
Read More »UK CHARTS: PES 2010 nets top spot
There were four high-profile new entries in the Top Ten of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, but it was Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 that emerged as the chart victor claiming top spot. In second place is another debutant – Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport 3. The racing …
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