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Though Konami’s iPES app released in late 2009 didn’t deliver on the promise of pocket football, the announcement of a proper release for PES 2010 on iPhone should make up for the disappointment. Timed to coincide with the World Cup in South Africa, the fully 3D title will offer an …
Read More »Free PES 2010 DLC released
New downloadable content for Konami’s PES 2010 has gone live, giving owners of the game updated footballers and stats. Konami has revised team rosters to reflect recent transfers from players in real life. The DLC also includes the official match ball of this year’s UEFA Champions League final and Lionel …
Read More »PES 2011 needs to change its concept
Some may claim that they’ve heard it all before, but developer Konami has again pledged that the next version of its Pro Evolution Soccer series will feature a radical gameplay overhaul. Speaking to Famitsu (as reported by Andriasang), the series’ lead developer Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka noted that the last release, …
Read More »PES gets World Cup Edition
With EA making plenty of noise about the April release of its FIFA World Cup South Africa tie-in, Konami has quietly announced a World Cup-themed Pro Evolution Soccer title scheduled to coincide with this summer’s tournament. More specifically, it has confirmed a spring release for Winning Eleven 2010 Aoki Samurai …
Read More »EA: FIFA owns 75% of footy market
In an exclusive interview with MCV, EA Europe’s senior VP Jens Uwe Intat has revealed the true extent of FIFA’s current dominance in the European football game sector. "We continue to beat the heck out of Pro Evo and across Europe we’re taking 75 per cent of the football space," …
Read More »Konami asks for PES 2010 feedback
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 …
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