Last week, Konami announced that for the first time, the finals of their global Pro Evolution Soccer tournament would be streamed live on Ustream. In a way, with all 40 competitors from 23 countries being flown to Mallorca, they were all winners already. But in a more another, more accurate way, only one was the winner.
Next week sees the release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 on PSP in Japan. Or, as its known in the game’s homeland, Winning Eleven 2010. To celebrate, there’ll be a Winning Eleven PSP-3000 on sale.
In recent years, as EA Sports’ FIFA series has gone from strength to strength, the once-mighty Pro Evolution Soccer has slipped, unable to keep pace in the current generation. Is now the time for Konami to stage a comeback?
While Konami are reluctant to show any gameplay footage, they’ve no such qualms about releasing in-game screenshots of the upcoming Pro Evo 2010.
In this clip, Konami’s Aki Saito plays the part of “awkward tour guide”, as we’re shipped around the developers of Pro Evo 2010 while they tell us what they think is so different about this latest version of the venerable football series.
Konami’s online games – like Metal Gear Online – have really suffered from the company’s insistence on using two proprietary online IDs, despite the fact your console already has one. Looks like that practice may be coming to an end.
Konami has publicly released the first in-game image from Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 showcasing the series’ annual graphical improvements with a shot of cover star Lionel Messi.
