Today Konami confirmed to IGN that the franchise formerly titled Winning Eleven Soccer in the United States will now be known as Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. This in no way affects the title in Europe where it will stay known as Pro Evolution Soccer. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 is scheduled to ship on March 11, 2008.
According to Konami, Pro Evolution 2008 is scheduled to arrive on the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable in the New Year and will see both iterations crammed to the rafters with all the realism and intuitive controls associated with the series.
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LOVEFiLM, Europe's number one online DVD rental service, expects Assassin's Creed to top sales and rentals this holiday season. Assassins Creed will definitely be up there; our audience have already heavily pre-ordered this and the sure scale of the experience is very cinematic, so will prove popular amongst film fans, Chris Bird, head of marketing services for LOVEFiLM, told GamesIndustry.biz. Kane and Lynch will also do well, as will Call of Duty 4. FIFA 08 and PES will also be 'must buy' for anyone getting a new console over Christmas.
The latest videogame sales data released for Germany and Spain shows Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare making a strong debut. In Germany, Activision's first-person shooter captured the top three spots, with the PC version at number one, followed by the Xbox 360 version and the PS3 version in at number three Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was slightly less popular in Spain, but still managed to capture three of the top ten spots. The PS3 version debuted at number three, followed by the Xbox 360 version at number four and the PC version at number eight. Germany: 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC) 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) 3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) 4. Hellgate: London (PC) 5. WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2008 (PS2) 6. Fussball Manager 2008 (PC) 7. Singstar: Apres Ski (PS2) 8. Dr. Kawashima's Gehirn-Jogging (DS) 9. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) 10. Singstar: Rock Ballads (PS2) Spain: 1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2) 2. WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW 2008 (PS2) 3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) 5. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (PS2) 6. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS3) 7. WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW 2008 (PS3) 8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC) 9. WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW 2008 (PSP) 10. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Metroid Prime 3 is followed by The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass, making it a Nintendo top two on the multiplatform chart. The top twenty includes six football games. Last week's best seller, Football Manager 2008, sits at No3, while three versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 and two versions of FIFA 08 also chart. 01. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii) 02. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) 03. Football Manager 2008 (PC) 04. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS3) 05. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2) 06. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PC) 07. Singstar Swedish hits Schlager (PS2) 08. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360) 09. World of Warcraft (PC) 10. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC) 11. FIFA 08 (PS2) 12. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC) 13. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (360) 14. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage (PC) 15. The Witcher (PC) 16. Halo 3 (360) 17. Battlefield 2 (PC) 18. Warcraft III Frozen Throne (PC) 19. FIFA 08 (PS3) 20. World in Conflict (PC)
Konami have announced the official European release date for Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, whilst also announcing a delay for the PSP and DS versions of the game.
Issue 8 of the free DSP/PSP magazine, HGZine, has a head-to-head preview of PES 2008 and FIFA 08 on the handheld systems.
Blackburn fans might have less-than-charitable thoughts about their ex-captain, as could Liverpool fans, after he jumped from what looked like a certain Anfield move to a £60,000-week position at West Ham, but Lucas Neill obviously remains marketing gold as far as Konami, and its Antipodean distributor Atari, are concerned.
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