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Konami has posted financial results for its fiscal six months ending September 30th, with a year-on-year increase in profit of 87.8 per cent. Overall profits jumped to YEN 4.2bn (32m) from YEN 2.2bn (16.8m) which was generated at the same period last year. Net sales across all segments rose to …

Publisher and developer Konami has confirmed that DanceEvolution will be one of Kinect’s launch titles and will arrive at UK retail on November 10th. It will compete with Microsoft’s own Dance Central, which amongst all of the platform holder’s launch titles has been generating the most excitement. Konami has also …

A by-product of FIFA’s growing commercial success has been a sustained and reasonably emphatic superiority over FIFA’s great rival franchise, PES – the one that used to be considered the connoisseurs’ choice. Speaking exclusively to MCV, EA Sports boss Peter Moore rejects the idea that there is now clear green …

While Konami’s PES 2011 looks to greatly improve on last year’s effort, publishing rival EA believes that FIFA 11 will help the company increase its market share in the sector even further. Over the last couple of years, FIFA has been an excellent performer and we continue to grow market …

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There’s nothing like the release of a high-profile console football title to get the competitive pricing juices flowing, and the upcoming arrival of both FIFA 11 and PES 2011 has got the ball rolling. Having aggressively slashed the price of this Friday’s F1 2010 last week, online UK indie Gameseek …

Konami and Harmonix have agreed to settle out of court after a two-year patent dispute over Rock Band. A Texas court filing said both companies had agreed to dismiss all claims and counterclaims” in the lawsuit, according to Bloomberg. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. The lawsuit was …

Konami has confirmed that the Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 demo will be released on multiple platforms tomorrow – the same day as EA releases its first public FIFA 11 taster. Great news,” UK PES team leader Jon Murphy revealed on Twitter. Xbox 360 demo confirmed for the 15th September alongside …

Konami has announced that a playable demo of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 will be released on PS3 and PC on September 15th. However, subscribers to Sony’s premium PlayStation Plus service will be able to get their hands on it a week earlier on September 8th. A date for the Xbox …

Konami’s confidence in PES 2011 is the reason for its bold decision to launch Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 on October 8th, just one week after EA launches FIFA 11 – a game tipped to be one of this year’s biggest sellers. The publisher says PES is back on top of …