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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 …

Konami Corp is in talks with JVC Kenwood Holdings over the possible sale of the music firm’s subsidiary Victor Entertainment Inc, according to reports. The pair are expected to reach a deal by the end of the month, with JVC Kenwood – established by Victor and Kenwood in October 2008 …

Konami has posted its fiscal results for the six months to September – with profits slipping 81.3 per cent to $24.6 million year-on-year. Revenues for the period stood at 113.9 billion ($1.26 billion) – down 22.5 percent from the 146.9 billion ($1.63 billion) the firm posted in H1 last year, …

Ahead of the publication of firm numbers for its current financial year, publisher Konami has issued a stark word of caution to investors, warning them that the numbers are likely to bring bad news. Konami expects that profits for the current financial year will be 82 per cent down on …

Publisher Konami has revealed that it has shipped over 3m copies of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 to retail in preparation for today’s long-awaited release. PES 2010 is Konami’s largest release of the year, and we cannot stress the gratitude for all the input from the enormous PES fan base,” Konami’s …

As retail prepares for tomorrow’s release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, Konami has pledged to support the title with free downloadable content going forwards. We really appreciate your help making the best PES yet and we hope you’ll continue to give us great feedback,” the game’s production team stated on …

Konami has confirmed that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will not arrive on retail shelves this year. The game has previously been dated as a vague ‘Autumn 2009′ release, but a representative for the publisher told MCV: This has now slipped to February.” Shattered Memories is a remake of the original …

The prosperity of the entire UK  trade has been placed in danger by the supermarket price cutting that has led to FIFA 10 and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising going on sale for under 30. That’s according to leading publishers and retailers, who have today hit out at unnecessary and worrying” …

Numerous Japanese companies saw no potential in what became a world-conquering genre

Konami has told MCV that Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 will bring lapsed fans back to the franchise – thanks to a return to the franchise’s hallmark realism. The publisher has worked closely with the game’s community to weed out elements that let down PES 2009 – which suffered critically and …