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Konami has announced it will publish Hudson’s upcoming Wii title The Tower Of Shadow in Spring 2010. Players take on the role of the shadow of a young boy attempting to climb a colossal tower. The origins of this shadow and its reasons for its ascent are mysteries that will …
Read More »PES 2010 gets release date
Konami has confirmed its complete release schedule for its hotly anticipated Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, with the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions arriving first on October 22nd. These will be followed by the PS2 and PSP incarnations on November 5th and finally the Wii outing on November 19th. PES …
Read More »Konami to reissue PS2 classics
Publisher Konami is to reissue a number of its most popular PS2 titles from some of its top games brands in the UK, it has been confirmed. Games in the surprise retail selection include Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Zone of the Enders: The …
Read More »Konami sales down 45%
The huge global success that was Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was always going to be tough act to follow – and so it has proved for publisher Konami with year-on-year revenues steeply down for the quarter ending June 30th 2009. In total sales dipped by 45 …
Read More »Konami stung by sales slump
Publisher fails to replicate its strong 2008 performance, sales down 45%
Read More »PES 2010 Master League evolves
The Master League remains arguably the chief feather in Pro Evolution Soccer’s cap, and Konami hopes to grab a bigger share of the 2009 market with a raft of ML changes that looks et to improve upon the already brilliant formula. The Master League is now split into three sections …
Read More »Peace Walker to be MGS5-class title
Acclaimed games developer Hideo Kojima has started the ball rolling on the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker hype machine by claiming that the upcoming PSP title will be every bit the rival of its home console counterparts – despite some fundamental design differences. Peace Walker a Metal Gear Solid 5-class …
Read More »Konami announces Calling for Wii
Konami has announced a new horror game for the Wii that shies away from the genre’s typical mechanics in favour of a more experiential structure. Calling traps players in a strange building and sees them searching for a way out using the Wii Remote as a torch. The Wii Remote …
Read More »PES 2010 striking Wii this year
Wii owners were forced to wait over five months for 2008’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 to make the move from Xbox 360, PS3 and PC to their platform, but Konami has stated that the Wii version of PES 2010 will be out this autumn. Though the game won’t match the …
Read More »VIDEO: PES 2010 site goes live
Ardent fans of football series PES will be that bit more excited this morning with the official website for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 going live. The portal offers plenty for fans to get stuck into including the latest PES news, integration with official stats body PES Rankings, behind the …
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