The Tournament will be held on September 14th at Zinklo Console Gaming (1st Floor, PVR Lobby, Nirmal Lifestyle Mall, LBS Marg, Mulund West, Mumbai) and on September 15th at The Federation of Gamers (Shop No 239 & 240, First Floor, DLF Place, Saket, New Delhi) with registrations at 11 AM to 12 PM. The tournament will be contested on PlayStation 3, and if you happened to pre-order PES 2014, you’ll be given preference for play.

One winner will be chosen from each city, who will then go on to the PES 2013 Middle East Finals in Dubai on September 27th, with the finals taking place on September 28th. Flights and accommodation will of course be taken care of by Konami. Runner ups for India will win Audio Technica Headphones while the PES World Champion will receive 10,000 Euros as a grand prize. Runner ups for the World Finals will receive 5,000 Euros.

A digital copy of PES 2013 can now be grabbed off Xbox Games on Demand and Steam for a slightly lower price tag. The game will hog 5.69 GB of your precious 360 hard disk.

In order to deliver the most authentic and realistic soccer game on the market, the development team went back to the drawing board and started from scratch. They worked directly with fans of the franchise to  ensure that they deliver atotal freedom of control back to the players.

The latest installment in the long running franchise saw the introduction of a slew of new features, including PES FullControl which grants you complete control over every pass, shot and even first touches to the ball. Pro-Active AI drastically enhances the AI to act more realistically , and finally, the Player ID system ensure that the players look and act like their real life counterpart. We were pleasantly impressed by all the extra touches as you can see from our review here.

The next annual installment in the franchise was announced this month, and will be running on Konami’s brand new Fox engine which should result in a significant leap in the visuals department.

Even more interestingy, the game is billed to make exclusive use of the UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores competitions. Of course, one can expect the same level of gameplay and skill in the single-player mode. Konami is boasting that the controls will have “unrivalled control and precision”, and that gamers will be able to take their player on to great glories in “Become a Legend”.

You’ll also be able to assemble a cup-winning side in Master League, and face friends via the 3DS’s online multi-player mode.

PES 2013 is currently slated for a November 30th release on the 3DS.

Konami has announced that the first DLC for the recently released Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 is now out, and adds plenty of features.

The update enhances the social and online experience of the game- a widget system that serves as a shortcut to shortlists of all your friends has been added, and now you can play the online matches with much more ease and streamlined connectivity. Players now also have the ability to concede at half time

Konami has also announced that a second DLC pack for PEs 2013 will also be out soon, and it will add 11 new boot designs, updates to the transfers in light of all the summer transfers, team updates, more UEFA elements and more.

The update is available for free on the Xbox 360 and PS3 via Xbox Live and PSN.

You can read our PES 2013 review here. We gave it a solid 8/10 and were all praises for it, despite a few issues.

This news shouldn’t be surprising to many, as the Wii U is confirmed to be region locked. Most Nintendo devices have been region locked so while this is a disappointing news to many who rely on imports for specific games, this news makes it certain that waiting is a trait that must be learned.

Famitsu broke this news and this is what they said, translated via GAF member Cheesemeister. “What can be played on the Wii U is restricted by a region-lock feature; software not sold in the same region cannot be played.”

The 3DS is also region locked and while people would have wanted it to be like the PS3, good things come at a price. That and there are some regional issues which needs to be bypassed so hence the lock.

The Wii U comes out on December 30 in the EU and where I live, i.e., PAL territories, Nintendo doesn’t even officially have a presence. Yay!

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The first hurdle PES has had to overcome is its control scheme; to the newcomer and FIFA convert, the native controls controls can appear somewhat daunting, with crosses and shots reversed and many other intricacies altered in such a way that PES has an almost entirely different feel. This is no fault of the game, by and large, merely a different style of play and game. Some buttons feel far more intuitive than FIFA, with others comparatively nonsensical. Mapping shoot to X/Square might initially pose some problems, but for most gamers it’s where the right thumb most frequently lies, making it both readily available and at the same time significantly more comfortable. Conversely sprint on the right shoulder harks of the ‘tap to sprint’ era of the turn of the century and whilst mapping it to the same button as soft tackle upon defence, not opting for the right trigger causes discomfort, never designed to be held down for long periods of time, typically the least frequently used and most fleeting, legacy might be important but so are ergonomics.

PES may be devoid of big-budget licensing deals, Cristiano Ronaldo aside, but snapping up two major continental competitions has been a masterstroke. But a few years ago these competitions formed games in their own right, now relegated to mere building blocks for a more comprehensive footballing experience. Full licensed, with the intro and humorously self-indulgent anthem, PES recreates the fervour and spectacle of the Champions League rather well, allowing for both offline and online play with any of 32 fully-licensed European sides, even if only Manchester United of feature from the Premier League and reigning champions Chelsea do not. Accompanying the Champions League is the Copa Libertadores, whilst not the most publicised competition in Europe, in South America the sensation caused is other-worldly; a smart move to capitalise on such a grossly neglected market.

The overall feel of Pro Evo 2013 is a much greater fluidity and looseness when set up against FIFA, the ball more liable to spin and bounce with a hitherto unknown degree of authenticity, never more present than during goalkeeper saves and deflections. The ball physics are absolutely sublime, spin and deflecting kills speed and flummox everybody, with saves and parries with both more direction but an added degree of uncertainty through the Dynamic First Touch system. ‘Regular’ player control feels like FIFA’s close control system, players naturally duck and dodge to a greater degree, and FullControl taking this to an entirely new level. Initially feeling clunky and unresponsive, taming this beast will reap the most prestigious of rewards.

An equal amount of complexity is also apparent in off-the-ball player movement, automatically players make far more ferocious attacking runs, with multiple means of manually controlling two players at a time. Using the right stick, secondary players can be fully controlled, mind-bogglingly complex at the outset but has the potential to be absolutely lethal. More user-friendly are the manual set piece controls, again RS manually moving a second player allowing for fantastic set piece control with, making flick-ons, indirect free kicks and corners far more fluid and believable, blowing FIFA’s relatively static and lifeless system completely out of the water.

Gone is the incessant drone of Andy Townsend and even if the array of commentary is vastly slimmer, at least his replacements provide comparatively dulcet, warming tones in John Champion and Jim Beglin, a selling point in its own right.

One of the most impressive things about PES is it’s unique visual style, heavy on neck varicose veins and an impressive attention to visual detail in its craft of even the little known players. Even in an unlicensed team like West Midlands Stripes -West Bromwich Albion to you and I- player likenesses are rather astounding, each player manually designed to look uncannily like their real life counterparts, players rarely have the eerie Goldeneye look that some of the mid-level FIFA players do.

With the Player ID system, fast players have a Usain Bolt quality, world class in PES 2013 really does mean that. Ronaldo does his quirky little shuffle, Lionel Messi will skip around you like a ghost in the wind and The Potteries, or Stoke, feel like the lumbering Ents they are. Players improvisation on the fly and if a ball is played in too close, players adjust their feet to try and get a shot or a pass away, even if at the expense of accuracy

One of the major selling points of for FIFA-converts seems to be the training system, a nice idea which in reality will cause many a broken controller and fantasy fist shaking. It’s a great idea, but executed like a Peter Crouch scissor-kick, cumbersome, unwieldy and very rarely accurate. The simple issue is that it doesn’t inform the new player as to where they are going wrong, leaving the played frustrated and unwilling to continue.

PES 2013 has a slather of game modes, be it the online or offline licensed competitions, quickplay or the intriguingly named Football Life. First is Master League, designed as a fictional management mode where you start with a team of nobodies, excellent for Football Manager regen enthusiasts, building them into a force to be reckoned with, even if it does mean putting up with some mindless mute cutscenes. Teams can be formed using real players, but is a little dull and not what this mode was designed for at all. Master League can also be played online, pitting your fictional teams against others. Also making a return is the Become a Legend mode -read: Be a Pro for FIFA heads- in which you control a real-life, or fictional player in your quest to become a, you guessed it, legend.

Fundamentally goals in PES feel immeasurably rewarding, especially when well-worked and tiki-taka feels sublime, especially when using fully manual passing and shooting. The control scheme can seem a little bewildering at first, but by and large it suits the job just fine and with the off-the-ball control, far excel’s FIFA’s current ability. 2012 isn’t exactly going to be the year of the FIFA slaying, but PES 2013 is a brilliant game, a perfectly viable alternative to FIFA 13 and if Konami continue to approach their game in this way, we could have a very tasty showdown next season.

This game was reviewed on the Xbox 360.

Konami has released the date for Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 along with pre-order bonuses. The game comes out on September 21 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Earlier we revealed the Indian pricing for the game which is set to cost Rs. 2,999 here. They have revealed two special editions for the game which you can check out below.

“[Konami] is offering a pre-order incentive in the form of a limited UEFA Champions League steelbook edition. The specially-packaged version celebrates Konamis exclusive agreement to feature the UEFA Champions League in the PES series, and includes special DLC code to redeem the Historic UEFA Champions League Match Balls used in the competition and other official elements.”

“The UK will also offer a second, Manchester United-themed steelbook edition for pre-orders, boasting the club’s livery on its cover.”

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Retailer exclusives and all that jazz, yeah. Konami has announced that a pre-order campaign for pro Evolution Soccer 2013 is underway, in which buying the game from select retailers will make you eligible to receive an exclusive limited edition metallic casing for the game.

In addition to the UEFA Championship SteelBook, fans will also have the option of selecting an exclusive Copa Libertadores SteelBook cover as well. The PES 2013 pre-order SteelBooks will be available as a gift with purchase at any GameStop (US) or EB Games (Canada) throughout the country.

PES 2013 highlights major enhancements for the popular soccer game, including new play mechanics such as PES FullControl, where the players have total control over every pass, shot and first ball kicks. Likewise, Pro-Active AI ensures the players can move as they should, whether they kick the ball or not, thus creating a true, authentic soccer experience. The Player ID system increases the individuality sensation, with players that not only look and move like their real-life counterparts, but also play just like them.

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Said teams include Flamengo, Corinthians, São Paulo, Santos, Portuguesa, Internacional, Palmeiras, Fluminense, Ponte Preta, Coritiba, Grêmio, Vasco, Atlético Mieiro, Bahia and many more.

Along with new gameplay features like PlayerID and full player control, we’ll see if that allows Konami to finally beat it’s rival.