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By Gari Clark The official Konami blog has been updated today with Jon Murphy talking about the improvements that have been made to the online aspect of PES 2010. In his blog post he confirms that the p.c servers for PES 2010 have been merged and that the online side has now improved so that the experience is...

By Kitana Media Revamp The AnimationInnovate In BALMake Master League More RealisticRework Trick System and DribblingMake Online Less PredictableWith each wish they’ve detailed exactly what they want to see improved. And when you read the entire article you’ll realise that most of the things writt...

By Alan Curdie 2) Shift Attacking emphasis and Strategy control to the D-Pad/Stick – ties in with the commitment from the player to go D-pad or stick, as what this means is that tactics and attacking emphasis can be shifted over to the d-pad or stick depending on the players choice for control. Okay, so thi...

By Suffwan It’s been a few months now since we’ve all gotten our hands on PES 2010 (and FIFA 10), and since nothing in life is perfect then naturally the niggles, flaws and annoyances in these games are starting to become apparent. First up from the WENB family is our US Community Leader and Videocastin...

By Kitana Media I’m not trying to say criticism isn’t welcome, it’s what has finally made Konami see sense after all, but some of the statements have been ridiculous. When PES 2010 hit some low scoring reviews were accompanied by statements like “only blind PES fanboys would play this over FIFA”, and they...

By Kitana Media This morning Seabass has sent out a personal message to the fans, thanking you all for feedback: Hi everyone, this is Seabass. I wanted to take some time to thank everyone for the amazing response we’ve had to our latest survey. You’ve answered in your thousands with fantastic feedback and l...

By Kitana Media The official blog has updated today with news of the iPhone PES app iPES getting some upgrades and inclusions at the end of the month. As well as more content promised when it comes to videos, quiz questions and collector cards, there’s alway news of a feedback page specifically for iPES. Che...

By Kitana Media Some of you might say PES has already tried and failed. The auto trick stuff that was in PES 2009 was a disaster, always happening when you least expected it to – and when you didn’t want it to happen. In 2010 it’s improved but a long way from being perfect. Dogged with response times and odd animat...

By Kitana Media When it comes to a sports game developer, the guys at 2k are more than qualified to produce a decent effort if they attempt to make a football game – especially on this current generation. While the NHL games sit firmly in the shadows of EA’s alternantive, the NBA games lead from the front. Simi...

By Kitana Media Gamescom 2009 was a bit of a catastrophe if you ask me, and that’s because we were here handling the huge backlash from fans who played the game, especially in direct comparison to FIFA 10. The videos didn’t show to well, and the consistent moaning about the response times and dated animatio...

By Kitana Media You know me, I’m a huge fan of the PES community. Whether it be a fansite from an unknown part of the world, or someone who’s an uber fan and gets involved with the fanbase, chances are I’ll be all over it in a flash. Check out his PES 2010 vs FIFA 10 video to get what I mean:

By Kitana Media Alan has been working as a moderator on the boards (Dodo75), but recently wrote both the PSP and Wii reviews of PES 2010. With him becoming a prominent member of the team we thought it would be best to let you guys get to know him, well in advance of news build up to next years version. But it’s not...

By Kitana Media Much attention has been swiftly taken away from the Wii versions of FIFA and PES since they hit a few months ago, but Eurogamer have tried to remind us all that Nintendo’s family console is home to some decent football games. Today they conducted a head-to-head article pitting the two rival...

By Kitana Media A quick heads up for you all, the PES 2010 survey that’s been going on for a week is ending Monday! The data will be collated and then sent to the supremos in Japan to hopefully act upon. Click here for the survey through Konami, or here through PESFan for a chance to win £100 play.com voucher.

By Kitana Media After the Q&A that was sent to the press a few months ago (as revealed by PSM3), I’m happy to announce Konami have now launched a survey for the PES community! Found at official PES fansite PESFan, the survey asks a whole host of questions that are integral to the game and what Konami are k...

By Suffwan Bored of the same ol’ voices on the podcast again and again! “Can someone please get those two of the mic please”. Well your prayers have been answered. This week we welcome the star of the Nordic PES community, none other than Mr. Cannigia. A long time friend of WENB and a man with close links to Ko...

By Kitana Media PES2009 : Wii edition in many respects was a package that offered two games in one. One based on using the Wii remote and nunchuck, the playmaker style of game as it is called, and the other based on old school ‘vanilla’ PES gameplay with the classic controller. In PES2010 Konami have kept this...

By Kitana Media I know its gone under everyones radar a little, but the Wii version of PES 2010 was released last Friday. Staff member Alan Curdie will have a review for you all by the weekend, but in the mean time our friends over at VideoGamesZone have released a 10min video showing certain elements from th...

By Kitana Media iPES is a new application for PES fans to keep in touch with all things PES, including the latest news, PES Blog and PES League. There’s also some mini-games to keep you occupied, including a daily quiz and ‘what happens next’ videos! PES 2010 Collector cards

By Kitana Media It’s finally here! By going into the system settings and pressing download, you’ll be greeted to a brand new update for PES 2010 that includes a whole host of new graphical additions – and that elusive roster update! So if you’ve got the game on PS3, XBOX 360 or PC, go check it out!

By Suffwan Konami announces new DLC for PES 2010 for Wii Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced that owners of its forthcoming PES 2010 title for Wii will be able to download a roster update on day of release. The free download will update all team rosters in the game in line with current seaso...

By Suffwan Its been too long, so I grabbed an hour of the PES Messiah’s valuble time to bring you our thoughts on everything PES over the last fortnight or so. We discuss the PS2 and PSP versions of the game this season as well as PES’ current state of affairs. Its an intriguing one so be [...]

By Kitana Media As PESFan reported earlier today, a new patch has been released today from Konami for PC, PS3 and XBOX 360. The patch, weighing in at 27MB, seems to be an update for an update, paving the way for future content to be released WITHOUT messing with our edited data. For more details click here. Ther...

By Kitana Media The header shows the latest notification posted on the Japanese Winning Eleven 2010 site, stating that a new update is hitting for the game on Monday 9th November. This leads us to think that the same update planned for the European versions will be hitting Thursday 12th November.

By Kitana Media It’s a tad crazy to start thinking about next year, especially with the PSP, PS2 and Wii versions of PES 2010 still not on the shelves – but its now or never. PES 2010 feedback started around summer time this year, with most of the important stuff already in place. This year we want to get [...]

By Kitana Media It was a tough week for PES 2010 to launch, especially with the likes of Forza and Borderlands being released on the same day. But PES is PES, and the strength of the series and the game pulled through to claim top spot in the UK charts! Click here to read the full article on MCV.

By Kitana Media PES 2010 is finally out all over Europe, and after speaking to many retailers it seems most of you have the game in your hands. All you need now is an option file. Correct? I’m happy to say we’ve been busy working away at the PS3-only OF after the no show of the much wanted Konami [...]

By Kitana Media Finally, PES 2010 is here! European viewers outside the UK have been taking in the delights of Konami’s latest version in the series for a day now, but today sees the game officially released on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on these shores. ENJOY!

By Kitana Media As most of you know who have the game, the first patch was released for PES 2010 today. Named 1.01, the update added 3 modes to the online side of things – Legends, Community and Competition. With most of us picking up the game on official launch tomorrow, we’re all intrigued about when the trans...

By Kitana Media Today its Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. Its that time of the year again, when our friends at PCAction start showing off faces and stats of teams in PES 2010! Today its Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. We’ll have more throughout the weekend!

By Kitana Media First of all, as you can tell from the header, this weeks GameSpot UK podcast has two very special guests from Konami. There is aviator sponsored Jon Murphy (PES Team Leader), and Steve Merrett, massive friend of the blog and master of all things UK PR for Konami. To listen click here!

By Kitana Media With our very own review coming Monday, we thought we would do things a little differently on the podcast. This week we caught up with Adam Webb from XboxGamingBlog, and spoke at length about master league – the one element of PES 2010 that is unanimously regarded as the best single player ex...

By Kitana Media PESFan’s review of PES 2010 is now online amongst other goodies! By clicking here you can see their XBOX 360 review of the game, along with gameplay videos and just released review on experiences with online mode. Our review will be hitting Monday, with a podcast out tomorrow night. Before t...

By Kitana Media This (early) morning Eurogamer released an article talking about Konami’s new mentality, and willingness to listen to improve the PES series. It’s actually a fantastic read, and gives excellent insight into how dedicated Seabass and his team are in focused on improving the game.

By Kitana Media Our entire embargo-ending coverage will climax on Monday 19th October, when we release our written review. Then, with launch of the game days away, it will be a massive focus on all things WENB OF, and hopefully the release for Friday morning alongside PES 2010 launch!

By Kitana Media I’ve linked this preview from the Guardian not only because its very positive, but also because its been written a few weeks after a sterling FIFA 10 review.

By Kitana Media Here’s a video of a penalty shootout video showing Real Madrid take on Sevilla. Here’s a video of a penalty shootout video showing Real Madrid take on Sevilla. It demonstrates how, while they have been improved since the demo, get it wrong and you’ll miss by some distance ;) Thanks again to Ad...

By Kitana Media The guys over at PESFan have been very busy today! After announcing the online tests, they’ve just launched some gameplay videos! Click here to see the second half, and the video in better quality! We’ve got some coming guys, just you wait ;)

By Kitana Media Live in the UK? Well through official Konami fansite PESFan, you can register your interest in an attempt to take part in the online tests for PES 2010! They’ll be selecting a number of people randomly from replies on their post, so if you want to take part click here and register! We’ll be in...

By Kitana Media A video has been released by Konami of a Q&A with art director Nagai. With PES looking so good this year this is one person in the WEP team who can be proud of what he’s achieved this year. He talks about further graphical improvements in the series in the future, and lets us know [...]

By Kitana Media PESFan were at the Euro PES Finals the weekend just gone, and during the event got to have a quick chat with Seabass! They spoke about the team play and slider system, and what made Seabass want to implement them into PES 2010. To read this interesting interview click here.

By Kitana Media The advert that was supposed to hit Soccer Am on Saturday has found it’s way onto the web! Massive thanks to jjoseca for the news! EDIT: jjoseca has posted a link on the boards showing the Italian version of the advert. Click here to see it with Del Piero instead of Messi!

By Suffwan With all the games shows now over and the rival game released its now time to focus on what PES 2010 has to offer this year and what it is up against. We discuss the latest PES news with “The Messiah” himself as well as giving our thoughts on all the hype surrounding the game that rivals PES every y...

By Kitana Media DD over at PESGaming has managed to get clarification, (via Jon Murphy) that Seabass has stated the PES 2010 demo was based on development code – i.e. not finished. It’s something all the community sites have been saying for a few weeks now, but its always nice to get official confirmation for...

By Suffwan Special thanks are reserved for our main man and TGS correspondent Mr. Fernando. All together now a massive salute! Here we have a video of online play from WE2010 showing beautiful, fluid lag-less football being played. This is finally looking like the year that playing PES online will be a...

By Kitana Media Yep thats right, we have confirmation that friends of the site PSM3 have secured the world exclusive review of PES 2010! The issue hits tomorrow in the UK, so be sure to pick it up and see what Dan and the guys think of Konami’s latest offering. The header shows a sneak peak of what the [...]

By Kitana Media With me and Suff being pulled away from our WENB duties for the rest of the week because of our real life jobs, I thought I would give you guys a quick update on what’s happening in the world of PES/WE. Yes, this was destined to happen. A week that welcomes October and a step closer [...]

By Kitana Media The official blog updated today with Jon Murphy talking about a visit from Cesc Fabregas to play PES 2010! Seems like it was quick visit from the Arsenal captain, Torres must have pulled a few strings for him ;) Read the post by clicking here. Cheers to ThomasGOAL for the heads up as always.

By Kitana Media The new issue of OPM, released September 29th, has a page interview with Seabass that should get PES fans very excited. One of the questions put to the PES creator was regarding the work going into PES between now and launch, and as you can see from the header Seabass claims he’s still tweakin...

By Kitana Media What with Tokyo Games Show going on in Konami’s backyard, the release of some news about PES/WE was highly likely. Today Konami updated their official Winning Eleven page with screens and videos, as well as updating the online stores with the demo in the East. Currently there’s a lot of talk...

By Kitana Media Whilst it might be big of me to try and insinuate its mo-cap thats caused this (when its not overall), it is clear PES 2010 has some issues ending new animations quickly and starting others. Then there’s other problems people have with actions happening soon after a button is pressed to pass...

By Kitana Media The header pic shows just what the PC editing community are up to, already unlocking various bit from the demo, and using tools to extend their playing time. To keep all that “naughty” stuff away from this site, head over to PES Patch for all the details on what you can do with PES 2010 on PC!

By Kitana Media Another blog entry, and another new face from the PES dev team. The header picture shows Tadaaki Tsunashima, who’s in charge of development of games modes (I think). In the blog he mentions some inclusions and improvements on game modes (including community mode), but also goes on to make a...

By Kitana Media It shows PES 2010 at its best, with lovely graphics and animations. Check it out! Click here to view the embedded video. Excuse the title, but this video from staff member 01srainey is awesome! It shows PES 2010 at its best, with lovely graphics and animations. Check it out!

By Kitana Media A quick heads up, letting everyone know the demo has hit on Xbox 360 and PC. A quick heads up, letting everyone know the demo has hit on Xbox 360 and PC. Lets hope Sony don’t make you PS3 owners wait too long for it ;) Let us know what you think by clicking here. Enjoy!

By Kitana Media Sorry for the lack of updates, been away with work for most of the week. Coming back to the world of PES, and the release of the FIFA 10 demo, I’m full of optimism for PES 2010. No really, and thats after playing a hell of a lot of the FIFA 10 demo.

By Suffwan So the “PES Messiah” has pulled a disappearing act on us (probably on his way to Tokyo to finalise PES 2010). But we have a more than able replacement in fellow WENB Founder Adeel Ahmed. We pull the big man from his job at the top of the Sony food-chain to come and give us his insight on all things PE...

By Kitana Media Oh yes, still plenty of PES sites out there that show just how far the love of the games reaches out to. This time we have PES LT, a Lithuanian fansite focused on bringing the local community news and providing a forum for the fans to discuss all things PES. Along with that the site organizes [...]

By Kitana Media The guys from both PC Action and Videogameszone have published an interview with PES 2010 co-cover star Fernando Torres. It’s an interesting read giving some insight into Torres as a gamer, and more importantly as a PES fan! Click here to read the German version, and here for the English on...

By Kitana Media Another Seabass interview, this time from the PES fans over at Videogamer. As well as getting to ask Seabass a whole host of questions about philosophy, frame rate issues, and new implementations in the game, they also asked him what his fave footy team was in real life. The answer seriously...

By Kitana Media As what happens every year, the lucky guys over in Europe (excluding us) have a chance to purchase a special PES 2010 + PS3 bundle on October 24th. Although the exact benefits of doing so are unknown (as in saving money/freebies etc), its a spot of news many PES fans over in other parts of Europ...

By Kitana Media Official PlayStation Magazine hit the stands today, and keeping up with the majority of impressions coming from magazines and websites, its an extremely positive assessment of how PES 2010 is shaping up right now. All this is very reassuring, and bodes well for the run-in to launch. There...

By Kitana Media Thanks to both tandeh and Harvey_psv from the boards for bringing this to our attention. Kotaku have posted up scans of Konami’s internal magazine ON SCREEN, which details what games retailers and industry workers should be looking forward to. Some nice little details on PES 2010. Click he...

By Kitana Media After a few weeks out I’m back with Suff on the airwaves to talk some more about PES, and everything thats being going on whilst I was away. There’s more Gamescom reaction, and some reaction on last weeks podcast that featured Riot. We also have a few choice words regarding the way the PES 2010...

By Kitana Media WENB has many friends over at US mega site 1UP. A lot of our journo insiders freelance for them regularly, and one of them emailed me letting me know they spoke a little bit about PES 2010 (around 5mins) on their famous podcast ListenUP.

By Kitana Media More specifically I wanted to find out why, after 2/3 years of PES games not hitting the highs of PES5/6, that we still follow this footballing franchise. Definitely worth checking out, gives a perfect insight into why the PES fans are so very loyal.

Picking PES’ gameplay over FIFA’s used to an almost entirely objective opinion, now the gap has been completely closed by FIFA, making the choice purely subjective. Even FIFA fanboys used to openly admit PES’ superior gameplay. ...

By Suffwan Konami have released a statement regarding their latest update for PES 2009 due today 10:00am GMT.

By Mo132 Ign got a chance to chat with Seabass at the PES finals in Rome and posed a few decent questions that may be worth your time. Good to see Seabass admitting that PES 2008 wasn't up to scratch and that it had "online issues" (to put it lightly). He also confirms that PES 2009 will get various updates...