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December 3rd, 2009 at 02:51pm
Under PS3
El33tonline is giving away two copies of PES 2010 (one for the Xbox 360 and one for the PS3) plus limited edition merchandise, courtesy of Ster Kinekor.
Entering is simple, head over to our PES 2010 competition page and answer an easy question to have your name entered into the draw.
So go on, try your luck!
Continue Reading Win PES 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 plus limited edition merchandise!
Tags: competition, News, pes2010, southafrica, xbox360
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Win PES 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 plus limited edition merchandise!
November 4th, 2009 at 02:51am
Under Wii / Nintendo
Konami has released a new trailer showcasing the features of the Wii version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.
The trailer highlights the new gameplay elements in the Wii game including the new free kick system, the real time ‘Play Energy’ stamina indicator as well as Mii support.
PES 2010 is available now for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, PSP and PC.
Continue Reading New trailer for PES 2010 for Wii impresses
Tags: konami, News, pes2010, trailer
By Mister-X
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November 2nd, 2009 at 05:49am
Under Uncategorized
It seems as though Pro Evolution Soccer 2010’s reign at the top of the UK Software Sales Chart was extremely short-lived, as Football Manager 2010 from SEGA heads straight to the top of the sales rankings in its debut week on sale.
Another new title this week, Wii Fit Plus, positions itself at No. 2 on the chart this week, while previous chart topper Fifa 10 (sales up 3%) is a non-mover at No. 3.
The tables turn this week as Forza Motorsport 3 (sales down 29%) charts at No. 4, down from No. 2, ahead of PES 2010 (sales down 54%) which takes a bit of a tumble to No. 5 from No. 1 last week.
Yet another debut title, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City, sits at No. 6, as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (sales down 34%) moves down to No. 7 from No. 4 last week.
The last debut title of the Top Ten, Tekken 6, makes its mark at a respectable No. 8, Borderlands (sales down 10%) steps down to No. 9 from No. 7 last week, and Wii Sports Resort sits at No. 10, shifting down from No. 8 last week.
The All Formats UK Software Chart Top Twenty follows below:
- Football Manager 2010 (SEGA)
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
- FIFA 10 (EA)
- Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Konami)
- GTA: Episodes From Liberty City (Rockstar)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
- Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai)
- Borderlands (2K Games)
- Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
- WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2010 (THQ)
- Uncharted 2 (SCEE)
- Need for Speed: SHIFT (EA)
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (Codemasters)
- LEGO Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
- Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
- Wii Fit (Nintendo)
- EyePet (SCE)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
- DJ Hero (Activision Blizzard)
Continue Reading UK Software Sales for week ending 31/10: Football Manager 2010 tops the chart
Tags: charttrack, fifa10, footballmanager2010, forzamotorsport3, News, pes2010, software, tekken6, ukcharts
By Mister-X
Continue Reading UK Software Sales for week ending 31/10: Football Manager 2010 tops the chart
October 29th, 2009 at 11:51am
Under Uncategorized
Ster Kinekor has released an official statement regarding the impact of the liquidation of Replication Technology Group (RTG) on the distribution of Ster Kinekor gaming titles.
Ster Kinekor confirmed that RTG, the previous DVD packaging supplier for Ster Kinekor Entertainment, had recently been placed in provisional liquidation. The statement went on to read “the minimum quantities RTG distributed on SKE’s behalf were marginally affected however contingency plans have been put in place ensuring no further distribution issues moving forward.”
More importantly, “RTG’s liquidation has not affected the distribution of any Ster Kinekor Entertainment gaming titles in any way. This week’s releases PES 2010 and WWE 2010 are available in Retail from today.”
Continue Reading Distribution of Ster Kinekor gaming titles not affected by RTG liquidation
Tags: News, pes2010, southafrica, sterkinekor, wwesmackdownvsraw
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Distribution of Ster Kinekor gaming titles not affected by RTG liquidation
October 26th, 2009 at 09:41am
Under PS3
Last week El33tonline gave 5 lucky readers the chance to be the first in South Africa to get some hands-on time with PES 2010.
Well, if you want to find out a bit more about what happened at the event (which was held in Johannesburg this past weekend at the Ster-Kinekor Head Office), what prizes the readers walked away with and how epic the day was, read below for Jarred Milner’s round-up of the PES 2010 event.
PES 2010 event = Awesome
“El33tonline recently had a competition offering the chance to win tickets to the PES 2010 launch event in South Africa. Let me tell you, if you are a football fan, you did not want to miss out on this opportunity. I am glad to say that I was one of the lucky winners and what ensued, was quite possibly the greatest day of gaming, ever. Here is a small review of my day at the event.
I received notification that I had won tickets on Friday and would be contacted regarding the details during the day. Eventually I received an email with the details, saying that I would be amongst the first in South Africa to play the new game. The event was to take place on Saturday 24 October from 10:00 to 16:00. On seeing this I was really excited, although I did wonder if I would be able to play the game for so long, and thought that I would probably leave earlier (you will find out very quickly why I didn’t).
Free goodies
So Saturday morning comes and I arrive at the Ster-Kinekor offices, park the car and go to the entrance. It was really well promoted with synthetic grass at the entrance and posters of the game everywhere. I get to the entrance, give my name and was greeted by all the really friendly staff. Then they give me a packet of goodies, which I really was not expecting, I genuinely thought I was just coming to play the game. What was in the packet you ask…well there was a PES 2010 T-shirt with Messi on the front (cool), a small Nike football (very cool), a PS3 cup holder (pretty damn cool), and a copy of the game for PS3 (absolutely awesome). I quickly put my shirt on, put my goodies bag in the car and went back in (all the while, my mind is thinking, home time is going to be even earlier now that I can go home and play the game).
So I go back in and through the entrance, and there are just HDTVs everywhere with the new PES game on every screen. I sat down with my mate and we immediately got into the game. We played a couple of games and were totally addicted. All our matches were pretty close and exciting and we had a good rivalry going. We played a couple of games before being interrupted by the staff who told us all drinks and food were free for the day and if they can get us anything we must just ask (no one can complain about this, surely?), the awesomeness continues. So back to the gaming, a while later we decided to see what else was in the game after playing quite a few exhibition matches. Lots of cool features and options in the new game, and anyone unsure of PES is going to be won over really quickly. I must point out at this stage I was loving the game and the day, but was still wondering what I was going to do until 16:00. Well, that was quickly answered…
Competition time
The one guy came and told us there was a competition running the whole day. Effectively what one had to do was win six games in a row without losing, if you lost, you went back to zero. This system worked brilliantly as everyone, even after losing, had a chance to win something. We were told that there were four main hampers to be won, so there was a pretty good chance of winning something, and I was not going home empty handed. The competition started and I got to play against quite a few players, some really good, some pretty awful, but all nice people and lots of fun to play against. I eventually got to 4 wins, but lost (to a little kid, though he was pretty good) and was back on zero.
That’s fine, I just started again a while later and I was back to 3 wins, played the kid again and beat him. Eventually moved on to 5 wins and needed 1 more for the win, who was I to play? That’s right the kid again, in the final. I was pretty tense but excited. I quickly went 1-0 down, but maintained composure and came back to win 2-1 with mighty Kun Aguero getting the winner for me in the second half. Awesome, I won, had lots of photos for the media there and was told that my prize would be sent at some stage during the week. I was now on a huge high and was going nowhere, in fact the time had so quickly disappeared, it was already 14:30 and I couldn’t get enough of the game. I was told I couldn’t win again so just played some more friendlies, ate a bit, drank a bit and waited to watch the other finals, which lasted until around 3pm. I was still not prepared and I have saved the best part for last…
Big screen gaming
I didn’t mention it earlier, because it deserves its’ own mention, but I got the chance to play PES on a cinema screen. That’s right, at the Ster-Kinekor offices they have their own cinema there, and they had hooked a PS3 up to the screen using an HDTV projector. This was incredible and one of the coolest things I have ever experienced. The sound was pumped up also, which made one feel as though you were in the stadium. So all the finals were played on the Big Screen and were just too much fun. We were also able to play some friendlies there, and towards the end we managed to hook up four controllers and play two-on-two on the cinema screen. Nothing can possibly beat this, PES 2010, two-on-two on the massive screen is surely the equivalent to football-gaming heaven.
That was how the day ended, after a couple of games, we decided at 16:45 (and I was worried I was going to leave early) that it was finally time to go home. I can honestly say that I have never had more fun in my life, it was superbly organised and just lots of fun. I can only say a huge thank you to El33tonline and Ster-Kinekor for the awesome opportunity to attend the day. I have undoubtedly left out plenty of things about the day, but to write about all of it would probably take me a full week, it was that great.
Thanks again to El33tonline, Ster-Kinekor and all the others at the event. Now to find out what my hamper includes and I will be able to have some closure on what was a fantastic day.”
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Tags: pes2010, southafrica, xbox360
By Mister-X
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October 26th, 2009 at 05:49am
Under Uncategorized
Newly released Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 has managed to knock Fifa 10 off of its perch to become the No. 1 best selling game in the UK, in Chart Track’s UK Software Sales Chart for last week.
[Update] PES 2010 platform sales breakdown revealed.
While PES 2010 didn’t manage to match its predecessor’s launch week sales figures, selling 39% less in its first week on sale on the same number of formats (PS3, Xbox 360 and PC), it did continue the trend of performing better on the PS3, claiming 66% of PES 2010’s sales on that platform, as the Xbox 360 managed 32% of the sales, and the PC a mere 2%.
[End of Update]
Forza Motorsport 3 places itself at No. 2 this week in its debut week on sale, forcing previous king of the chart, Fifa 10, to No. 3.
Amidst the confusion, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games moves up to No. 4 from No. 5 last week, as yet another newly released title, WWE Smachdown VS Raw 2010 debuts at No. 5. All of this new chart movement has pushed Uncharted 2 down to No. 6 this week from No. 2, while Borderlands (another new title) debuts at No. 7.
Wii Sports Resort tumbles down to No. 8 from No. 4 last week, Need For Speed: Shift steps down to No. 9 from No. 6, and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising completes the Top Ten by falling from No. 3 last week to No. 10 this week.
The All Formats UK Software Chart Top Ten follows below:
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Konami)
- Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
- FIFA 10 (EA)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
- WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2010 (THQ)
- Uncharted 2 (SCEE)
- Borderlands (2K Games)
- Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
- Need for Speed: SHIFT (EA)
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (Codemasters)
And the rest of the Top Twenty looks a little something like this:
- Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda Softworks)
- Wii Fit (Nintendo)
- Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
- Super Smash Bros: Brawl (Nintendo)
- Guitaer Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)
- Brutal Legend (EA Partners)
- Eyepet (SCE)
- LEGO Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
Continue Reading UK Software Sales for week ending 24/10: PES 2010 beats Forza 3, Fifa 10
Tags: charttrack, fifa10, forzamotorsport3, News, pes2010, software, ukcharts
By Mister-X
Continue Reading UK Software Sales for week ending 24/10: PES 2010 beats Forza 3, Fifa 10
October 23rd, 2009 at 07:12am
Under PC+ PS2+ PS3+ PSP+ Wii / Nintendo
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PES) releases today on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC (and mobile), but the soccer/football fans amongst us didn’t really need reminding of this fact.
What is a little extraordinary is that Konami, the developer and publisher of the classic series, has decided to ship over three million copies of the game to retail in anticipation of what they expect to be a blockbuster release.
Konami predicts PES 2010 will be a million-selling title at launch, contributing to the 55.5 million units the franchise has already sold, according to European Marketing, PR Director, Konami Digital Entertainment, Martin Schneider:
“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. Global sales for the PES series to date are over 55.5m, and we expect a very strong performance from what is easily the best PES in a long, long time.
“We have worked closely with PES fans and football fans in general to create a game that ticks every box. We will be continuing this two-way conversation as we look to DLC for PES 2010, and further beyond. Their help will be invaluable in making sure PES is recognized as the leading football series for any format.”
Additionally, you should look out for some free downloadable content heading to PES 2010, according to a message from the developers:
“We’ll be adding downloadable updates and content shortly – free of charge of course – so watch out for those.”
How kind.
Also, don’t forget to congratulate the winners of El33tonline’s recent competition, which gave five PES fans the chance to become among the first gamers in South Africa to give PES 2010 a spin.
While PES 2010 releases today on current generation hardware, don’t forget that versions for the PSP and PlayStation 2 will release on November 6th, and a version on the Wii will release on November 20th.
Continue Reading PES 2010 ships 3 million units for launch, free DLC announced
Tags: dlc, konami, News, pes2010, xbox360
By Mister-X
Continue Reading PES 2010 ships 3 million units for launch, free DLC announced
October 23rd, 2009 at 02:41am
Under Uncategorized
We have drawn the winners in our PES 2010 competition. Congratulations to Jarred Milner, Lance Paiken, Moshe Shevel, Matthew Yun and Charlie Kung who will be among the first to enjoy the PES 2010 action in South Africa. Enjoy!
Thanks to everyone for entering and to Ster Kinekor for sponsoring this awesome competition.
Continue Reading PES 2010 competition winners announced
Tags: competition, pes2010, southafrica
By Mister-X
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October 22nd, 2009 at 02:57am
Under Uncategorized
Today is your last chance to enter your name into the draw to win some hands-on time with PES 2010 at the Ster Kinekor Head Office Preview Theatre this Saturday.
If you live in Johannesburg and would like the chance to play PES 2010 before the rest of South Africa does, head over to our PES 2010 competition page to enter today.
Hurry though, the competition closes today!
Continue Reading Last chance to win hands-on time with PES 2010 this Saturday!
Tags: competition, pes2010, southafrica
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Last chance to win hands-on time with PES 2010 this Saturday!
October 20th, 2009 at 12:56pm
Under Uncategorized
El33tonline and Ster Kinekor have teamed up to offer five El33tonline readers the chance of a lifetime. The lucky winners will have the chance to get some hands-on time with Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 in Johannesburg this Saturday (the 24th of October) before the game launches across South Africa.
If you live in Johannesburg and would like the chance to play PES 2010 before the rest of South Africa does, head over to our PES 2010 competition page to enter.
But hurry because you only have two days – the competition closes on Thursday and winners will be notified first thing on Friday morning.
Thanks to Ster Kinekor for sponsoring another great competition.
Continue Reading Get some hands-on time with PES 2010 this Saturday!
Tags: competition, pes2010, southafrica
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Get some hands-on time with PES 2010 this Saturday!
