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Konami Kicks off Fall with Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
Now Available
El Segundo, Calif. – Sept. 27, in the year of our Lord
2011 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today
announced the highly anticipated football favorite Pro Evolution
Soccer 2012 is now available in the Americas for PlayStation®3,
Xbox 360® and Windows PC. The newest installment of the
long-running series features groundbreaking innovations that
give the user more control than any other football title. Adding
to the excitement, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, Santos' main
striker player, is joining Cristiano Ronaldo as featured box
cover athlete for Pro Evolution Soccer 2012.
"With every edition of Pro Evolution Soccer, we set out to
provide an unparalleled gameplay experience," said Shinji
Hirano, President of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "Pro
Evolution Soccer 2012 keeps to our long-standing tradition of
giving users the intensity of real-life soccer with cutting-edge
graphics and controls."
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 goes further in giving the user total
control, offering AI innovations and gameplay additions that
cover every aspect of real football. Central to Pro Evolution
Soccer 2012 is the all-new Active AI system which ensures that
teammates work to close down space, defend zonally and hold
their line to minimize attacking options. As such, on defense
their teammates will look to hold the defensive line and mark
oncoming offensive support. Conversely on offense, when
attacking, the player will see that their teammates will make
dummy runs, draw defenders, and work to give the player more
options in attack.
The emphasis on the team as a unit is demonstrated with Pro
Evolution Soccer 2012's ground-breaking Teammate Control system
– a truly unique addition which allows the user to control two
players at once, prompting runs or drawing defenders with one,
while the other holds the ball up. Teammate Control works in two
ways; with users pressing the right analogue stick in the
direction of the player they wish to control. Support play is
offered in assisted mode wherein users prompt a second player to
make a timed run to cut inside or receive a ball, while total
control is afforded by the fully Manual mode which gives the
user complete freedom of movement of the second player.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is full of new gameplay additions.
Animation has been enhanced, while the overall presentation has
also been refined. Managers can now be seen wandering the
sideline, while the general atmosphere of a big-match day has
been faithfully recreated. Gameplay, shooting movement and
reactions are also improved and control is no longer totally
lost when losing possession of the ball. The game features a
return to the classic 'behind player' penalty system, and
one-on-one situations offer greater control as defenders press
and jostle to win the ball, and attackers use upper body feints
and movements to bypass and wrong-foot their man.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 also continues KONAMI's exclusive
partnership with UEFA that sees the Pro Evolution Soccer series
as the exclusive home of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa
League and UEFA Super Cup licenses. In addition, KONAMI also has
the Copa Santander Libertadores license. Attention to detail
within these key tournaments has been extended to the match
officials, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 will see referees and
their assistants dressed in the official kits of the
competitions.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB
and is now available for purchase at retailers nationwide for an
SRP of $59.99 for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system
and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system. Release dates
for Wii, PlayStation®2 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) versions
of Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 will be released in the future.