Release Date: January 23, 2009 Developer: Sports Interactive Publisher: SEGA Genre: Management, Sports Take one part football management sim, one part MMO.  Whisk together into a smooth consistency and bake on a medium heat.  Remove after extensive testing and serve hot.  The recipe is a deceptively...

Release: November 28th 2008 Developer: Sports Director Publisher: Pinnacle Software Genre: Management sim Pros: Easy navigation, ‘pick-up-and-play’ gameplay Cons: Severe lack of depth, outdated and small player database, not at all suited to the DS Text-based football games (our American...

Release: Oct 14 2008 (US), Oct 3 2008 (UK) Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports Genre: Sports Funny how things change; the stock markets rise and fall, the Miami Dolphins aren’t half bad this season and the FIFA series has evolved, with this latest edition, into a more accomplished one than...

Konami have reached a sponsorship deal with UK sports programming provider Setanta Sports.  Setanta logos will appear within the UK version of the game on pitchside advertising boards as well as on the official PES 2009 online league website, ‘PES Rankings’. The year-long partnership will...

Following the recent announcement that both Manchester United and Liverpool will appear in PES 2009 as fully licensed teams, Konami have today confirmed a number of additional clubs that will join them in their complete authentic glory. Among the confirmed clubs are Spanish giants F.C. Barcelona and Real...

After Thursday’s announcements regarding PES it was quite timely of EA to release their demo of FIFA 09 to the PSN and XBL, along with another batch of screenies for the PC, X360 and PS3. FIFA has always been a pretty game, motion captured players coupled with some great use of the next gen graphics...

Formats: PC, PS3, X360, PS2, Mob, PSP, Wii Released: 17/10/2008 (PC PS3 X360) 30/10/2008 (PS2) 06/11/2008 (PSP) Spring 2009 (Wii) Publisher: Konami It’s coming up to that time of year again. The new football season has kicked off and two of the biggest players in the world are gearing up to do...

I love the Fifa franchise. Whatever people say, it’s always been a cut above Pro Evolution Soccer. Fluid gameplay coupled with sexy motion capped graphics and (definitely since the franchise came to the Xbox) highly addictive online play. This year’s installment looks no different. Perhaps the...