Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo will be on the cover of PES 2013 and Konami state that they are aiming to return to the original ethos and hope to “breathe new life into the PES series”.
Konami’s Pro Evolution Series has taken the backseat to its closest competitor, EA Sports’ FIFA, in recent years, despite the fact that they had Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi, on the cover.
It seems that the developer is serious about overhauling their gameplay and everything about the game as they transferred out Messi and signed Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, to have his image smeared across every single copy of the game.
The change in cover star can be ignored as nothing but marketing yet if one was to look a little deeper, it signifies a much more profound change; a change of approach and ethos almost.
Konami has already got the hype-train up and running and began with the usual ‘this is going to be the best thing EVER!’ quote when they claimed that PES 2013 will be "The most faithful recreation of modern day football to date".
EA Sports and their FIFA series would love to disagree, yet that is another debate in and of itself.
Jon Murphy, the European team lead of PES, was kind enough to add more detail as to how Konami was hoping to reclaim the football simulation crown. He said, "This is an exciting time to be part of the PES community, and PES 2013 marks a new level of playability
with the return to our key ethos of utter control and freedom".
He explained that the development team had been shaken up and new talent had been brought in to work on the title as well, "Football is all about making magic happen with skill and precision, and PES 2013 truly encapsulates this. Fresh faces within the development
team and some very exciting ideas will breathe new life into the PES series, and we look forward to showing what we can do in the coming months."
It will be interesting to see whether or not PES 2013 will be a reboot of the series with a whole new engine and gameplay or whether Konami will be satisfied with tinkering and tuning what they already have to offer.
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