14 DAY TRIAL // The Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 demo is now available in Europe too, making the game playable all over the world and giving football fans a chance to get their hands on Konami's creation and see how it stacks up against EA Sports' FIFA 15.
The news comes from Konami itself, which has announced that it has started releasing the demo across various platforms and territories, and which has just confirmed that the PES 2015 demo is now available on both Xbox Live, for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One home consoles, and on the PlayStation Network, for the PS3 and PS4 platforms, in Europe, the last of the regions to get access.
The demo was already released starting September 18 in Japan, and then across Asia, with North America joining the fray on September 23. Now, the demo has also been unlocked in Europe, making Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 available worldwide, on every platform except for PC.
For the time being, Konami has not revealed any plans to release a demo for PC, so there most likely won't be such an offering.
In any case, the game is also coming to PC, in addition to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles from Sony, and the Xbox One and Xbox 360 home entertainment systems from Microsoft, on November 11 in North America, and November 13 in Europe.
The new face of football?
The Pro Evolution Soccer series used to be pretty popular a few years back, especially in Europe, but in recent years EA Sports' FIFA games have managed to put it out of commission, so to speak.
With PES 2015, developer PES Productions and publisher Konami are attempting to claw their way to the surface of football video gaming once again, promising a greatly improved experience, focusing on delivering a realistic rendition of the sport and the excitement it entails.
Many players have reported that the improvements over PES 2014 are huge and hard to describe, as the game has more fluid movement than ever before, and dribbling feels much more intuitive and natural.
In addition to this, the game also benefits from greatly enhanced player scanning techniques, in order to deliver a true-to-life rendition of the licensed teams on the virtual playing field, complete with new lighting tech and a physics engine that will deliver more unpredictable and at the same time more controllable ball movement, that will feel much more like real football.
FIFA 15 is already out, and our review is coming soon, so stay tuned.
