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Konami's PES 2010 Also Arriving on Wii This Autumn

Sports games generate quite a lot of money for the companies responsible for them, especially as they allow to be exploited every year in the form of new iterations, each with a couple of new things added to the core gameplay mechanics. One of the most popular European football or soccer simulators is Konami's ...

10 July 2009
13:01 GMT

Fernando Torres to Grace the Cover of PES 2010 Alongside Lionel Messi

Sports games are always huge money makers as a lot of people prefer both sports like American football or European soccer alongside playing video games at home. If the two are combined, the profit possibilities are quite high for any company involved in such a thing.European football simulators have always experience...

24 June 2009
03:04 GMT

Robots Learn How to Fall Down

Experts at the University of Chile in Santiago (UCS) are currently working on ways of making their robots fall as delicately as possible, if such a term can be placed alongside a mechanical device. Researchers recognize the fact that falling down poses the greatest risk to humanoid robots around the world, and that f...

20 May 2009
10:56 GMT

Manage Your Football Club iPhone App Available

A game that provides iPhone owners with the opportunity to step into the football manager's shoes, pick their favorite football team from the English divisions and take important decisions is now available in the App Store for £5.99 / $9.99. Announced by Sports Director Ltd today, “Manage Your Footb...

24 April 2009
06:56 GMT

PES 2010 Arrives This Autumn from Konami

Sports-based games are among the most popular titles currently on the videogaming market, as they offer great opportunities for players to lead their favorite athletes or teams to victory, glory and success. We are flooded with games based on a variety of sports, from American football to baseball or basketball, but ...

9 April 2009
03:04 GMT

Peter Moore Is Angry with FIFA 09 Not Making Eurogamer Top

The end of 2008 throughout the beginning of 2009 has been a period of chart making and awarding games for the innovations they brought to the industry. We've seen some charts made by Metacritic, but other sites made their own tops, in which they included some games, and, obviously, left other ones out. It seems...

6 January 2009
13:01 GMT

Get Ready for an Arsenal Edition Football Manager 2009

The football, or soccer, management simulation market is definitely a very profitable one, as it allows companies to release yearly titles, which are guaranteed to sell, considering that football is one of the most popular sports games in the world. Titles such as Fifa Manager from Electronic Arts or the very succes...

19 December 2008
11:01 GMT

Professional Athletes at Risk of Developing Gehrig's Disease

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – or Lou Gehrig's disease – is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease, which causes sufferers to lose control of voluntary muscular movement. By affecting the central nervous system, especially motor neurons, the condition virtually traps people inside their own ...

12 November 2008
10:02 GMT

FIFA 06 Unlockables (DS)

The developers of the FIFA series made a complete overhaul of the game's engine for the 2006 installment of the title, asserting it had dramatically increased the control of play, having rewritten more than half the programming code. In addition to a renovation of the game play engine which discards the "Off th...

17 October 2008
15:31 GMT

FIFA 09 Comes with Player Form Fluctuation

Video games are quickly starting to become an accurate virtual version of what happens in real life and Electronic Arts, with its latest installment in the FIFA franchise, plans to prove us that everything is possible. And that is something that really manages to make us actually want to get our hands on the game - u...

20 August 2008
12:36 GMT

There Will Be Goals Galore for Table Football on Wii

There is no sport or real life game that can't be turned into a virtual fun-making machine, no matter how boring or hard to learn it is. For example, table football is something I was never able to handle too well so I had to call it quits early in my "career". However, for those like me, there is still a chance...

18 August 2008
02:28 GMT

Ring the Gong Online

Most of the massively multiplayer online games are slowly turning into social networks, offering their players a chance to make more friends, talk with different people from all over the world and have fun at the same time. The most important thing is that this trend can be associated with any type of MMO, including ...

12 August 2008
12:06 GMT

FIFA 09 Announced, Detailed

When we found out earlier today that FIFA Manager 09 would hit the stores this autumn, we also started to dream about the new FIFA 09 and wondered how much it takes until Electronic Arts announces it, too. As you can see, we were not left waiting for too long, since the official announcement is here, filled with deta...

1 July 2008
12:06 GMT

Interzone Futebol Jogs to Brazil

With the UEFA Euro 2008 just started, football fans all over the world should be ecstatic, since this is the moment to see the best European National teams in action. Still, some people want more than just to watch - they have to actively take part in the game, especially if it is a football match. Add Brazilians to ...

9 June 2008
17:06 GMT

Football Superstars Brings World's First Soccer Virtual World

Online MMO games tend to bring as many social-features as possible, no matter the genre of the game released. If we're talking about a first person shooter, there has to be a social aspect, somewhere in a peaceful area! If we're talking about a hack and slash game, there will definitely be a social aspect h...

26 May 2008
12:06 GMT

RoboCup German Open 2008

They say white men can't jump and robots can't play soccer. That may be true, however this didn't stop high-tech enthusiasts from organizing the RoboCup German Open 2008. The tournament will be held between 21 to 25 April in the Hall 25 of the Hannover Messe, Hannover, Germany, and expects more than 80...

2 April 2008
08:53 GMT

FIFA Street 3 Dribbles to Game Shops

The arcade soccer game that brings a twist to the classic FIFA games from EA Sports, FIFA Street 3, is now available in stores all over the world. If you don't know that already, you should look for a cover featuring Ronaldinho, Peter Crouch and Gennaro Gattuso - three soccer icons at the moment. This game is th...

20 February 2008
05:33 GMT

Fifa 2008, Take a Break! Uefa Euro 2008 Is Coming!

All you football (soccer) fans out there, get ready because UEFA Euro 2008 is coming to blow your minds! The European Championship is getting closer and closer, but you will be able to decide the winner way before the first whistle, thanks to EA Sports - those guys who know that every soccer fan would do anything to ...

1 February 2008
03:33 GMT

Soccer Fans, THE Map for You!

Sports maps have been popping up every once in a while, but none has been as good and as detailed as this one is: SoccerMap.net is the best I've seen so far when it comes down to a single sport, and one of the most popular as well. There's nothing missing from it, it's virtually an encyclopedia updated...

25 January 2008
06:43 GMT

In-game Ads for You to Live Like Beckham

The upcoming innovative and good looking MMO, Football Superstars, has announced an exclusive partnership with IGA Worldwide for... static and dynamic ads. Yeah, we know it's not the greatest thing you'd like to hear regarding an upcoming title, but some good news follows this rather annoying feature.First ...

23 January 2008
05:40 GMT

Power Challenge Adopts Hansoft

Sweden based Power Challenge have announced that they will start using the Hanson production management solution, with the purpose of developing and improving the online game even further. Power Challenge was founded in 2004 and is now associated with two big online soccer games, Managerzone and Powerchallenge. "Powe...

29 November 2007
05:51 GMT

YouTube Wants More Soccer Videos

YouTube signed a deal with the Major League Soccer that will create a new channel on the online video sharing service to provide sports clips. The US soccer league's YouTube dedicated channel will provide instant access to video highlights, player interviews and end of the game clips. According to PaddockTalk, t...

31 May 2007
10:02 GMT

YouTube Sued for Soccer Clips

The Premier League officially announced that it sues Google's online video sharing service YouTube for copyright infringement. It all started after YouTube published several soccer clips that were actually uploaded without authorization, the football association deciding to send Google to the judge. The complain...

7 May 2007
14:51 GMT

KHR-2HV: Look Ma', This Robot Plays Soccer

Don't try to play this robot for a sucker. KHR-2HV is an exciting new robot that was designed by Kondo Kagaku Co. LTD, Japanes based company, of course. It is 34 cm tall and weighs approximately 1.2 kg. It can play soccer, fight with other bots and also dance.Hell, it can even do back and forward somersaults, pu...

19 April 2007
10:54 GMT

Love Football - Unlockables

Love Football has one major difference from conventional soccer games, a feature that Namco considers as its biggest selling point. Most sports games are played from a third-person perspective, but Namco wants to give gamers the true feeling of playing soccer from an athlete's point of view. To do this, the deve...

13 April 2007
04:20 GMT


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