Joe Marshall for Push-Start writes: When I purchased my first football game back in 1999 I revelled in playing as Gianfranco Zola and Gianluca Vialli, coaxed by John Motson and the tagline All the Clubs, Leagues and Cups.I fell in love with the FIFA franchise, a game that would be surpassed in quality, but never in sales thanks to its aggressive pursuit of the rights of teams and my own determination to play as Chelsea, and not North London Blue. Times don’t change all that much and as Pro Evolution Soccer and the FIFA franchise grew in parallel, it was made obvious to me throughout much of my youth that regardless of the fact Konami developed the superior game, I would trade this for Van Nistelrooy’s, Henry’s, Robben’s and Rooney’s as the years went on, time after time. The current generation of consoles has been unkind to Pro Evo, and FIFA managed to claw their way back into a market that had undermined their integrity for years, now though, PES has struck back once again and produced a truly mind-blowing title.
On this week’s CGM podcast, an expanded crew discusses the nonexistent MMO’s we’d like to see, BioWare gets a new boss, and hardware reviews of new pro gamer laptops and headsets are covered. All this, Final Fantasy XIV, and the healing of the dark crystal on this week’s CGM podcast.
DSOGaming: "And we’ve got a Steam overload today for all of you. It seems that a lot of Steam Achievements have been leaked, and among those titles we can find Deadpool, Mortal Kombat (which is rumored to be coming to our platform, yet Ed Boon has not replied yet on our comment about it), the new Strider game and… wait for it… Prey 2."
FTG Writes: It isn’t unusual for a game similar to another to come out around the same time. Be it to beat them to the punch for market share or season overlaps, it is something that we’ve become accustomed to. In the case of sports games, it is almost a necessity that they be released in the same window. However, some of the games have been trying to make a name for themselves in the shadows of major studios for some time. A week prior to the release of FIFA 13, the next title in an 11-year-old franchise hit the streets from Konami. Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (or Winning Eleven as you might otherwise know it) enters the market at a time when the world has been foaming over EA Sports’ newest offering. Does that mean that Pro Evolution Soccer should be ignored? Or is Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 worthy of your time on the field?
