The moment to create your dream football team has finally arrived! myClub, PES 2017’s in-game currency purchase option component, is now live enabling users to purchase in-game currency (myClub coins) to develop their dream XI. Also launching today, for one week, will be a UCL special agent promotion that will give users a chance to access UEFA Champions League stars from the group stages, as well as 11 players from the UEFA Team of the Year 2015. Users can obtain a UEFA
Wow. That was our first impression of Pro Evolution Soccer 2017, the latest offering from our friends at Konami. The Pro Evo series is one that has been getting better as of late, resembling the critically acclaimed Winning Eleven titles in the early 2000s. Courtesy of Konami Digital Entertainment The gameplay in PES 2017 is incredibly fluid and lifelike in addition to being thoroughly enjoyable. It is perhaps the most realistic soccer game ever produced. It feels, look, and most importantly, plays like real
KONAMI delivers unrivalled levels of realism, gameplay and control as PES 2017 looks to extend league dominance Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. takes soccer to a new level today, as its vaunted PES 2017 title is released for PlayStation®4, XboxOne, PlayStation®3, Xbox360 and Steam. PES 2017 centers on the concept of ‘Control Reality’, as the game ups its levels of intuitive control and its recreation of top-level soccer. With its ‘Real Touch’ system to ensure players can receive a pass and make space with
Every sport has a defining text. For soccer it has to be Gavin Newsham’s Once in a Lifetime or David Goldbatt’s The Ball is Round. Now rugby has one of its own, a new offering from Bloomsbury and Tony Collins called The Oval World: A Global History of Rugby. Collins is absolutely brilliant in his recalling of rugby’s history. It is a comprehensive timeline of the sport, chronicling the ups and downs of rugby in every corner of the world. Readers are
England has claimed the Jules Rimet Trophy just once in their illustrious footballing history so obviously the win in 1966 was a big deal in a number of ways. Winning it all in 1966 was about more than football; it was a major milestone in the country’s modern history. It’s been the subject of many articles and books, but none have been of this caliber, depth, and quality until now. Every possible angle and perspective is explored in John Hughson’s England and the 1966
John Terry: Fifty Defining Fixtures by Garry Hughes could have easily been called John Terry: A Man Who Did It All or John Terry: A Portrait of Loyalty. We are, after all, talking about a player that has won literally everything, including four Premier League titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. Terry was the man behind Chelsea’s unprecedented success and he spent his entire career with the Blues, a true sign
No one knows the history of Nottingham Forest Football Club better than Don Wright, who just happens to be the official club historian. Wright knows his stuff and there is a lot since we are talking about the second oldest professional club in the world. Yes, there are the legendary accomplishments of Brian Clough, perhaps the greatest manager to ever ply his trade in England. But there is so much more and Forever Forest: The Official 150th Anniversary History of
Argentinian soccer has been blessed with some of the world’s greatest players over the years, easily making it one of the best nations for the beautiful game. Jonathan Wilson’s Angels with Dirty Faces: How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever is Argentina’s story from start to finish, an epic read of the highest quality. It all starts with Wilson, who is easily one of the world’s most beloved soccer writers. Most of you will remember him from
Twickenham: The Home of England Rugby by Phil McGowan is an incredible rugby title. Yes, it is the history of a stadium, but it is much more than that. It’s a history of rugby in England and all of the key figures and events over the years. You find out quickly that Twickenham is a lot of things to a lot of people: a national sporting treasure, icon of world rugby, and a shrine of England. But one thing is for