E3 06: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 in January

Konami's football game named Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 internationally, and it will hit the Xbox 360 and the DS for the first time.

LOS ANGELES--Konami has announced that the next installment in its football series will launch in January 2007 on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PC, Xbox 360, and the DS. The game will be called Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 internationally and will have a number of improvements that include new international teams and play modes.

Konami has promised that the game will offer faster gameplay, as players make runs without the ball, identify opportunities, and point to where they want the ball delivered. Defenders will jockey for position and strikers will work to turn their opponent as they receive the ball, as well as take more snap shots and precision volleys.

Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 will also offer new play modes, including an international challenge with four continents to play through, a random match selector that will create a team of players at random from a chosen league or area, and a master league mode that will last longer than before.

Konami has managed to acquire more international licenses for the title, so Argentina, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden will all have the correct player names. There will be more club teams with accurate details when the game is released next year. We'll get an early play of the game at Konami's booth when it opens tomorrow, so we'll update you with our impressions shortly.

43 Comments

  • Daithi93

    Posted May 9, 2007 6:04 am GMT

    Pro evo is ten times better than fifa and it is going to be unreal on the ps3 i think its out on the 26th of october

  • zaki380

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 5:03 am GMT

    i want it on ps3

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 12:12 am GMT

    awesome

  • DWolford32

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 10:40 pm GMT

    i hope it has the US national team license too. it would also be nice to have a button you press to send players on a run. the graphics should be improved but i accually like the older graphics for WE9.

  • toritserou

    Posted Jun 16, 2006 11:40 pm GMT

    I Cannot wait!

  • shattapinks

    Posted Jun 12, 2006 11:49 am GMT

    Cool to have for my DS Lite, but what about an XBox version? I guess my Xbox is truly dead now, since I will be regulated to one football game a year--FIFA 2007, which I am pretty sure will be released on Xbox. Does anybody know where I can get a review for Winning Eleven DS that was released in Japan? I wanna know if its gameplay is decent since I am not banking on it to sell itself on graphics. Poor DS.

  • engelasche

    Posted May 27, 2006 11:30 pm GMT

    I hope they put the master league mode in the PSP version.

  • lopez1052

    Posted May 27, 2006 5:31 am GMT

    Oh my god, I love that images.

  • maesmitty

    Posted May 20, 2006 9:14 am GMT

    if u look under ps3 games u would find this game so i guess its comin 2 the ps3

  • mena11

    Posted May 13, 2006 9:56 am GMT

    WE 10 is gonna be released for the playstation 3?

    I would like to see more Latin American teams, Boca Junior, River Plate, Municipal, for instance.

  • mgsseries4life

    Posted May 12, 2006 9:00 pm GMT

    this is the best soccer game in the market and ever!!

  • davidwwone

    Posted May 10, 2006 2:29 pm GMT

    i really hope its better than fifa. well thinking about it, it cant be any worse!

  • rbarahona

    Posted May 10, 2006 12:43 pm GMT

    Great news for the DS and 360 fans. This is one of the best soccer games in the market and I'm willing to see what Konami will make for the DS.

  • kevo14

    Posted May 10, 2006 12:16 pm GMT

    GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • gibb1

    Posted May 10, 2006 11:58 am GMT

    yessssssssssssss, this was what i was waiting for,yeaahhhhhhhhhhhh

  • MChristofi

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:45 am GMT

    i have a question. This is about pro evolution soccer 6 or pro 7

  • troakun

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:42 am GMT

    Pro Evolution, this game will be banned in Kansas.

  • TheBates

    Posted May 10, 2006 8:47 am GMT

    Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007? Crap name, top game!

  • eiru

    Posted May 10, 2006 7:39 am GMT

    tHIS FOOTBALL game requires lots of skills compared to fifa.... so hard i dont even noe how to operate the players properly///

  • Star2020

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:52 am GMT

    thats great news

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:18 am GMT

    Just so you do not think I am nuts look on the side it says it up there it will be on the PS3.

  • automaticsnake

    Posted May 10, 2006 5:00 am GMT

    Awesome! Too bad no PS3 info.....

  • TrevSkyline

    Posted May 10, 2006 3:54 am GMT

    Great news about the confirmed release on XBox360, pity the game isn`t out until January though. I await screenshots and videos with great excitement.

  • the_sas_man

    Posted May 10, 2006 12:49 am GMT

    If its out in Jan then we have to expect a new graphics engine surely?

  • Alexander_Light

    Posted May 10, 2006 12:18 am GMT

    JANUARY??!?!?? This comes out in Europe in October, every year... don't make me wait Konami!

  • Doolum

    Posted May 9, 2006 10:03 pm GMT

    Slowly but surely,Konami gonn acquire all the team licenses held by EA.and when this happens...bye bye EA Football

  • frodo_baggins

    Posted May 9, 2006 9:30 pm GMT

    Por fin Argentina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • aboghannam

    Posted May 9, 2006 9:28 pm GMT

    Can't wait!

  • joeychew

    Posted May 9, 2006 9:08 pm GMT

    i played WE10 already.....so pro evo soccer 6 for the PS2 in 2007??? How about PES for the PS3??

  • wwwbr

    Posted May 9, 2006 8:52 pm GMT

    Hey Konami, PS2 but not XBox? Where's the XBox version?

  • TVR_Fan

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:57 pm GMT

    Kool, I hope The Championship in England is in this game.

  • Princecake

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:54 pm GMT

    http://www.esworldcup.com/2006/

    world cup with winning eleven

    FiFA is for kids, WE is for football lovers

  • Evo310whp

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:43 pm GMT

    Sigh* http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/sports/winningeleven10/index.html

  • chain710

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:39 pm GMT

    nice!!!
    hope improvement in graphics~

  • guy_cocker GameSpot staff member

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:34 pm GMT

    No PS3 announcement was made.

  • DjFIL

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:34 pm GMT

    umm... it doesn't say PS3 anywhere. Just PS2, PSP, 360, PC & NDS. But I'm fine with that... can't wait to play it on my 360. Hope it's possiable to use user created kits/teams again so we can "hack" the EPL in to the game (very easy to do on PS2 and PSP versions)

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:19 pm GMT

    Thats neat it will be on the PS3 and 360.

  • caddilac_pimpin

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:14 pm GMT

    i love all of the pro evolution soccers

  • Evo310whp

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:12 pm GMT

    Awesome winning 11 on ps3 and 360.

  • mrblah00

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:12 pm GMT

    But what about the graphics? The gameplay is already the best, but the graphics are just horrible for being 2006.

    I hope they dont plan on releasing this game on Xbox360 and PC with the same graphics engine. Winning Eleven 10 is using the same engine, hopefully PES 07 will be a different game like Fifa World Cup.

  • guy_cocker GameSpot staff member

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:09 pm GMT

    I'm supposed to be the hard-nosed professional journalist but I can't wait for this on 360.

  • xoverkillx

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:09 pm GMT

    Cool. Hope its better than FIFA

  • McManster13

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:06 pm GMT

    Not bad, not bad at all!

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