New Features Coming to Pro Evolution Soccer 2012

Konami detailed the new features and improvements in the their upcoming sports title, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012: Real Football Simulation.

New features will include better gameplay and control over teamplay, allowing players to excute better thought out tactics.

Improvements and new features include:

•The team behind Pro Evo has made an overhaul on their A.I engine to ensure for a more realistic team play experience.
•Attacking Play, which has been a major part of the Pro Evo experience, is a bringing a more open approach to the new title. Players will be able to dictate the pace of their team’s movement with the help of the improved A.I engine. Teams will move as a more cohesive unit, allowing players to force opponents to make mistakes, thus capitalizing on open situations.
•A new cursor switching system, controlled by the right analogue stick to switch to any player on the field, allows users to pick a team mate anywhere on the pitch. Players will be able to better execute set pieces, goal kicks, corners, free kicks and throw-ins, and switch to different players to send them on runs or lure defenders out of position.
•The jostling system has been improved, making defenders rely on their strength and stature to force a player from the ball. Collisions are more realistic as players’ crash into each other for control over the ball.
•Other improvements include: heavily tweaked animation, more detailed lighting techniques, a wider variety of player styles, improved dead-ball situations, expanded tactics and a new customizable pass feature.

“For me, the ultimate aim in the ongoing PES series is to match what people see when they go to a match or watch a big game on TV with what they experience on their console,” explains Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka, the Creative Producer of the Pro Evolution Soccer series.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2012: Real Football Simulation is slated for an Autum 2011 release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PS2, PSP.