Once the leader of the genre, Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series has been trumped by EA's FIFA games, both in sales and critical reception. With a new generation of consoles looming, what can Konami do to get its football game in top shape? Get help from Kojima Productions, of course.

Kojima Productions has been toiling away at a new graphics engine for quite some time. Fox Engine, which powers the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, looks quite impressive. Konami plans on using a modified version of that engine for its upcoming PES games.

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 hits stores today. But PS3 owners will find that there's a hefty day-one patch waiting for them. Before fretting, however, note that it does add quite a bit of functionality that--for one reason or another--couldn't be squeezed onto the disc when it went gold.

Perhaps the most significant addition offered by the patch is support for 3DTVs. In addition, the update adds a beta version of "myPES," an online social network of sorts for the soccer franchise.

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There was a time when Pro Evolution Soccer (or PES) was referred to as Winning Eleven in North America, which directly coincided with the game's domination of the football (aka soccer) video game world.

Over the years, things have changed. The Winning Eleven name is gone and EA Sports has taken over the space with its FIFA franchise. It looks like Konami is looking to fight back by announcing two demos will be released for Pro Evolution Soccer 2012.

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Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features a launch trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, a developer diary for The Sims Social, a mechanics video and new screenshots for Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, an announcement trailer for Nuclear Dawn: Modern Combat Rising, a developer diary for Stronghold 3, a debut trailer for Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions, a new developer diary for Need for Speed: The Run, an update trailer for World of Tanks, a gameplay trailer for Shinobi, and new screenshots for Battlefield 3.

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Konami is aiming to go head-to-head against Electronic Arts with the upcoming release of Pro Evolution Soccer 12. The publisher has announced a September 27th release for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game. This is the same day FIFA Soccer 12 is coming out.

PES 12 is also planned for release on Wii, PS2, and PSP. None of these versions have been dated yet.

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